August 30, the endurance crew was rescued in SHACKELTON

Today is Saturday, August 30, on the day 242 of 2025. There are 123 days staying in the year.

Today in history:

On August 30, 1916, in his fourth attempt, the explorer, Ernest Shaklton, successfully returned to the Elephant Island in Antarctica to rescue 22 of his crew members, who survived Barrin Island for four and a half months after their ship was drowned, which is endurance.

Also on this date:

In 1941, during World War II, German forces, which are close to Leningrad, cut off the remaining railway from the city.

In 1945, General Douglas McA Arter arrived in Japan to prepare the seat of the Allied occupation.

In 1963, the “hotline” connection link between Washington and Moscow began.

In 1967, the Senate confirmed the appointment of Thorgud Marshall as the first black justice in the US Supreme Court.

In 2005, a day after Hurricane Katrina struck, the floods covered 80 percent of New Orleans, the looting continued to spread and save rescuers in helicopters and boats that captured hundreds of ways.

In 2021, the United States completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan, where it ended the longest war in America with the Taliban in power, as air transport planes carried a group of remaining forces from Kabul Airport. After watching the last American planes that disappear in the sky over Afghanistan, Taliban fighters fired their weapons in the air, celebrating victory after a 20 -year rebellion.

In 2022, Mikhail Gorbachev, who was the last leader of the Soviet Union, died a losing battle to save a dilapidated empire but produced unusual reforms that led to the end of the Cold War, at the age of 91.