Today in History: Aug. 30

Manassas National Battlefield (AP)
In 1862, Confederate forces won victories against the Union at the Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, Virginia, and the Battle of Richmond in Kentucky. A shallow pit and the recovery of 11 amputated limbs were discovered at the Manassas National Battlefield at the site of a field hospital used during the days following the Second Battle of Manassas, also known as the Second Battle of Bull Run. (AP)
Gen. Douglas MacArthur, left, enjoying his fames corncob pipe, meets Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger, commanding General eighth army, right, after General MacArthur's arrival Aug. 30, 1945 at Atsugi Airport near Tokyo.
In 1945, U.S. Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrived in Japan to set up Allied occupation headquarters. (AP Photos)
Solicitor General Thurgood Marshall is pictured after his nomination by President Johnson to be an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, June 13, 1967. If confirmed, he will be the first black man to sit on the high bench and will succeed Justice Tom Clark, who has retired.  (AP Photo/Henry Griffin)
In 1967, the Senate confirmed the appointment of Thurgood Marshall as the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Henry Griffin)
U.S. Air Force Lt. Colonel Guion Bluford speaks to a gathering at the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio on May 17, 1984.  Lt. Bluford, the first African-American to travel into space, rode the shuttle Challenger in Aug. 1983.  (AP Photo/Perry Hughes)
In 1983, Guion S. Bluford Jr. became the first black American astronaut to travel in space as he blasted off aboard the Challenger.  (AP Photo/Perry Hughes)
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 01:  Nicholas Daniloff , US reporter, with his family and President Ronald Reagan after his release from being detained in Russia.  (Photo by Cynthia Johnson/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images)
In 1986, Soviet authorities arrested Nicholas Daniloff, a correspondent for U.S. News and World Report, as a spy a week after American officials arrested Gennadiy Zakharov, a Soviet employee of the United Nations, on espionage charges in New York. (Both men were later released.) (Photo by Cynthia Johnson/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images)
Leona Helmsley, New York City hotel owner meets with the press in the 1990 photo.   Helmsley was convicted of federal income tax evasion in 1989 and she served 19 months in prison.   She was married to Harry Helmsley,  a multi-millionaire real estate investor.   Together, the Helmsleys focused on their hotel empire.  (AP Photo)
In 1989, a federal jury in New York found “hotel queen” Leona Helmsley guilty of income tax evasion, but acquitted her of extortion. (Helmsley ended up serving 18 months behind bars, a month at a halfway house and two months under house arrest.) (AP Photos)
A British police officer guards the grounds of Kensington Palace on the 10th year anniversary of the death of Princess Diana, in London, Friday Aug. 31, 2007. It has been 10 years since her death in a Paris car crash, when many Britons were pole-axed by grief for a vivacious and troubled woman who was at once princess, style icon, charity worker and tabloid celebrity. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
In 1997, Americans received word of the car crash in Paris that claimed the lives of Princess Diana, her boyfriend, Dodi Fayed (DOH’-dee FY’-ehd), and their driver, Henri Paul. (Because of the time difference, it was August 31 where the crash occurred.) A British police officer guards the grounds of Kensington Palace on the 10th year anniversary of the death of Princess Diana, in London, Friday Aug. 31, 2007. It has been 10 years since her death in a Paris car crash, when many Britons were pole-axed by grief for a vivacious and troubled woman who was at once princess, style icon, charity worker and tabloid celebrity. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Manassas National Battlefield (AP)
Gen. Douglas MacArthur, left, enjoying his fames corncob pipe, meets Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger, commanding General eighth army, right, after General MacArthur's arrival Aug. 30, 1945 at Atsugi Airport near Tokyo.
Solicitor General Thurgood Marshall is pictured after his nomination by President Johnson to be an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, June 13, 1967. If confirmed, he will be the first black man to sit on the high bench and will succeed Justice Tom Clark, who has retired.  (AP Photo/Henry Griffin)
U.S. Air Force Lt. Colonel Guion Bluford speaks to a gathering at the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio on May 17, 1984.  Lt. Bluford, the first African-American to travel into space, rode the shuttle Challenger in Aug. 1983.  (AP Photo/Perry Hughes)
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 01:  Nicholas Daniloff , US reporter, with his family and President Ronald Reagan after his release from being detained in Russia.  (Photo by Cynthia Johnson/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images)
Leona Helmsley, New York City hotel owner meets with the press in the 1990 photo.   Helmsley was convicted of federal income tax evasion in 1989 and she served 19 months in prison.   She was married to Harry Helmsley,  a multi-millionaire real estate investor.   Together, the Helmsleys focused on their hotel empire.  (AP Photo)
A British police officer guards the grounds of Kensington Palace on the 10th year anniversary of the death of Princess Diana, in London, Friday Aug. 31, 2007. It has been 10 years since her death in a Paris car crash, when many Britons were pole-axed by grief for a vivacious and troubled woman who was at once princess, style icon, charity worker and tabloid celebrity. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Today is Friday, Aug. 30, the 242nd day of 2019. There are 123 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On August 30, 1967, the Senate confirmed the appointment of Thurgood Marshall as the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

On this date:

In 1862, Confederate forces won victories against the Union at the Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, Virginia, and the Battle of Richmond in Kentucky.

In 1945, U.S. Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrived in Japan to set up Allied occupation headquarters.

In 1963, the “Hot Line” communications link between Washington and Moscow went into operation.

In 1983, Guion (GY’-un) S. Bluford Jr. became the first black American astronaut to travel in space as he blasted off aboard the Challenger.

In 1986, Soviet authorities arrested Nicholas Daniloff, a correspondent for U.S. News and World Report, as a spy a week after American officials arrested Gennadiy Zakharov, a Soviet employee of the United Nations, on espionage charges in New York. (Both men were later released.)

In 1989, a federal jury in New York found “hotel queen” Leona Helmsley guilty of income tax evasion, but acquitted her of extortion. (Helmsley ended up serving 18 months behind bars, a month at a halfway house and two months under house arrest.)

In 1997, Americans received word of the car crash in Paris that claimed the lives of Princess Diana, her boyfriend, Dodi Fayed (DOH’-dee FY’-ehd), and their driver, Henri Paul. (Because of the time difference, it was August 31 where the crash occurred.)

In 2002, With just hours to spare, baseball averted a strike; it was the first time since 1970 that players and owners had agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement without a work stoppage.

In 2005, a day after Hurricane Katrina hit, floods were covering 80 percent of New Orleans, looting continued to spread and rescuers in helicopters and boats picked up hundreds of stranded people.

In 2007, in a serious breach of nuclear security, a B-52 bomber armed with six nuclear warheads flew cross-country unnoticed; the Air Force later punished 70 people.

In 2012, Mitt Romney launched his fall campaign for the White House with a rousing, personal speech to the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, proclaiming that America needs “jobs, lots of jobs.”

In 2017, the former Hurricane Harvey completed a U-turn in the Gulf of Mexico and rolled ashore for the second time in six days, hitting southwestern Louisiana as a tropical storm with heavy rains and winds of 45 miles an hour. Floodwaters began to recede in Houston, where thousands of homes were flooded.

Ten years ago: Voters in Japan ousted the country’s conservatives after more than a half century of rule and put the untested Democratic Party of Japan in control. The space shuttle Discovery docked at the international space station, delivering a full load of gear and science experiments. Chula Vista, California, came up big late to win the Little League World Series, defeating Taoyuan, Taiwan, 6-3.

Five years ago: The U.S. military said fighter aircraft and unmanned drones had struck Islamic State militants near Iraq’s Mosul (MOH’-sul) Dam. Under cover of darkness, 40 Filipino peacekeepers escaped their besieged outpost in the Golan Heights after a seven-hour gunbattle with Syrian rebels. The St. Louis Rams cut Michael Sam, the first openly gay player drafted in the NFL.

One year ago: A Los Angeles man was arrested and charged with making a series of phone calls threatening to kill journalists at The Boston Globe for what he allegedly called “treasonous” attacks on President Donald Trump. (Robert Chain later pleaded guilty to seven counts of making threatening communications; he is scheduled for sentencing in September.) The president told Congress that he would be canceling pay raises that were due in January for most civilian federal employees, citing budget constraints

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