Famous Weddings
Mike Wallace
American CBS news correspondent Mike Wallace (22) weds Norma Kaphan in Brookline, Massachusetts; divorce in 1948
Famous Deaths
J. J. Thomson (1856-1940)
English physicist who discovered the electron (Nobel 1906), dies at 83
Died in 1940 1940 Highlights
About August 30, 1940
Day of the Week: Friday
How Long Ago? 83 years, 8 months and 2 days
Leap Year: Yes
Generation: Silent Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Dragon
Star Sign: Virgo
