AUGUST 30 – 1963 Hotline established between Washington and Moscow; 1791 Jefferson responds to Bannickers letter; 2015 Monsters of Shlock and Ned Tat win award for largest tattoo making machine; 1939 New York Yankee Atley Donald pitches 94.7 MPH fastball
AUGUST 30
1963 — The US-Soviet hotline goes into effect.
…According to state.gov, the need for ensuring quick and reliable communication directly between the heads of government of nuclear-weapons states first emerged in the context of efforts to reduce the danger that accident, miscalculation, or surprise attack might trigger a nuclear war. These risks, arising out of conditions which are novel in history and peculiar to the nuclear-armed missile age, can of course threaten all countries, directly or indirectly.
Right after the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962, an immediate need was discovered to ensure a speedy common citation system between Washington and Moscow. The Russians and Americans agreed on June 20, 1963 in a memorandum titled, ready for this? Memorandum, of Understanding between the use and USSR regarding the establishment of a direct communication link. A 10,000 mile long cable was placed between the two countries, complete with scramblers along the way to prevent interception of the message. Each country was tasked to install the link on their own territories. Finally on August 30, the Americans open the line by teletyping the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog 0123456789, which covers all the letters in the English alphabet. The Russians replied with something in Russian that essentially did the same thing.
The line was never used, thankfully, and it still remains in exisistance to the is day.
1791 –Jefferson replies to Banneker’s letter
…on the slavery issue.According to pbs.org, Less than two weeks after Benjamin Banneker wrote to Thomas Jefferson, challenging the democratic ideology that denied liberty and humanity to blacks, Jefferson sent him a polite response (dated August 30, 1791). While repeatedly asserting the desirability of “such proofs as you exhibit…talents equal to those of the other colors of men,” Jefferson fails to comment either on his impressions of the Almanac Banneker sent to him or on the critical issues that Banneker’s letter raised.
Years later, in a letter to his friend Joel Barlow, Jefferson speculates that Banneker had help in developing the calculations for his Almanac, and refers to the “long letter from Banneker, which shows him to have had a mind of very common stature indeed…”
Wait, was that an insult? What did you call me?
2015– Monsters of Shlock and NeoTat win the award for the largest tattoo making machine.
Yes friends, welcome to the 13th annual Hell City Tattoo festival which takes place at the Biltimore Hotel and Resort in Phoenix, where every year thousands of tattoo lovers flock. A typical tattoo machine can pierce the skin around 3,000 times per minute, going to about 1 millimeter.
As you can imagine, the artists are busy. There’s competitions, galleries, educational seminars, even a kid’s area. It would be on this day in 2015, Ray Webb brought his 4’3” tall and 2’9” deep, 152 lb NewTat, and the Great Professor Burnaby Q. Orbax and Sweet Pepper Klopek were the artists on hand running the machine. Good times!
1890 – Young Tippecanue signs the first US law requiring inspection of meat products.
…According to USDA.gov, Exports of U.S. livestock, as well as animal products, fell under increasingly more stringent restrictions by foreign countries. U.S. producers and packers urged the government to implement an inspection program that would enable them to compete in foreign markets. On August 30, 1890, President Benjamin Harrison signed the first law requiring inspection of meat products. The law required that USDA, through the Bureau of Animal Industry, inspect salted pork and bacon intended for exportation. In 1891, this law was amended to require the inspection and certification of all live cattle and beef intended for exportation.
1939 – NYY Atley Donald pitches a baseball a record 94.7 mph, although Cincy Reds Aroldis Chapman, would break that record by throwing 105.1 mph against the san diego padres.