Gerard Yvon Cheynet, The Associated pressProfessor Jacob Jongbloed, left, of Utrecht, Holland, explains his artificial heart machine at a meeting of the Congress of Surgeons at the Sorbonne University in Paris, France on Aug. 30, 1951, to a friend. The bottle (left) takes the place of the body. A tube from a vein carries blood through the pumps on the stand through the artificial lung where oxygen is added via a tube to an artery the motor located below the pumps, operates the pumps at the cadence of the normal heart beat.
John Salter, The Associated PressCuban Premier Fidel Castro plays table tennis with visiting U.S. students at Varadaro, Cuba, when students who defied the U.S. State Department ban on travel to Cuba visited there, Aug. 30, 1963. Castro said he would turn over his premiership to any student who defeated him at table tennis, and he defeated his challengers so the offer went untested. Photo was made by one of the students.
The Associated pressGen. 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. 28, 1945 at Atsugi Airport near Tokyo.
The Associated PressThe Quiet Dell, W.V., "murder garage" belonging to confessed "love mart" slayer, Harry F. Powers, a.k.a. Cornelius O. Pierson, is the scene of much activity, Aug. 30, 1931. The garage is at center, background, and at left is the ruins of a burned cottage in which additional bones were found. Powers, 45, of Clarksburg, W.Va., signed a confession to the slaying of Mrs. Asta Buick Eicher and her three children. (AP Photo)
The Associated PressThe wrecked car being salvaged from the lake side near Lucerne, Switzerland on Aug. 30, 1935, after the car crash in which Queen Astrid of Belgium was killed whilst driving with her husband the day before. (AP Photo)
Walter Attenni, The Associated PressActor Kirk Douglas, with beard, on a motorlaunch in Venice after arrival by rail from Rome, Aug. 30, 1953. Kirk Douglas arrived for the showing of Hollywood's "The Bad and The Beautiful" which will be shown at a film festival. Gondola in the background.
John Lindsay, The Associated PressCapt. Jacques-Yves Cousteau, his wife, Simone, and their pet dachshund, pose aboard his oceanographic research vessel, the Calypso, on Aug. 30, 1959 in New York Harbor.
The Associated PressThe scene at the Ballahoej Open Air Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug. 30, 1959 during the inter Scandinavian Rock N Roll Concert when hundreds of teenagers rioted and stoned the police. They pulled the props from under the stage causing it to collapse on spectators. It is then they roamed the adjacent neighborhood breaking windows in homes. 22 were arrested. (AP Photo)
Jacob Harris, The Associated PressSalvador "Cape Man" Agron, 16, center, and his accomplice, Tony Hernandez, left, are shown in handcuffs in a New York police station just before he was booked on homicide charges, Sept. 2, 1959, in the fatal stabbing of two teenagers in a playground on Manhattan's West Side on Aug. 30.
Bunji Watanabe, The Associated PressYoung girls at Japanese radio manufacturing plant in Tokyo, stretch in unison to beat of man blowing whistle, Aug. 30, 1960. The stretch break takes place twice a day and, according to company officials, raises the efficiency of the girls who assemble the miniature parts of transistor radios. The girls use microscopes to insert needle-like parts into the radios. (AP Photo/Bunji Watanabe)
Department of Defense, The Associated PressIn this image provided by the Department of Defense, the Stone House, or Matthews' House, at Bull Run, Va., is shown in 1862 during the American Civil War. Situated at the bottom of the hill where the main battle took place, the house served as an aid post close behind the Union Army line until it was overrun by the Confederates. The Battle of Bull Run, called the Battle of Manassas by the Confederates, was the first major battle, after Fort Sumter, between the Union and the Confederates on July 21, 1861.
The Associated PressBlack students began classes with white students in more than 50 Georgia schools in Atlanta, Aug. 30, 1965. Among them were two children of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., integration leader. King's daughter, Yolanda, right and son Martin II, left, are with their mother, Coretta Scott King, in the front seat, leaving school. Center is Juandalynn Abernathy, daughter of the Rev. Ralph Abernathy and his wife Juanita. Abernathy, treasurer of Southern Christian Leadership Conference, has three children in Spring St. School. (AP Photo)
The Associated PressFormer Beatle John Lennon performs during the One To One concert, a charity to benefit mentally challenged children at New York's Madison Square Garden, Aug. 30, 1972. (AP Photo)
The Associated PressRoberto Duran, World Boxing Association lightweight champion, pauses from signing his photograph and talks with fight promoter Don King during a promotion luncheon at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 30, 1977. (AP Photo)
Bill Haber, The Associated PressA New Orleans resident walks through floodwaters coated with a fine layer of oil in the flooded downtown area on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005. Hurricane Katrina pounded the area when it made landfall Monday and water is still rising in the Crescent City.
Phil Sandlin, The Associated PressA line of photographers are silhouetted as the Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off Pad 39A early Aug. 30, 1983, at the Kennedy Space Center.
The Associated PressTalk show host David Letterman, left, gestures while talking with Johnny Carson during taping of the "Tonight Show" at the NBC Studio in Burbank, California on Aug. 30, 1991. Letterman's presence on the "Tonight Show" was his first appearance since Carson announced his retirement next year. Letterman and Jay Leno, who is Carson's regular guest host and was named as his replacement, were in contention for the job. (AP Photo)
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Professor Jacob Jongbloed, left, of Utrecht, Holland, explains his artificial heart machine at a meeting of the Congress of Surgeons at the Sorbonne University in Paris, France on Aug. 30, 1951, to a friend. The bottle (left) takes the place of the body. A tube from a vein carries blood through the pumps on the stand through the artificial lung where oxygen is added via a tube to an artery the motor located below the pumps, operates the pumps at the cadence of the normal heart beat.
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A selection of photos from around the world of events that happened on August 30.















