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Today in History: August 30

1617
Rosa de Lima of Peru becomes the first American saint to be canonized.

1781
The French fleet arrives in the Chesapeake Bay to aid the American Revolution.

1813
Creek Indians massacre over 500 whites at Fort Mims, Alabama.

1932
Nazi leader Hermann Goering is elected president of the Reichstag.

1961
President John F. Kennedy appoints General Lucius D. Clay as his personal representative in Berlin.

1963
Hot Line communications link installed between Moscow and Washington, DC.

1976
Tom Brokaw becomes news anchor of Today Show.

1979
First recorded instance of a comet (Howard-Koomur-Michels) hitting the sun; the energy released is equal to approximately 1 million hydrogen bombs.

1983
Eiffel Tower welcomes its 150 millionth visitor, 33-year-old Parisian Jacqueline Martinez.

1986
KGB arrests journalist Nicholas Daniloff (US News World Report) on a charge of spying and hold him for 13 days.

2020
Global cases of COVID-19 pass 25 million with death toll at 843,000

2020
India reports world's highest single-day increase in COVID-19 cases at 78,761

Today in History: Born on August 30

1893
Huey P. Long, Louisiana politician who served as governor and U.S. senator, known as "The Kingfish."

1919
Kitty Wells (Ellen Muriel Deason), first female singer to top the Country Music charts in US ("It Wasn't God Who Made Honky-Tonk Angels," 1952).

1960
US Army Master Sgt. Gary Gordon, receives posthumous Medal of Honor for his actions in the Battle of Mogadishu, Somalia.

1972
Cameron Diaz, model, award-winning actress (The Mask, There's Something About Mary, Any Given Sunday).

JOTD
A blonde teenager, wanting to earn some extra money for the summer, decided to hire herself out as a "handy-woman"
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She started canvassing a nearby well-to-do neighborhood. She went to the front door of the first house, and asked the owner if he had any odd jobs for her to do.

"Well, I guess I could use somebody to paint my porch," he said, "How much will you charge me?"

Delighted, the girl quickly responded, "How about $50?"

The man agreed and told her that the paint brushes and everything she would need was in the garage.

The man's wife, hearing the conversation said to her husband, "Does she realize that our porch goes ALL the way around the house?"

He responded, "That's a bit cynical, isn't it?"

The wife replied, "You're right. I guess I'm starting to believe all those dumb blonde jokes we've been getting by email lately."

Later that day, the blonde teenager came to the door to collect her money. "You're finished already?" the startled husband asked.

"Yes, she replied, and I even had paint left over, so I gave it two coats."

Impressed, the man reached into his pocket for the $50.00 and handed it to her along with a $10.00 tip.

“And, by the way," the teenager added, "it's not a Porch, it's a Lexus."