August 30: on this day in history

Historical events

1. 1835Melbourne, now one of Australia's largest cities, was founded.
2. 1873Austrian explorers discovered Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Ocean.
3. 1909Charles Walcott discovered Canada's Burgess Shale, famous for its half-billion-year-old fossils.
4. 1916Ernest Shackleton managed to rescue all his men stranded on Elephant Island.
5. 1936RMS Queen Mary won the Blue Riband, awarded to the fastest ship to cross the Atlantic.

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