Daily Archives: August 30, 2012

‘Northern Exposure’ and ‘Murphy Brown’ top Emmys 20 years ago tonight (1992)


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(Sunday, August 30, 1992) — The television series Northern Exposure won six awards tonight at the 44th Primetime Emmy Awards at Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California, including best drama series. Continue reading ‘Northern Exposure’ and ‘Murphy Brown’ top Emmys 20 years ago tonight (1992)

Confederates victorious at Second Battle of Bull Run 150 years ago today (1862)


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(Saturday, August 30, 1862, during the Second Battle of Bull Run, part of the American Civil War) — Confederate forces won victories today against the Union at the Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, Virginia, as Maj. Gen. James Longstreet today sent five divisions storming into the Union flank, which was crushed and driven back to Bull Run.

25,000 men were killed, wounded or missing, five times the figure of the First Battle of Bull Run 13 months before.