By Michelle Dumas
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Lisa J. Ling (born August 30, 1973) is an American journalist and television personality. She is a news contributor for CBS News. Previously, she was the host for This Is Life with Lisa Ling on CNN, a reporter on Channel One News, a co-host on the ABC daytime talk show The View (1999–2002), the host of National Geographic Explorer (2003–2010), and a special correspondent for The Oprah Winfrey Show. Ling later hosted Our America with Lisa Ling on the Oprah Winfrey Network from 2011 to 2014.
Today is Friday, August 30, 2024, the 242nd day of the year with 123 days remain until the end of the year.
BIRTHDAYS TODAY
- Mary Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin) 1797 – Author
- Maria Montessori 1870
- Huey P. Long 1893
- Raymond Massey 1896
- Shirley Booth 1907
- Fred MacMurray 1908
- Joan Blondell 1912
- Ted Williams 1918
- Bill Daily 1928
- John Phillips (Mamas and the Papas) 1935
- Elizabeth Ashley 1939
- Ben Jones 1941
- Robert Crumb 1943
- Jean-Claude Killy 1943
- Peggy Lipton 1947
- Mick Moody (White Snake) 1950
- Timothy Bottoms 1951
- Cameron Diaz 1972
- Lisa Ling 1973
HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY
1146 – European leaders outlawed the crossbow.
1645 – American Indians and the Dutch made a peace treaty at New Amsterdam. New Amsterdam later became known as New York.
1682 – William Penn sailed from England and later established the colony of Pennsylvania in America.
1780 – General Benedict Arnold secretly promised to surrender the West Point fort to the British army.
1862 – The Confederates defeated Union forces at the second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, VA.
1945 – General Douglas MacArthur set up Allied occupation headquarters in Japan.
1951 – The Philippines and the United States signed a defense pact.
1960 – A partial blockade was imposed on West Berlin by East Germany.
1963 – The “Hotline” between Moscow and Washington, DC, went into operation.
1965 – Thurgood Marshall was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as a Supreme Court justice. Marshall was the first black justice to sit on the Supreme Court.
1983 – The space shuttle Challenger blasted off with Guion S. Bluford Jr. aboard. He was the first black American to travel in space.
1984 – The space shuttle Discovery lifted off for the first time. On the voyage three communications satellites were deployed.
1993 – On CBS-TV “The Late Show with David Letterman” premiered.
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