births
August 30, 1931
Jack Swigert, American pilot and astronaut (died 1982)
Jack Swigert
John Leonard Swigert Jr. was an American NASA astronaut, test pilot, mechanical engineer, aerospace engineer, United States Air Force pilot, and politician. In April 1970, as command module pilot of Apollo 13, he became one of 24 astronauts who flew to the Moon. Due to the "slingshot" route around the Moon they chose to safely return to Earth, the Apollo 13 astronauts flew farther away from Earth than any other astronauts before or since, though they had to abort the Moon landing.
August 30
August 30 is the 242nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 123 days remain until the end of the year.