Historic Rescues: From Shackleton’s Crew to Hurricane Katrina Survivors

August 30 marks significant rescue operations, including Shackleton's Antarctic expedition and Hurricane Katrina's aftermath.

In 1916, Ernest Shackleton successfully rescued 22 crew members stranded on Elephant Island for over four months.
On August 30, 2005, hundreds were rescued from flooded New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina.
The Senate confirmed Thurgood Marshall as the first Black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court in 1967.
The U.S. completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, ending its longest war.
Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, died in 2022 at age 91.