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August 30:

 * 1831 - At his father's bidding, Charles Darwin penned a letter to August Henslow, declining the offer of a supernumerary position aboard the HMS Beagle, which was then being prepared for its second voyage. He would change his mind and accept the offer the next day.
 * 1910 - Carlos de Paula Couto was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
 * 1918 - Samuel Wendell Williston died in Chicago, Illinois, USA at age 67.