Almanac of Absurdities for August 30

Queen Cleopatra of Egypt commits suicide rather than come under the authority of Octavian…after her attempt to seduce him, reportedly, failed. That was 30 BC. In 1918 Vladimir Lenin was shot and wounded after a speech. On this day in 1963, the “Hot Line” was installed between the White House and the Kremlin. It’s National Holistic Pet Day, whatever that means.