August 30th, 1490

Born on August 30th, 1490

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 83 days, exactly on July 21st, 2024, people who were born on August 30th, 1490 will be 195,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on August 30th?

August 30th, 2007

A heavy bomber plane that had been unintentionally loaded with nuclear missiles transported them from North Dakota to Louisiana before they were recognized.

August 30th, 1992

German racing driver Michael Schumacher won the Belgian Grand Prix, the first of his 91 Formula One Grand Prix wins.

August 30th, 1990

Gulf War: US General Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. issued General Order No. 1 prohibiting US troops from consuming alcohol or possessing pornographic material.

August 30th, 1984

Discovery, the third orbiter of NASA's Space Shuttle program, lifted off on its maiden voyage from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

August 30th, 1974

An express train carrying foreign workers from Yugoslavia to West Germany derailed in Zagreb, killing 153 people.

August 30th, 1959

South Vietnamese opposition figure Phan Quang Đán was elected to the National Assembly, despite soldiers being bussed in to vote multiple times for President Ngô Đình Diệm's candidate.

August 30th, 1942

Second World War: German field marshal Erwin Rommel launched the last major Axis offensive of the Western Desert campaign, attacking British positions near El Alamein, Egypt.

August 30th, 1914

World War I: The Battle of Tannenberg resulted in the almost complete destruction of the Russian 2nd Army by the German 8th Army.

August 30th, 1594

James VI of Scotland held a masque at the baptism of Prince Henry, his first child.

August 30th, 1574

Guru Ram Das (pictured) became the fourth of the Sikh gurus, the spiritual masters of Sikhism.

August 30th, 2023

Gabonese coup d'état: After Ali Bongo Ondimba's reelection, a military coup ousted him, ending 56 years of Bongo family rule in Gabon.

August 30th, 2021

The last remaining American troops leave Afghanistan, ending U.S. involvement in the war.

August 30th, 2014

Prime Minister of Lesotho Tom Thabane flees to South Africa as the army allegedly stages a coup.

August 30th, 2002

Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4823 crashes on approach to Rio Branco International Airport, killing 23 of the 31 people on board.

August 30th, 1998

Second Congo War: Armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and their Angolan and Zimbabwean allies recapture Matadi and the Inga dams in the western DRC from RCD and Rwandan troops.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 30th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 30th?

47

Nikolai Astrup

Norwegian painter (1880-1928)

*August 30th, 1880, Bremanger Municipality †January 21st, 1928, Førde

39

Jinjin Harder

German singer

*August 30th, 1984, Wuhan

66

Ernest Rutherford

British physicist of New Zealand origin, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1908) (1871–1937)

*August 30th, 1871, Nelson †October 19th, 1937, Cambridge

52

Martin Gerster

German politician

*August 30th, 1971, Biberach an der Riss

69

Alexander Lukashenko

President of Belarus since 1994

*August 30th, 1954, Kopyś

77

Jacques-Louis David

French painter (1748–1825)

*August 30th, 1748, Paris †December 29th, 1825, City of Brussels

89

Rolf Henniger

German actor (1925-2015)

*August 30th, 1925, Erfurt †August 15th, 2015, Berlin

40

Simone Pepe

Italian association football player

*August 30th, 1983, Albano Laziale

94

Shirley Booth

American actress (1898–1992)

*August 30th, 1898, Brooklyn †October 16th, 1992, Chatham

93

Warren Buffett

American investor, entrepreneur and businessman

*August 30th, 1930, Omaha

53

Mary Shelley

British writer (1797–1851)

*August 30th, 1797, Somers Town †February 1st, 1851, Chester Square

51

Cameron Diaz

American actress and model

*August 30th, 1972, San Diego

58

Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff

Dutch physical and organic chemist (1852-1911)

*August 30th, 1852, Rotterdam †March 1st, 1911, Steglitz

56

Barbara Kendall

New Zealand windsurfer

*August 30th, 1967, Papakura District

65

John Phillips

American musician (1935–2001)

*August 30th, 1935, Parris Island †March 18th, 2001, Los Angeles

81

John Kani

South African actor and author (born 1942)

*August 30th, 1942, New Brighton

80

Jean-Claude Killy

French alpine skier

*August 30th, 1943, Saint-Cloud

40

Mehdi Mostefa

Algerian and French footballer

*August 30th, 1983, Dijon

63

Gustave Le Gray

French photographer

*August 30th, 1820, Villiers-le-Bel †July 29th, 1884, Cairo

80

Eduardo Ciannelli

Italian actor (1889-1969)

*August 30th, 1889, Ischia †October 8th, 1969, Rome

Same year
Born in 1490

55

Friedrich Myconius

German theologian

*December 26th, 1490, Lichtenfels †April 7th, 1546, Gotha

77

Albert, Duke in Prussia

Duke of Prussia from 1525 to 1568

*May 17th, 1490, Ansbach †March 20th, 1568, Burg Tapiau

43

Hans Dürer the Younger

German artist (1490-1534)

*February 21st, 1490, Nuremberg †January 1st, 1534, Kraków

37

Charles III, Duke of Bourbon

French general, count of Montpensier; (1490-1527)

*February 17th, 1490, Montpensier †May 6th, 1527, Rome

56

Johann Heß

German theologian

*September 23rd, 1490, Nuremberg †January 5th, 1547, Wrocław

60

Tilemann Platner

German theologian

*November 24th, 1490, Stolberg †November 6th, 1551, Stolberg

66

Valentin Friedland

German educationist

*February 23rd, 1490, Trójca, Lower Silesian Voivodeship †April 26th, 1556, Legnica

83

Ebussuud Effendi

Ottoman Grand Mufti

*December 30th, 1490, İskilip †August 23rd, 1574, Istanbul

57

Bernardo Pisano

Italian composer

*October 12th, 1490, Florence †January 23rd, 1548, Rome

63

Giovanni Salviati

Catholic cardinal

*March 24th, 1490, Florence †October 28th, 1553, Ravenna

71

Giovanni Marinoni

Italian presbyter

*December 25th, 1490, Venice †December 13th, 1562, Naples

56

Fridolin Sicher

Swiss composer

*March 6th, 1490, Bischofszell †June 13th, 1546, Bischofszell

33

Amalie of the Palatinate

Duchess of Pomerania by marriage

*July 25th, 1490, Heidelberg †January 6th, 1524, Szczecin

55

Albert of Mainz

Catholic cardinal

*June 28th, 1490, Old Cölln †September 24th, 1545, Martinsburg

43

Vojtěch I of Pernstein

Czech hofmeister and nobleman

*April 4th, 1490, Moravský Krumlov †March 17th, 1534, Prague

48

Francesco Maria I della Rovere

Italian noble

*March 22nd, 1490, Senigallia †October 20th, 1538, Pesaro

45

Charles Reynolds

Irish Catholic cleric, canonist, and diocesan administrator

*January 1st, 1490, County Leitrim †June 30th, 1535, Rome

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Leap year

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