August 30th, 1679

Born on August 30th, 1679

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 111 days, exactly on August 21st, 2024, people who were born on August 30th, 1679 will be 126,000 days old!

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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

77

Jacques-Louis David

French painter (1748–1825)

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

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

89

Rolf Henniger

German actor (1925-2015)

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

53

Mary Shelley

British writer (1797–1851)

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

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

58

Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff

Dutch physical and organic chemist (1852-1911)

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

51

Cameron Diaz

American actress and model

*August 30th, 1972, San Diego

65

John Phillips

American musician (1935–2001)

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

56

Barbara Kendall

New Zealand windsurfer

*August 30th, 1967, Papakura District

81

John Kani

South African actor and author (born 1942)

*August 30th, 1942, New Brighton

63

Gustave Le Gray

French photographer

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

80

Jean-Claude Killy

French alpine skier

*August 30th, 1943, Saint-Cloud

40

Mehdi Mostefa

Algerian and French footballer

*August 30th, 1983, Dijon

80

Eduardo Ciannelli

Italian actor (1889-1969)

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

Same year
Born in 1679

75

Christian Wolff

German philosopher (1679–1754)

*January 24th, 1679, Wrocław †April 9th, 1754, Halle (Saale)

56

Johann Georg Mozart

German bookbinder (1679-1736)

*May 4th, 1679, Augsburg †February 19th, 1736, Augsburg

51

Antonio Farnese

Duke of Parma

*November 29th, 1679, Parma †January 20th, 1731, Parma

67

Richard Lestock

Royal Navy admiral (1679-1746)

*February 22nd, 1679, Portsmouth †December 17th, 1746, Portsmouth

60

Jacques Cassard

French naval commander

*September 30th, 1679, Nantes †January 21st, 1740, Ham

39

Thomas Parnell

Anglo-Irish cleric, writer and poet.

*September 11th, 1679, Dublin †October 24th, 1718, Chester

59

James Anderson

Scottish writer and minister born and educated in Aberdeen, Scotland (1680-1739)

*November 30th, 1679, Aberdeen †November 30th, 1738, London

66

Jan Dismas Zelenka

Czech baroque composer

*October 16th, 1679, Louňovice pod Blaníkem †December 23rd, 1745, Dresden

77

Francis Conrad of Stadion and Thannhausen

Prince Bishop of Bamberg

*August 29th, 1679, Arnstein †March 6th, 1757, Bamberg

85

Johann Peter Raesfeld

Politician (1679-1764)

*March 26th, 1679, Wesel †October 20th, 1764, Kleve

52

Johann Christian Schieferdecker

German composer

*November 10th, 1679, Teuchern †April 5th, 1732, Lübeck

80

Girolamo Michelangelo Chiti

Italian composer and music theorist

*January 19th, 1679, Siena †September 4th, 1759, Rome

75

Samuel von Cocceji

Prussian politician (1679-1755)

*October 20th, 1679, Heidelberg †October 4th, 1755, Berlin

56

Georg Friedrich Kauffmann

German composer and organist

*February 14th, 1679, Ostramondra †February 24th, 1735, Merseburg

69

Philipp Gerlach

German architect

*July 24th, 1679, Spandau †September 17th, 1748, Berlin

87

Firmin Abauzit

French, and then Genevan, physician, theologian and philosopher

*November 12th, 1679, Uzès †March 20th, 1767, Geneva

49

Leopold, Duke of Lorraine

Duke of Lorraine, Bar and of Teschen

*September 11th, 1679, Innsbruck †March 27th, 1729, Lunéville

74

Georg Dietloff von Arnim

Prussian minister (1679-1753)

*September 18th, 1679, Uckermark †October 20th, 1753, Berlin

87

Johann Gottlob Carpzov

German theologian

*September 26th, 1679, Dresden †April 7th, 1767, Lübeck

67

Frederick William, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

*February 16th, 1679, Ichtershausen †March 10th, 1746, Meiningen

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1679 is a normal year and no leap year.

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