August 30th, 1694

Born on August 30th, 1694

Age in days, weeks and months
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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

58

Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff

Dutch physical and organic chemist (1852-1911)

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

93

Warren Buffett

American investor, entrepreneur and businessman

*August 30th, 1930, Omaha

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

81

John Kani

South African actor and author (born 1942)

*August 30th, 1942, New Brighton

56

Barbara Kendall

New Zealand windsurfer

*August 30th, 1967, Papakura District

52

Jacobus Nozeman

Dutch composer

*August 30th, 1693, Hamburg †October 6th, 1745, Amsterdam

63

Gustave Le Gray

French photographer

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

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 1694

83

Voltaire

French writer, historian, and philosopher (1694–1778)

*November 21st, 1694, Paris †May 30th, 1778, Paris

59

Johann Gottfried von Hahn

German physician

*January 18th, 1694, Świdnica †May 1st, 1753, Świdnica

70

Christoph von Steiger

Swiss politician (1694–1765)

*February 22nd, 1694, Bern †February 12th, 1765, Bern

80

François Quesnay

French economist

*June 4th, 1694, Méré †December 16th, 1774, Su Casa Es Mi Casa

85

Giovan Battista Passeri

Antiquarian, catholic priest and civil servant (1694-1780)

*November 10th, 1694, Farnese †February 4th, 1780, Pesaro

59

Henry Pelham

Prime Minister of Great Britain; (1695-1754)

*September 25th, 1694, Laughton †March 6th, 1754, London

64

Johan Helmich Roman

Swedish Baroque composer (1694-1758)

*October 26th, 1694, Stockholm †November 20th, 1758, Ryssby

79

Réginald Outhier

French astronomer and priest

*August 16th, 1694, La Marre †May 8th, 1774, Bayeux

50

Leonardo Leo

Italian composer

*August 5th, 1694, San Vito dei Normanni †October 31st, 1744, Naples

33

Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen

German prince and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Köthen

*November 29th, 1694, Köthen †November 19th, 1728, Köthen

46

Christfried Kirch

German astronomer

*January 1st, 1694, Guben †January 1st, 1740, Berlin

62

Ernest Amadej Tomaž Attems

(1694-1757)

*December 21st, 1694, Graz †December 5th, 1757, Vienna

81

Yeongjo of Joseon

21st King of Joseon Dynasty in Korean history

*September 13th, 1694, Changdeokgung †March 5th, 1776, Gyeonghuigung

78

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

18th-century British statesman and man of letters; (1694-1773)

*September 22nd, 1694, London †March 24th, 1773, London

76

William Shirley

British governor of Massachusetts and then of the Bahamas (1694-1771)

*December 2nd, 1694, Preston †March 24th, 1771, Roxbury

89

Bartolomeo Altomonte

Austrian artist

*February 24th, 1694, Warsaw †November 11th, 1783, Sankt Florian

83

Ricardo Wall

Irish-born soldier, diplomat and minister in the Spanish service (1694-1777)

*November 5th, 1694, Nantes †December 26th, 1777, Granada

73

Hermann Samuel Reimarus

German philosopher

*December 22nd, 1694, Hamburg †March 1st, 1768, Hamburg

79

Georg Gottlob Richter

German philosopher and physician (1694-1773)

*February 4th, 1694, Schneeberg †May 28th, 1773, Göttingen

52

Francis Hutcheson

Scottish philosopher (1694–1746)

*August 8th, 1694, Drumalig †August 8th, 1746, Dublin

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1694 is a normal year and no leap year.

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