August 30th, 1896

Born on August 30th, 1896

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What happened on August 30th, 1896?

August 30th, 1896

Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Revolution

What else 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.

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

Born on August 30th, 1896

86

Raymond Massey

Canadian-american actor (1896-1983)

*August 30th, 1896, Toronto †July 29th, 1983, Los Angeles

77

Willy Reichert

German comic and actor

*August 30th, 1896, Stuttgart †December 8th, 1973, Grassau

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

94

Shirley Booth

American actress (1898–1992)

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

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

89

Rolf Henniger

German actor (1925-2015)

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

39

Jinjin Harder

German singer

*August 30th, 1984, Wuhan

80

Eduardo Ciannelli

Italian actor (1889-1969)

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

69

Alexander Lukashenko

President of Belarus since 1994

*August 30th, 1954, Kopyś

52

Martin Gerster

German politician

*August 30th, 1971, Biberach an der Riss

93

Warren Buffett

American investor, entrepreneur and businessman

*August 30th, 1930, Omaha

52

Max Hodann

Physician, eugenicist, sex educator, socialist. Wrote controversial sex education which saw him leave Germany (1894-1946)

*August 30th, 1894, Nysa †December 17th, 1946, Stockholm

84

Edward Mills Purcell

American physicist (1912-1997)

*August 30th, 1912, Taylorville †March 7th, 1997, Cambridge

65

John Phillips

American musician (1935–2001)

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

40

Simone Pepe

Italian association football player

*August 30th, 1983, Albano Laziale

81

John Kani

South African actor and author (born 1942)

*August 30th, 1942, New Brighton

58

Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff

Dutch physical and organic chemist (1852-1911)

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

68

John Gunther

American journalist (1901-1970)

*August 30th, 1901, Chicago †May 29th, 1970, New York City

51

Cameron Diaz

American actress and model

*August 30th, 1972, San Diego

80

Jean-Claude Killy

French alpine skier

*August 30th, 1943, Saint-Cloud

56

Barbara Kendall

New Zealand windsurfer

*August 30th, 1967, Papakura District

75

Asbjørn Andersen

Danish actor and film director (1903-1978)

*August 30th, 1903, Copenhagen †December 10th, 1978, Silkeborg

Same year
Born in 1896

49

Marianne Grunthal

German teacher

*January 31st, 1896, Zehdenick †May 2nd, 1945, Schwerin

96

Kathleen McKane Godfree

English badminton and tennis player (1896-1992)

*May 7th, 1896, Bayswater †June 19th, 1992, London

90

Bruno Snell

German classical philologist

*June 18th, 1896, Hildesheim †October 31st, 1986, Hamburg

83

Helmut Berve

German historian of classical antiquity

*January 22nd, 1896, Wrocław †April 6th, 1979, Hechendorf am Pilsensee

84

Jean Piaget

Swiss psychologist, biologist, logician, philosopher and academic (1896–1980)

*August 9th, 1896, Neuchâtel †September 16th, 1980, Geneva

84

A. J. Cronin

Scottish novelist

*July 19th, 1896, Cardross †January 6th, 1981, Montreux

44

F. Scott Fitzgerald

American writer (1896–1940)

*September 24th, 1896, Saint Paul †December 21st, 1940, Hollywood

72

Trygve Lie

1st Secretary-General of the United Nations (1896–1968)

*July 16th, 1896, Grünerløkka †December 30th, 1968, Geilo

75

Betty Smith

American author (1896–1972)

*December 15th, 1896, Brooklyn †January 17th, 1972, Shelton

84

Eugenio Montale

Italian poet (1896-1981)

*October 12th, 1896, Genoa †September 12th, 1981, Milan

77

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Mexican social realist painter (1896–1974)

*December 29th, 1896, Porto †January 6th, 1974, Cuernavaca

92

Virgil Thomson

American composer and critic

*November 25th, 1896, Kansas City †September 30th, 1989, New York City

45

Ernst Udet

German flying ace (1896–1941)

*April 26th, 1896, Frankfurt †November 17th, 1941, Berlin

86

Howard Dietz

American publicist, lyricist, and librettist (1896-1983)

*September 9th, 1896, New York City †July 30th, 1983, New York City

61

Gerty Cori

Austro-Hungarian-American biochemist (1896–1957)

*August 15th, 1896, Prague †October 26th, 1957, Glendale

91

Karl August Wittfogel

German-American academic (1896–1988)

*September 6th, 1896, Woltersdorf †May 25th, 1988, New York City

81

Jacques Rueff

French economist and adviser to the French Government (1896-1978)

*August 23rd, 1896, 3rd arrondissement of Paris †April 23rd, 1978, 7th arrondissement of Paris

50

Erich Sichting

German politician (1896-1946)

*March 13th, 1896, Magdeburg †September 6th, 1946, Magdeburg

89

Elisabeth Selbert

German politician (1896-1986)

*September 22nd, 1896, Kassel †June 9th, 1986, Kassel

74

John Dos Passos

American novelist (1896–1970)

*January 14th, 1896, Chicago †September 28th, 1970, Baltimore

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Public holidays on August 30th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 30th.

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Leap year

Yes: 1896 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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