August 30th, 1898

Born on August 30th, 1898

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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

Born on August 30th, 1898

94

Shirley Booth

American actress (1898–1992)

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

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47

Nikolai Astrup

Norwegian painter (1880-1928)

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

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

69

Alexander Lukashenko

President of Belarus since 1994

*August 30th, 1954, Kopyś

52

Martin Gerster

German politician

*August 30th, 1971, Biberach an der Riss

80

Eduardo Ciannelli

Italian actor (1889-1969)

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

93

Warren Buffett

American investor, entrepreneur and businessman

*August 30th, 1930, Omaha

68

John Gunther

American journalist (1901-1970)

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

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

75

Asbjørn Andersen

Danish actor and film director (1903-1978)

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

86

Raymond Massey

Canadian-american actor (1896-1983)

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

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

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

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83

Marta Linz

Hungarian violinist, composer, conductor

*December 21st, 1898, Budapest †January 11th, 1982, Berlin

72

Johannes S. Andersen

Norwegian criminal, businessman and resistance fighter during the Second World War

*July 9th, 1898, Oslo †July 29th, 1970, Horten

78

Franz Altheim

German historian (1898-1976)

*October 6th, 1898, Frankfurt †October 17th, 1976, Münster

77

Ernst Meyer

German historian of classical antiquity (1898-1975)

*February 21st, 1898, Pinneberg †November 18th, 1975, Zürich

50

Sergei Eisenstein

Soviet filmmaker (1898–1948)

*January 10th, 1898, Riga †February 11th, 1948, Moscow

77

Paul Robeson

American singer, actor, and political activist (1898–1976)

*April 9th, 1898, Princeton †January 23rd, 1976, Philadelphia

58

Bertolt Brecht

German poet, playwright, theatre director (1898-1956)

*February 10th, 1898, Augsburg †August 14th, 1956, East Berlin

38

Federico García Lorca

Spanish poet, dramatist and theatre director (1898–1936)

*June 5th, 1898, Fuente Vaqueros †July 31st, 1936, Víznar

78

Alvar Aalto

Finnish architect and designer (1898–1976)

*February 3rd, 1898, Kuortane †May 11th, 1976, Helsinki

80

Golda Meir

Prime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974

*April 21st, 1898, Ukraine †December 8th, 1978, Jerusalem

89

Giuseppe Saragat

5th President of Italy (1898-1988)

*September 19th, 1898, Turin †June 11th, 1988, Rome

42

Agnes Ayres

American actress (1892–1940)

*April 4th, 1898, Carbondale †December 25th, 1940, Los Angeles

38

George Gershwin

American composer and pianist (1898–1937)

*September 26th, 1898, Brooklyn †July 11th, 1937, Hollywood

44

Stephen Vincent Benét

American poet, short story writer, novelist

*July 22nd, 1898, Bethlehem †March 13th, 1943, New York City

71

Helene Wessel

German politician (1898-1969)

*July 6th, 1898, Hörde †October 13th, 1969, Bonn

76

Umm Kulthum

Egyptian singer, songwriter, and film actress

*December 31st, 1898, Tamay Ez-Zahayra †February 3rd, 1975, Cairo

72

Theodor Lohrmann

German association football player

*September 7th, 1898, Heidelberg †September 4th, 1971

70

Marianne von Angern

German author

*August 24th, 1898, Sopron †January 1st, 1969, Aachen

81

Herbert Marcuse

German philosopher, sociologist, and political theorist (1898–1979)

*July 19th, 1898, Berlin †July 29th, 1979, Starnberg

68

Robert Keith

American actor (1898–1966)

*February 10th, 1898, Fowler †December 22nd, 1966, Los Angeles

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