August 30th, 1928

Born on August 30th, 1928

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

Born on August 30th, 1928

92

Alain Rey

French lexicographer (1928–2020)

*August 30th, 1928, Pont-du-Château †October 28th, 2020, 9th arrondissement of Paris

85

Johnny Mann

American conductor

*August 30th, 1928, Baltimore †June 18th, 2014, Anderson

89

Shirley Huffman

American mayor

*August 30th, 1928, Bowdle †July 1st, 2018, Ventura

95

Raulín Rosendo

Dominican Republic-born singer

*August 30th, 1928, Santo Domingo Province

93

Carlos Vera

Chilean long jumper, triple jumper and decathlete

*August 30th, 1928, Iquique †June 22nd, 2022, Bloomington

36

Lloyd Casner

American racing driver

*August 30th, 1928, Miami †April 10th, 1965, Le Mans

61

Harvey Hart

Television and film director

*August 30th, 1928, Toronto †November 21st, 1989, New York City

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89

Rolf Henniger

German actor (1925-2015)

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

93

Warren Buffett

American investor, entrepreneur and businessman

*August 30th, 1930, Omaha

47

Nikolai Astrup

Norwegian painter (1880-1928)

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

69

Alexander Lukashenko

President of Belarus since 1994

*August 30th, 1954, Kopyś

65

John Phillips

American musician (1935–2001)

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

39

Jinjin Harder

German singer

*August 30th, 1984, Wuhan

52

Martin Gerster

German politician

*August 30th, 1971, Biberach an der Riss

81

John Kani

South African actor and author (born 1942)

*August 30th, 1942, New Brighton

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

94

François Cheng

Chinese-born French writer, poet and calligrapher

*August 30th, 1929, Nanchang

80

Jean-Claude Killy

French alpine skier

*August 30th, 1943, Saint-Cloud

94

Shirley Booth

American actress (1898–1992)

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

40

Simone Pepe

Italian association football player

*August 30th, 1983, Albano Laziale

51

Cameron Diaz

American actress and model

*August 30th, 1972, San Diego

56

Barbara Kendall

New Zealand windsurfer

*August 30th, 1967, Papakura District

84

Edward Mills Purcell

American physicist (1912-1997)

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

32

Bruce McLaren

New Zealand racecar driver, designer and team owner (1937-1970)

*August 30th, 1937, Auckland †June 2nd, 1970, Goodwood Circuit

86

Roger Pierre

French comedic actor (1923-2010)

*August 30th, 1923, Paris †January 23rd, 2010, Paris

91

Bill Daily

American actor and writer (1927-2018)

*August 30th, 1927, Des Moines †September 4th, 2018, Santa Fe

51

Jack Swigert

NASA Astronaut, Pilot (1931-1982)

*August 30th, 1931, Denver †December 27th, 1982, Washington, D.C.

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89

Egil Monn-Iversen

Norwegian composer, conductor and producer

*April 14th, 1928, Oslo †July 7th, 2017, Oslo

88

Søren Elung Jensen

Actor (1928-2017)

*July 7th, 1928, Odense †January 22nd, 2017, Hellerup

95

Noam Chomsky

American linguist and activist (born 1928)

*December 7th, 1928, East Oak Lane

39

Che Guevara

Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)

*June 14th, 1928, Rosario †October 9th, 1967, La Higuera

86

Maya Angelou

American poet, author, and civil rights activist (1928–2014)

*April 4th, 1928, St. Louis †May 28th, 2014, Winston-Salem

95

Aníbal Abreu

Venezuelan composer

*December 14th, 1928, Caracas

77

Heinz Melkus

German racing driver (1928-2005)

*April 20th, 1928, Dresden †September 5th, 2005, Dresden

86

Horst Köbbert

German television presenter (1928-2014)

*February 12th, 1928, Rostock †July 11th, 2014, Rostock

77

Axel Strøbye

Danish film actor

*February 22nd, 1928, Frederiksberg †July 12th, 2005, Copenhagen

80

Karl-Michael Vogler

German actor

*August 28th, 1928, Remscheid †June 9th, 2009, Seehausen am Staffelsee

81

Inge Taubert

German historian

*October 11th, 1928, Zwickau †December 19th, 2009, Raschau-Markersbach

71

Rigobert Günther

German historian of classical antiquity (1928-2000)

*May 18th, 1928, Magdeburg †April 2nd, 2000, Leipzig

96

Jean-Marie Le Pen

French politician

*June 20th, 1928, La Trinité-sur-Mer

89

Alberto Zedda

Italian conductor (1928-2017)

*January 2nd, 1928, Milan †March 6th, 2017, Pesaro

89

Bengt Gustavsson

Swedish footballer (1928-2017)

*January 13th, 1928, Ringarum †February 16th, 2017, Norrköping

89

Bab Christensen

Norwegian actress (1928-2017)

*January 8th, 1928, Oslo †April 10th, 2017, Oslo

91

Hosni Mubarak

President of Egypt from 1981 to 2011

*May 4th, 1928, Kafr el-Muṣīlḥa †February 25th, 2020, Cairo

95

Frank Borman

American astronaut

*March 14th, 1928, Gary †November 7th, 2023, Billings

58

Andy Warhol

American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)

*August 6th, 1928, Pittsburgh †February 22nd, 1987, New York City

96

Paul Dooley

American actor, writer, and comedian

*February 22nd, 1928, Parkersburg

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Leap year

Yes: 1928 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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