August 30th, 1950

Born on August 30th, 1950

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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, 1950

73

Antony Gormley

British sculptor

*August 30th, 1950, London

72

Gerhard Bauer

German politician

*August 30th, 1950, Saarbrücken †August 24th, 2023

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 30th?

69

Alexander Lukashenko

President of Belarus since 1994

*August 30th, 1954, Kopyś

47

Nikolai Astrup

Norwegian painter (1880-1928)

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

52

Martin Gerster

German politician

*August 30th, 1971, Biberach an der Riss

39

Jinjin Harder

German singer

*August 30th, 1984, Wuhan

81

John Kani

South African actor and author (born 1942)

*August 30th, 1942, New Brighton

89

Rolf Henniger

German actor (1925-2015)

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

80

Jean-Claude Killy

French alpine skier

*August 30th, 1943, Saint-Cloud

93

Warren Buffett

American investor, entrepreneur and businessman

*August 30th, 1930, Omaha

65

John Phillips

American musician (1935–2001)

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

48

Anna Politkovskaya

Russian journalist

*August 30th, 1958, New York City †October 7th, 2006, Moscow

56

Barbara Kendall

New Zealand windsurfer

*August 30th, 1967, Papakura District

40

Simone Pepe

Italian association football player

*August 30th, 1983, Albano Laziale

51

Cameron Diaz

American actress and model

*August 30th, 1972, San Diego

21

Fred Hampton

African-American activist (1948-1969)

*August 30th, 1948, Summit †December 4th, 1969, Chicago

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

72

Gediminas Kirkilas

Lithuanian politician

*August 30th, 1951, Vilnius

53

Patrick Roy

French politician

*August 30th, 1957, Denain †May 3rd, 2011, Valenciennes

74

Peter Maffay

German singer and musician

*August 30th, 1949, Brașov

75

Nelson Xavier

Brazilian actor

*August 30th, 1941, São Paulo †May 10th, 2017, Uberlândia

94

Shirley Booth

American actress (1898–1992)

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

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Born in 1950

67

Jeff Lowe

American mountain climber

*September 13th, 1950, Ogden †August 24th, 2018, Colorado

73

Annette Badland

English actress

*August 26th, 1950, Edgbaston

73

Narendra Modi

14th Prime Minister of India

*September 17th, 1950, Vadnagar

66

Martin McGuinness

Sinn Féin politician and deputy First Minister (1950-2017)

*May 23rd, 1950, Derry †March 21st, 2017, Altnagelvin Area Hospital

74

Billy Currie

British multi-instrumentalist

*April 1st, 1950, Huddersfield

66

Sandra Reemer

Dutch singer and presenter (1950–2017)

*October 17th, 1950, Bandung City †June 6th, 2017, Amsterdam

73

Øivind Blunck

Norwegian actor and comedian

*December 28th, 1950, Norway

73

Wayne Eagling

Canadian ballet dancer

*November 27th, 1950, Montreal

74

Peter Funke

German historian of classical antiquity

*March 18th, 1950, Rheine

74

Rötger Feldmann

German comic artist

*March 17th, 1950, Travemünde

73

Pedro Barceló

Spanish historian of classical antiquity

*April 30th, 1950, Vinaròs

70

Jóhannes Eðvaldsson

Icelandic football player (1950-2021)

*September 3rd, 1950, Reykjavík †January 24th, 2021, Glasgow

74

Ade Chandra

Badminton player

*February 4th, 1950, Jakarta

73

Ed Harris

American actor and director (born 1950)

*November 28th, 1950, Englewood

67

Horace Burrell

Jamaican sports executive

*February 8th, 1950, Clarendon Parish †June 6th, 2017, Kingston

73

Harriet Walter

British actress

*September 24th, 1950, London

74

Martin Short

Canadian actor and comedian (born 1950)

*March 26th, 1950, Hamilton

73

Stevie Wonder

American musician (born 1950)

*May 13th, 1950, Saginaw

74

William Sadler

American actor

*April 13th, 1950, Buffalo

74

Rick Perry

14th United States Secretary of Energy

*March 4th, 1950, Haskell

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No: With 365 days 1950 is a normal year and no leap year.

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