August 30th, 1969

Born on August 30th, 1969

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, 1969

54

Sara Ahmed

British-Australian scholar (b. 1969)

*August 30th, 1969, Salford

54

Kari Lake

American journalist and politician

*August 30th, 1969, Rock Island

54

Laurent Delahousse

French journalist

*August 30th, 1969, Croix

54

Rossana San Juan

Actress

*August 30th, 1969, Chilpancingo

48

Nebojsa Glogovac

Serbian actor (1969–2018)

*August 30th, 1969, Trebinje †February 9th, 2018, Belgrade

54

Dimitris Sgouros

Greek pianist

*August 30th, 1969, Athens

54

Valérie Bénaïm

Journalist, columnist, TV presenter, radio host

*August 30th, 1969, Casablanca

54

Salvatore Avallone

Italian footballer

*August 30th, 1969, Salerno

54

Vladimir Jugović

Serbian footballer

*August 30th, 1969, Trstenik

54

Kent Osborne

American screenwriter and actor

*August 30th, 1969, New Jersey

54

Dylan Kidd

American film director and screenwriter

*August 30th, 1969, Massachusetts

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

52

Martin Gerster

German politician

*August 30th, 1971, Biberach an der Riss

56

Barbara Kendall

New Zealand windsurfer

*August 30th, 1967, Papakura District

39

Jinjin Harder

German singer

*August 30th, 1984, Wuhan

51

Cameron Diaz

American actress and model

*August 30th, 1972, San Diego

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

40

Simone Pepe

Italian association football player

*August 30th, 1983, Albano Laziale

51

Pavel Nedvěd

Czech association football player

*August 30th, 1972, Cheb

89

Rolf Henniger

German actor (1925-2015)

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

40

Mehdi Mostefa

Algerian and French footballer

*August 30th, 1983, Dijon

53

Paulo Sousa

Portuguese footballer

*August 30th, 1970, Viseu

48

Anna Politkovskaya

Russian journalist

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

44

Marin Ireland

American actress

*August 30th, 1979, Camarillo

52

Mirko Eichhorn

German figure skater

*August 30th, 1971, Berlin

55

Götz Frömming

German politician (AfD)

*August 30th, 1968, Eutin

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

93

Warren Buffett

American investor, entrepreneur and businessman

*August 30th, 1930, Omaha

81

John Kani

South African actor and author (born 1942)

*August 30th, 1942, New Brighton

35

Tim Ohlbrecht

German basketball player

*August 30th, 1988, Wuppertal

41

Andy Roddick

American tennis player

*August 30th, 1982, Omaha

Same year
Born in 1969

55

Brian Krause

American actor

*February 1st, 1969, Lake Forest

54

Justine Frischmann

English musician

*September 16th, 1969, Kensington

54

Lucero

Mexican singer and actress

*August 29th, 1969, Mexico City

54

Thomas Vinterberg

Danish film director

*May 19th, 1969, Copenhagen

54

Søren Rasted

Danish musician

*June 13th, 1969, Blovstrød

54

Magnus Samuelsson

Swedish strongman

*December 21st, 1969, Kisa

54

Jens Eriksen

Danish badminton player

*December 30th, 1969, Copenhagen

55

Michael Schumacher

German racing driver

*January 3rd, 1969, Hürth

54

Ansgar Brinkmann

German footballer

*July 5th, 1969, Vechta

54

Brad Beven

Triathlete

*September 18th, 1969, Mirriwinni

54

Catrine Bengtsson

Badminton player

*September 21st, 1969, Gothenburg

54

Jyri Aalto

Finnish badminton player

*July 11th, 1969, Helsinki

54

Markus Gisdol

German association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1969, Geislingen an der Steige

55

Jintara Poonlarp

Thai female singer

*March 6th, 1969, Kaset Wisai

55

Arabella Kiesbauer

German talk show host

*April 8th, 1969, Vienna

54

Linus Torvalds

Finnish-American software engineer

*December 28th, 1969, Helsinki

54

Jennifer Lopez

American singer and actress

*July 24th, 1969, The Bronx

54

Maj Helen Sorkmo

Norwegian cross-country skier

*August 14th, 1969, Os Municipality

55

Bettina Stucky

Swiss actress

*January 1st, 1969, Bern

54

Matthew Perry

American-Canadian actor (1969–2023)

*August 19th, 1969, Williamstown †October 28th, 2023, Los Angeles

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No: With 365 days 1969 is a normal year and no leap year.

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