Tukuk-OS📅 August 30
18 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on August 30? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2025 — Ukrainian politician Andriy Parubiy (pictured) was assassinated in Lviv, Ukraine.
- 2007 — A heavy bomber that had been unintentionally loaded with nuclear missiles flew them from North Dakota to Louisiana before they were recognized.
Heavy bomber2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incidentNorth Dakota
- 1990 — Gulf War: US General Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. issued General Order No. 1 prohibiting US troops from consuming alcohol or possessing pornographic material.
Gulf WarNorman Schwarzkopf Jr.General Order No. 1 (Gulf War)
- 1984 — Discovery, the third orbiter of NASA's Space Shuttle program, lifted off on its maiden voyage from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
- 1981 — Iranian president Mohammad-Ali Rajai and prime minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar were assassinated in a bombing committed by the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran.
Mohammad-Ali RajaiMohammad-Javad Bahonar1981 Iranian Prime Minister's office bombing
- 1974 — An express train carrying foreign workers from Yugoslavia to West Germany derailed in Zagreb, killing 153 people.
- 1974 — A bomb exploded at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Marunouchi, Tokyo, killing eight people.
1974 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries bombingMitsubishi Heavy IndustriesMarunouchi
- 1967 — Thurgood Marshall was confirmed as the first African-American Supreme Court justice.
Thurgood MarshallAssociate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
- 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.
South VietnamPhan Quang Đán1959 South Vietnamese parliamentary election
- 1959 — Writer and politician Abdul Muis became the first person to be awarded the posthumous title of National Hero of Indonesia.
- 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.
- 1942 — British and Australian prisoners of war in Singapore revolted against their Japanese captors, who required them to pledge not to escape.
- 1914 — World War I: The Battle of Tannenberg resulted in the almost complete destruction of the Russian 2nd Army by the German 8th Army.
- 1896 — Philippine Revolution: In the Battle of San Juan del Monte, the first real battle of the war, a Katipunan force temporarily captured a powder magazine before being beaten back by a Spanish garrison.
- 1800 — Gabriel Prosser planned to hold a slave rebellion in Virginia, U.S., but it was postponed due to rain; he was captured before he could reschedule it.
- 1594 — King James VI of Scotland held a masque at the baptism of Prince Henry, his first child.
- 1574 — Guru Ram Das (pictured) became the fourth of the Sikh gurus, the spiritual masters of Sikhism.
- 70 — First Jewish–Roman War: Roman forces led by Titus set fire to the Second Temple during the siege of Jerusalem.
Births
- 2002 — Fábio Carvalho, Portuguese footballer
- 2002 — Drake Maye, American football player
- 1996 — Mikal Bridges, American basketball player
- 1996 — Trevor Jackson, American actor and singer-songwriter
- 1994 — Monika Povilaitytė, Lithuanian volleyball player
- 1994 — Heo Young-ji, South Korean singer
- 1994 — Kwon So-hyun, South Korean singer-songwriter and actress
- 1992 — Jessica Henwick, British actress
- 1991 — Seriki Audu, Nigerian footballer (died 2014)
- 1991 — Jacqueline Cako, American tennis player
- 1991 — Liam Cooper, Scottish footballer
- 1989 — Simone Guerra, Italian footballer
Deaths
- 2024 — Tūheitia Paki, Māori King (born 1955)
- 2024 — Fatman Scoop, American rapper, hype man and radio personality (born 1971)
- 2022 — Mikhail Gorbachev, 8th and final leader of the Soviet Union (born 1931)
- 2019 — Valerie Harper, American actress and writer (born 1939)
- 2017 — Louise Hay, American motivational author (born 1926)
- 2017 — Skip Prokop, Canadian drummer, guitarist and keyboardist (born 1943)
- 2015 — Wes Craven, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (born 1939)
- 2015 — Edward Fadeley, American lawyer and politician (born 1929)
- 2015 — M. M. Kalburgi, Indian scholar, author, and academic (born 1938)
- 2015 — Marvin Mandel, American lawyer and politician, 56th Governor of Maryland (born 1920)
- 2015 — Oliver Sacks, English-American neurologist, author, and academic (born 1933)
- 2014 — Charles Bowden, American non-fiction author, journalist and essayist (born 1945)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Alexander of Constantinople (Eastern Orthodoxy)
- Christian feast day: Blessed Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster
- Christian feast day: Blessed Eustáquio van Lieshout
- Christian feast day: Blessed Stephen Nehmé (Maronite Church / Catholic Church)
- Christian feast day: Charles Chapman Grafton (Episcopal Church)
- Christian feast day: Fantinus
- Christian feast day: Felix and Adauctus
- Christian feast day: Fiacre
- Christian feast day: Blessed María Rafols Bruna
- Christian feast day: Mary Ward
- Christian feast day: Narcisa de Jesús
- Christian feast day: Pammachius
- Christian feast day: Theodosius of Oria
- Christian feast day: August 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Constitution Day (Kazakhstan)
- Constitution Day (Turks and Caicos Islands)
- Independence Day (Tatarstan, Russia not formally recognized)
- International Day of the Disappeared
- International Whale Shark Day
- Popular Consultation Day (East Timor)
- Saint Rose of Lima's Day (Peru)
- Victory Day (Turkey)
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