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August 30 is the 242nd day of the year (243rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 123 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

• 1363 – Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders — Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang — are pitted against each other in what is one of the largest naval battles in history, during the last decade of the ailing, Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty.
• 1574 – Guru Ram Das becomes the Fourth Sikh Guru/Master.
• 1590 – Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo Castle. (Traditional Japanese date: August 1, 1590)
• 1791 – HMS Pandora sinks after having run aground on a reef the previous day.
• 1799 – The entire Dutch fleet is captured by British forces under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby and Admiral Sir Charles Mitchell during the Second Coalition of the French Revolutionary Wars.
• 1800 – Gabriel Prosser leads a slave rebellion in Richmond, Virginia
• 1813 – Battle of Kulm: French forces are defeated by an Austrian-Prussian-Russian alliance.
• 1813 – Creek War - Fort Mims massacre: Creek "Red Sticks" kill over 500 settlers (including over 250 armed militia) in Fort Mims, north of Mobile, Alabama.
• 1835 – Melbourne, Australia is founded.
• 1836 – The city of Houston is founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen
• 1862 – American Civil War - Battle of Richmond: Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout Union forces under General Horatio Wright.
• 1862 – American Civil War: Union forces are defeated in Second Battle of Bull Run.
• 1873 – Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Joseph Land in the Arctic Sea.
• 1897 – The town of Ambiky is captured by France from Menabe in Madagascar.
• 1896 – Eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas. These were Manila, Cavite, Bulacan, Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, Bataan, Laguna, and Batangas.
• 1909 – Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
• 1914 – The Battle of Tannenberg is fought.
• 1918 – Fanny Kaplan shoots and seriously injures Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin. This, along with the assassination of Bolshevik senior official Moisei Uritsky days earlier, prompts the decree for Red Terror.
• 1922 – Battle of Dumlupinar, final battle in the Greek-Turkish War ("Turkish War of Independence”).
• 1942 – World War II: the Battle of Alam Halfa begins.
• 1945 – Hong Kong is liberated from Japan by British Armed Forces.
• 1945 – The Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base.
• 1956 – The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway opens.
• 1962 – Japan conducts a test of the NAMC YS-11, its first aircraft since World War II and its only successful commercial aircraft from before or after the war.
• 1963 – The Hotline between the leaders of the U.S.A. and the Soviet Union goes into operation.
• 1967 – Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African American Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
• 1974 – A Belgrade–Dortmund express train derails at the main train station in Zagreb killing 153 passengers.
• 1974 – A powerful bomb explodes at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Marunouchi, Tokyo, Japan. 8 are killed, 378 are injured. Eight left-wing activists are arrested on May 19, 1975 by Japanese authorities.
• 1984 – STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage.
• 1995 – NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces.

Births

• 1334 – Pedro of Castile (d. 1369)
• 1377 – Shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (d. 1447)
• 1705 – David Hartley, English philosopher (d. 1757)
• 1720 – Samuel Whitbread, English brewer (d. 1796)
• 1748 – Jacques-Louis David, French painter (d. 1825)
• 1768 – Joseph Dennie, American writer (d. 1812)
• 1797 – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, English writer (d. 1851)
• 1808 – Princess Ludovika of Bavaria (d. 1892)
• 1813 – Princess Mathilde of Bavaria (d. 1862)
• 1818 – Alexander H. Rice, 30 Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1895)
• 1821 – Anita Garibaldi, Brazilian warrior; Garibaldi's wife (War of Tatters) (d. 1849)
• 1839 – Gulstan Ropert, French Catholic prelate (d. 1903)
• 1842 – Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia (d. 1849)
• 1848 – Andrew Onderdonk, Canadian railway contractor (d. 1905)
• 1850 – Marcelo H. del Pilar, Filipino writer, journalist and revolutionary (d. 1896)
• 1852 – Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch physical and organic chemist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1911)
• 1856 – Carle David Tolmé Runge, German physicist (d. 1927)
• 1860 – Isaac Levitan, Russian artist (d. 1900)
• 1870 – Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia (d. 1891)
• 1871 – Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-born Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (d. 1937)
• 1884 – Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
• 1890 – Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson, British fighter ace (d. 1918)
• 1893 – Huey Long, American politician (d. 1935)
• 1896 – Raymond Massey, Canadian actor (d. 1983)
• 1898 – Shirley Booth, American actress (d. 1992)
• 1901 – Roy Wilkins, American civil rights leader (d. 1981)
• 1901 – John Gunther, American writer (d. 1970)
• 1906 – Joan Blondell, American actress (d. 1979)
• 1908 – Fred MacMurray, American actor (d. 1991)
• 1912 – Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
• 1912 – Nancy Wake AC GM, New Zealand-born World War II secret agent
• 1913 – Richard Stone, British economist Bank of Sweden Prize winner (d. 1991)
• 1915 – Robert Strassburg, American composer (d. 2003)
• 1917 – Denis Healey, British politician, former Chancellor of the Exchequer
• 1918 – Ted Williams, American baseball player (d. 2002)
• 1918 – Billy Johnson, American baseball player (d. 2006)
• 1919 – Kitty Wells, American singer
• 1919 – Wolfgang Wagner, German opera director (d. 2010)
• 1922 – Lionel Murphy, Australian politician (d. 1986)
• 1922 – Regina Resnik, American mezzo-soprano
• 1923 – Barbara Mary Ansell, UK founder of paediatric rheumatology (d. 2001)
• 1923 – Charmian Clift, Australian writer and essayist (d. 1969)
• 1923 – Vic Seixas, American tennis player
• 1924 – Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer (d. 2004)
• 1925 – Laurent de Brunhoff, French writer and illustrator
• 1928 – Lloyd Casner, American racecar driver and owner (d. 1965)
• 1930 – Warren Buffett, American entrepreneur
• 1930 – Jerry Tarkanian, American basketball coach
• 1930 – Noel Harford, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1981)
• 1931 – Jack Swigert, American astronaut (d. 1982)
• 1933 – Don Getty, Canadian politician
• 1934 – Baloo Gupte, Indian cricketer (d. 2005)
• 1935 – John Phillips, American singer/songwriter (The Mamas & the Papas) (d. 2001)
• 1937 – Bruce McLaren, New Zealand car racer and founder of eponymous race team (d. 1970)
• 1939 – John Peel, English radio disc jockey (d. 2004)
• 1939 – Elizabeth Ashley, American actress
• 1941 – Ben Jones, American actor and politician
• 1942 – Pervez Sajjad, Pakistani cricketer
• 1943 – Robert Crumb, American cartoonist
• 1943 – Jean-Claude Killy, French skier
• 1944 – Molly Ivins, American political humorist (d. 2007)
• 1944 – Tug McGraw, American baseball player (d. 2004)
• 1946 – Peggy Lipton, American actress
• 1946 – Queen Anne-Marie of Greece
• 1947 – Allan Rock, Canadian politician and diplomat
• 1948 – Lewis Black, American comedian
• 1948 – Fred Hampton, Black Panther leader, murdered in 1969 Chicago Police raid
• 1948 – Donnacha O'Dea, Irish poker player and swimmer
• 1949 – Peter Maffay, German musician
• 1949 – Ted Ammon, American financier (d. 2001)
• 1949 – Christopher Collins, American actor and comedian (d. 1994)
• 1949 – Don Boudria, Canadian politician
• 1950 – Antony Gormley, English sculptor
• 1951 – Timothy Bottoms, American actor
• 1951 – Dana, Irish singer and politician
• 1953 – Robin Harris, American comedian (d. 1990)
• 1953 – Horace Panter, British musician (The Specials and General Public)
• 1953 – Robert Parish, American basketball player
• 1953 – Ron George, American politician
• 1954 – David Paymer, American actor
• 1954 – Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus
• 1958 – Martin Jackson, British drummer (Swing out Sister)
• 1958 – Anna Politkovskaya, Russian journalist (d. 2006)
• 1959 – Mark 'Jacko' Jackson, Australian rules footballer and actor
• 1960 – Chalino Sanchez, Mexican musician (d. 1992)
• 1960 – Gary Gordon, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1993)
• 1960 – Guy A. Lepage, Quebec humorist, television host and producer
• 1962 – Alexander Litvinenko, Russian KGB officer (d. 2006)
• 1963 – Michael Chiklis, American actor
• 1963 – Paul Oakenfold, British disc jockey
• 1963 – Dave Brockie, American vocalist (GWAR)
• 1964 – Gavin Fisher, British engineer
• 1966 – Michael Michele, American actress
• 1967 – Justin Vaughan, New Zealand cricketer
• 1967 – Frederique van der Wal, Dutch model
• 1968 – Vladimir Malakhov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1969 – Dimitris Sgouros, Greek pianist
• 1970 – Carlo Checchinato, Italian rugby player and manager
• 1970 – Michael Wong Guang Liang, Chinese Malaysian singer
• 1971 – Lars Frederiksen, American guitarist (Rancid and UK Subs)
• 1972 – Cameron Diaz, American actress
• 1972 – Pavel Nedvěd, Czech footballer
• 1973 – Lisa Ling, American journalist
• 1974 – Javier Otxoa, Spanish cyclist
• 1974 – Aaron Barrett, Lead singer/guitarist of Reel Big Fish
• 1975 – Radhi Jaidi, Tunisian footballer
• 1976 – Lillo Brancato Jr., American actor
• 1976 – Mike Koplove, American baseball player
• 1976 – Sarah-Jane Potts, English actress
• 1977 – Shaun Alexander, American football player
• 1977 – Marlon Byrd, American baseball player
• 1977 – Elden Henson, American actor
• 1977 – Kamil Kosowski, Polish footballer
• 1977 – Jens Ludwig, German guitarist
• 1978 – Swizz Beatz, American record producer and rapper
• 1978 – Cliff Lee, American baseball player
• 1978 – Sinead Kerr, Irish Olympic figure skater/ice dancer
• 1979 – Juan Ignacio Chela, Argentine tennis player
• 1979 – Leon Lopez, British actor
• 1979 – Niki Chow, Hong Kong actress and singer
• 1979 – Scott Richmond, Canadian baseball player
• 1979 – Tavia Yeung, Hong Kong actress
• 1981 – Germán Legarreta, American actor
• 1982 – Andy Roddick, American tennis player
• 1982 – Will Davison, Australian racing driver
• 1983 – Jun Matsumoto, Japanese singer and actor
• 1983 – Gustavo Eberto, Argentine footballer (d. 2007)
• 1984 – Anthony Ireland, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1985 – Richard Duffy, Welsh footballer
• 1985 – Leisel Jones, Australian swimmer
• 1985 – Eamon Sullivan, Australian swimmer
• 1985 – Éva Risztov, Hungarian swimmer
• 1985 – Steven Smith, Scottish footballer
• 1986 – Ryan Ross, American musician (Panic! at the Disco)
• 1988 – Michael Cavanaugh, Professional gamer
• 1988 – Ernests Gulbis, Latvian tennis player
• 1988 – Laura Põldvere, Estonian singer
• 1989 – Ronald Huth, Paraguayan footballer
• 1991 – Liam Cooper, Scottish footballer (Hull City)
• 2001 – Emily Bear, American child pianist and composer

Deaths

• 526 – Theodoric the Great (b. 454)
• 1158 – King Sancho III of Castile (b. 1134)
• 1329 – Khutughtu Khan, Emperor Mingzong of Yuan, emperor of the Yuan Dynasty and the Mongol Empire (b. 1300)
• 1428 – Emperor Shōkō (b. 1401)
• 1483 – King Louis XI of France (b. 1423)
• 1580 – Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (b. 1528)
• 1619 – Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1535)
• 1723 – Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch tradesman and scientist (b. 1632)
• 1751 – Christopher Polhem, Swedish scientist and inventor (b. 1661)
• 1856 – Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English writer (b. 1811)
• 1879 – John Bell Hood, American Confederate general (b. 1831)
• 1886 – Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American politician (b. 1836)
• 1896 – Alexei Lobanov-Rostovsky, Russian statesman (b. 1824)
• 1906 – Hans Auer, Swiss architect (b. 1847)
• 1907 – Richard Mansfield, American actor and manager (b. 1857)
• 1928 – Wilhelm Wien, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1935 – Henri Barbusse, French novelist and journalist (b. 1873)
• 1938 – Max Factor, make-up artist and cosmetic manufacturer (b. 1877)
• 1940 – J.J. Thomson, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
• 1941 – Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish engineer and physicist (b. 1874)
• 1943 – Father Eustaquio van Lieshout, Dutch Catholic priest (b. 1890)
• 1946 – Konstantin Rodzaevsky, Russian fascist (executed) (b. 1907)
• 1946 – Grigory Semyonov, Russian counter-revolutionary (executed) (b. 1890)
• 1949 – Arthur Fielder, English cricketer (b. 1877)
• 1961 – Charles Coburn, American actor (b. 1877)
• 1963 – Guy Burgess, English-born Soviet spy (b. 1911)
• 1968 – William Talman, American actor (b. 1915)
• 1970 – Del Moore, American comedian (b. 1916)
• 1981 – Vera-Ellen, American actress (b. 1921)
• 1981 – Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Iranian statesman (b. 1933)
• 1985 – Taylor Caldwell, English-born author (b. 1900)
• 1989 – Seymour Krim, American journalist, essayist, and literary critic (b. 1922)
• 1991 – Jean Tinguely, Swiss painter and sculptor (b. 1925)
• 1993 – Richard Jordan, American actor, (b. 1938)
• 1994 – Lindsay Anderson, English film director (b. 1923)
• 1995 – Fischer Black, American economist (b. 1938)
• 1995 – Sterling Morrison, American guitarist (The Velvet Underground) (b. 1942)
• 1996 – Christine Pascal, French actress and director (b. 1953)
• 1999 – Raymond Poïvet, French comics artist (b. 1910)
• 2000 – David Haskell, American Actor (b. 1948)
• 2001 – Ivor Spencer-Thomas, English farmer, entrepreneur and inventor (b. 1907)
• 2002 – J. Lee Thompson, English film director (b. 1914)
• 2003 – Charles Bronson, American actor (b. 1921)
• 2003 – Donald Davidson, American philosopher (b. 1917)
• 2004 – Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer (b. 1906)
• 2004 – Indian Larry, American motorcycle builder and stuntman (b. 1949)
• 2006 – Glenn Ford, Canadian-born American actor (b. 1916)
• 2006 – Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 2006 – Robin Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon, New Zealand jurist and member of the British House of Lords (b. 1926)
• 2007 – Michael Jackson, British beer and whiskey author/expert. (b. 1942)
• 2007 – Charles Vanik, American politician (b. 1918)
• 2008 – Killer Kowalski, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1926)

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Felix and Adauctus
  • Pammachius
• International Day of the Disappeared (International)
• Saint Rose of Lima's Day (Peru)
• Victory Day (Turkey)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

• Days of the year
• August