What are the important events that happened on August 30? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
August 30: Facts & Myths About This Day
August 30 is the 243rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 123 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 17, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,724,976,000 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectatetracontatrigon’ day.
Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 152 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,270 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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August 30 Historical Events
1791 –
HMS Pandora sinks after having run aground on a reef the previous day.
1835 –
Melbourne, Australia is founded.
1836 –
The city of Houston is founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen
1896 –
Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas.
1940 –
The Second Vienna Award re-assigns the territory of Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary.
1945 –
Hong Kong is liberated from Japan by British Armed Forces.
1956 –
The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway opens.
1963 –
The Hotline between the leaders of the U.S.A. and the Soviet Union goes into operation.
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.
Who were born on August 30?
1870 –
Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia (d. 1891)
1918 –
Billy Johnson, American baseball player (d. 2006)
1922 –
Lionel Murphy, Australian politician (d. 1986)
1923 –
Vic Seixas, American tennis player
1934 –
Baloo Gupte, Indian cricketer (d. 2005)
1946 –
Peggy Lipton, American actress
1951 –
Dana Rosemary Scallon, Irish singer (as Dana) and politician
1971 –
Lars Frederiksen, American guitarist (Rancid and UK Subs)
1976 –
Sarah-Jane Potts, English actress
1977 –
Jens Ludwig, German guitarist (Edguy)
Who died on August 30?
526 –
Theodoric the Great, King of the Ostrogoths and ruler of Italy (b. 454)
1483 –
King Louis XI of France (b. 1423)
1580 –
Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (b. 1528)
1940 –
J.J. Thomson, English physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1856)
1970 –
Del Moore, American comedian (b. 1916)
1981 –
Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Iranian statesman (b. 1933)
1995 –
Fischer Black, American economist (b. 1938)
1996 –
Christine Pascal, French actress and director (b. 1953)
1999 –
Raymond Poïvet, French comics artist (b. 1910
2002 –
J. Lee Thompson, English film director (b. 1914)
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