What happened this day in history August 30

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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