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What happend on 30. August in History

In our data base we found 285 events happened on 30. August:
  • 526: Theodoric the Great, Italian ruler (b. 454) [category: Deaths]
  • 526: King Theodoric the Great dies of dysentery at Ravenna; his daughter Amalasuntha takes power as regent for her 10-year old son Athalaric. [category: Events]
  • 1329: Khutughtu Khan, Emperor Mingzong of Yuan (b. 1300) [category: Deaths]
  • 1334: Peter of Castile (d. 1369) [category: Births]
  • 1363: Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders — Chen Y. and Zhu Y. — 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. [category: Events]

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  • 1377: Shah Rukh, Timurid ruler (d. 1447) [category: Births]
  • 1428: Emperor Shōkō of Japan (b. 1401) [category: Deaths]
  • 1483: Louis XI of France (b. 1423) [category: Deaths]
  • 1574: Guru Ram Das becomes the Fourth Sikh Guru/Master. [category: Events]
  • 1580: Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (b. 1528) [category: Deaths]
  • 1590: Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo Castle. (Traditional Japanese date: August 1, 1590) [category: Events]
  • 1619: Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1535) [category: Deaths]
  • 1705: David Hartley, English philosopher (d. 1757) [category: Births]
  • 1720: Samuel Whitbread, English politician and brewer, founded Whitbread (d. 1796) [category: Births]
  • 1748: Jacques-Louis David, French painter (d. 1825) [category: Births]
  • 1751: Christopher Polhem, Swedish scientist and inventor (b. 1661) [category: Deaths]
  • 1768: Joseph Dennie, American author and journalist (d. 1812) [category: Births]
  • 1791: HMS Pandora sinks after having run aground on a reef the previous day. [category: Events]
  • 1797: Mary Shelley, English author (d. 1851) [category: Births]
  • 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. [category: Events]

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  • 1800: Gabriel Prosser postpones a planned slave rebellion in Richmond, Virginia, but is arrested before he can make it happen. [category: Events]
  • 1808: Princess Ludovika of Bavaria (d. 1892) [category: Births]
  • 1812: Agoston Haraszthy Hungarian-American traveler, writer, and winemaker, founded Buena Vista Winery (d. 1869) [category: Births]
  • 1813: Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria (d. 1862) [category: Births]
  • 1813: Battle of Kulm: French forces are defeated by an Austrian-Prussian-Russian alliance. [category: Events]
  • 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. [category: Events]
  • 1818: Alexander H. Rice, American politician, 30th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1895) [category: Births]
  • 1821: Anita Garibaldi, Brazilian wife of Giuseppe Garibaldi (d. 1849) [category: Births]
  • 1835: Melbourne, Australia is founded. [category: Events]
  • 1836: The city of Houston is founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen [category: Events]
  • 1839: Gulstan Ropert, French prelate (d. 1903) [category: Births]
  • 1842: Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia (d. 1849) [category: Births]
  • 1848: Andrew Onderdonk, American construction contractor (d. 1905) [category: Births]
  • 1850: Marcelo H. del Pilar, Filipino writer, journalist, and revolutionary (d. 1896) [category: Births]
  • 1852: Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1911) [category: Births]
  • 1856: Carle David Tolmé Runge, German physicist (d. 1927) [category: Births]
  • 1856: Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English lawyer and writer (b. 1811) [category: Deaths]
  • 1860: Isaac Levitan, Russian painter (d. 1900) [category: Births]
  • 1862: American Civil War – Battle of Richmond: Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout Union forces under General Horatio Wright. [category: Events]
  • 1870: Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia (d. 1891) [category: Births]
  • 1871: Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1937) [category: Births]
  • 1873: Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Joseph Land in the Arctic Sea. [category: Events]
  • 1879: John Bell Hood, American general (b. 1831) [category: Deaths]
  • 1884: Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971) [category: Births]
  • 1886: Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American politician (b. 1836) [category: Deaths]
  • 1890: Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson, English pilot (d. 1918) [category: Births]
  • 1893: Huey Long, American politician (d. 1935) [category: Births]
  • 1896: Raymond Massey, Canadian actor (d. 1983) [category: Births]
  • 1896: Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky, Russian statesman (b. 1824) [category: Deaths]
  • 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. [category: Events]
  • 1897: The town of Ambiky is captured by France from Menabe in Madagascar. [category: Events]
  • 1898: Shirley Booth, American actress (d. 1992) [category: Births]
  • 1901: John Gunther, American journalist and author (d. 1970) [category: Births]
  • 1901: Roy Wilkins, American activist (d. 1981) [category: Births]
  • 1903: Bhagwati Charan Verma Indian author (d. 1981) [category: Births]
  • 1906: Joan Blondell, American actress (d. 1979) [category: Births]
  • 1906: Hans Auer, Swiss-Austrian architect, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland (b. 1847) [category: Deaths]
  • 1907: Richard Mansfield, American actor and manager (b. 1857) [category: Deaths]
  • 1908: Fred MacMurray, American actor (d. 1991) [category: Births]
  • 1909: Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott. [category: Events]
  • 1910: Roger Bushell, South African-English pilot (d. 1944) [category: Births]
  • 1912: Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997) [category: Births]
  • 1912: Nancy Wake, New Zealand-English war agent (d. 2011) [category: Births]
  • 1913: Richard Stone, English economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991) [category: Births]
  • 1914: World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg [category: Events]
  • 1915: Robert Strassburg, American composer (d. 2003) [category: Births]
  • 1917: Denis Healey, English politician [category: Births]
  • 1917: Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia (d. 1992) [category: Births]
  • 1918: Billy Johnson, American baseball player (d. 2006) [category: Births]
  • 1918: Ted Williams, American baseball player (d. 2002) [category: Births]
  • 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. [category: Events]
  • 1919: Kitty Wells, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012) [category: Births]
  • 1919: Wolfgang Wagner, German director (d. 2010) [category: Births]
  • 1922: Lionel Murphy, Australian politician and jurist, 22nd Attorney-General of Australia (d. 1986) [category: Births]
  • 1922: Regina Resnik, American soprano [category: Births]
  • 1922: Battle of Dumlupinar: the final battle in the Greek-Turkish War ("Turkish War of Independence"). [category: Events]
  • 1923: Barbara Ansell, English physician (d. 2001) [category: Births]
  • 1923: Charmian Clift, Australian author (d. 1969) [category: Births]
  • 1923: Nate Saint, American missionary (d. 1956) [category: Births]
  • 1923: Vic Seixas, American tennis player [category: Births]
  • 1924: Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
  • 1924: Lajos Kisfaludy, Hungarian chemist (d. 1988) [category: Births]
  • 1925: Laurent de Brunhoff, French author and illustrator [category: Births]
  • 1926: Daryl Gates, American police chief (d. 2010) [category: Births]
  • 1927: Bill Daily, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1927: Piet Kee, Dutch pianist and composer [category: Births]
  • 1928: Lloyd Casner, American race car driver (d. 1965) [category: Births]
  • 1928: Wilhelm Wien, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
  • 1929: Guy de Lussigny, French painter (d. 2001) [category: Births]
  • 1930: Noel Harford, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1981) [category: Births]
  • 1930: Warren Buffett, American businessman and philanthropist [category: Births]
  • 1931: Jack Swigert, American astronaut (d. 1982) [category: Births]
  • 1933: Don Getty, Canadian politician, 11th Premier of Alberta [category: Births]
  • 1934: Baloo Gupte, Indian cricketer (d. 2005) [category: Births]
  • 1935: John Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Mamas & the Papas) (d. 2001) [category: Births]
  • 1935: Henri Barbusse, French novelist and journalist (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
  • 1937: Bruce McLaren, New Zealand race car driver, founded the McLaren racing team) (d. 1970) [category: Births]
  • 1938: Max Factor, Sr., Polish-American make-up artist and businessman, founded the Max Factor Company (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
  • 1938: Oscar De Somville, Belgian rower (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
  • 1939: Elizabeth Ashley, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1939: John Peel, English radio host and producer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
  • 1940: J. J. Thomson, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856) [category: Deaths]
  • 1940: The Second Vienna Award re-assigns the territory of Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary. [category: Events]
  • 1941: Ben L. Jones, American actor, politician, and writer [category: Births]
  • 1941: Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish engineer and physicist (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
  • 1942: Pervez Sajjad, Pakistani cricketer [category: Births]
  • 1942: World War II: the Battle of Alam Halfa begins. [category: Events]
  • 1943: Jean-Claude Killy, French skier [category: Births]
  • 1943: Robert Crumb, American illustrator and writer [category: Births]
  • 1943: Tal Brody, American-Israeli basketball player [category: Births]
  • 1943: Eddy de Neve, Dutch footballer (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
  • 1943: Eustáquio van Lieshout, Dutch missionary and priest (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
  • 1944: Freek de Jonge, Dutch singer and comedian [category: Births]
  • 1944: Molly Ivins, American journalist (d. 2007) [category: Births]
  • 1944: Tug McGraw, American baseball player (d. 2004) [category: Births]
  • 1945: Alfréd Schaffer, Hungarian footballer (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
  • 1945: Hong Kong is liberated from Japan by British Armed Forces. [category: Events]
  • 1945: The Allied Control Council, governing Germany after World War II, comes into being. [category: Events]
  • 1945: The Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base. [category: Events]
  • 1946: Peggy Lipton, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1946: Queen Anne-Marie of Greece [category: Births]
  • 1946: Konstantin Rodzaevsky, Russian lawyer, leader of the Russian Fascist Party (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
  • 1947: Allan Rock, Canadian politician and diplomat [category: Births]
  • 1947: Gunnar Sommerfeldt, Danish actor and director (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
  • 1948: Donnacha O'Dea, Irish poker player and swimmer [category: Births]
  • 1948: Fred Hampton, American Black Panther Party leader (d. 1969) [category: Births]
  • 1948: Lewis Black, American comedian, author, and actor [category: Births]
  • 1949: Christopher Collins, American actor and comedian (d. 1994) [category: Births]
  • 1949: Don Boudria, Canadian politician [category: Births]
  • 1949: Peter Maffay, German singer-songwriter [category: Births]
  • 1949: Ted Ammon, American financier and banker (d. 2001) [category: Births]
  • 1949: Arthur Fielder, English cricketer (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
  • 1950: Antony Gormley, English sculptor [category: Births]
  • 1950: Ineke Mulder, Dutch politician [category: Births]
  • 1951: Dana Rosemary Scallon, English-Irish singer and politician [category: Births]
  • 1951: Timothy Bottoms, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1951: Konstantin Märska, Estonian cinematographer and film director (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
  • 1953: Horace Panter, English bass player (The Specials and General Public) [category: Births]
  • 1953: Robert Parish, American basketball player [category: Births]
  • 1953: Ron George, American politician [category: Births]
  • 1954: Alexander Lukashenko, Belarusian politician, 1st President of Belarus [category: Births]
  • 1954: David Paymer, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1956: Frank Conniff, American writer and actor [category: Births]
  • 1956: The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway opens. [category: Events]
  • 1958: Anna Politkovskaya, Russian journalist (d. 2006) [category: Births]
  • 1958: Martin Jackson, English drummer (Swing out Sister, Magazine, The Chameleons, The Freshies, and The Durutti Column) [category: Births]
  • 1959: Mark "Jacko" Jackson, Australian footballer and actor [category: Births]
  • 1960: Gary Gordon, American army officer, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1993) [category: Births]
  • 1960: Guy A. Lepage, Canadian comedian and producer [category: Births]
  • 1961: Charles Coburn, American actor (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
  • 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. [category: Events]
  • 1963: Mark Strong, English actor [category: Births]
  • 1963: Michael Chiklis, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1963: Oderus Urungus, American singer and bass player (GWAR, X-Cops, Death Piggy, and Dave Brockie Experience) [category: Births]
  • 1963: Paul Oakenfold, English DJ and producer (Elementfour, Planet Perfecto, and Electra) [category: Births]
  • 1963: Guy Burgess, English-Soviet spy (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
  • 1963: The Hotline between the leaders of the U.S.A. and the Soviet Union goes into operation. [category: Events]
  • 1964: Gavin Fisher, English engineer and designer [category: Births]
  • 1966: Michael Michele, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1967: Frederique van der Wal, Dutch model and actress [category: Births]
  • 1967: Justin Vaughan, New Zealand cricketer [category: Births]
  • 1967: Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. [category: Events]
  • 1968: Vladimir Malakhov, Russian ice hockey player [category: Births]
  • 1968: William Talman, American actor (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
  • 1969: Dimitris Sgouros, Greek pianist [category: Births]
  • 1970: Carlo Checchinato, Italian rugby player and manager [category: Births]
  • 1970: Michael Wong, Malaysia-Chinese singer and composer [category: Births]
  • 1970: Del Moore, American comedian and actor (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
  • 1971: Lars Frederiksen, American guitarist and singer (Rancid and UK Subs) [category: Births]
  • 1972: Cameron Diaz, American model and actress [category: Births]
  • 1972: Pavel Nedvěd, Czech footballer [category: Births]
  • 1973: Lisa Ling, American journalist [category: Births]
  • 1974: Aaron Barrett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Reel Big Fish, The Scholars, and The Forces of Evil) [category: Births]
  • 1974: Javier Otxoa, Spanish cyclist [category: Births]
  • 1974: A Belgrade–Dortmund express train derails at the main train station in Zagreb killing 153 passengers. [category: Events]
  • 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. [category: Events]
  • 1975: Radhi Jaïdi, Tunisian footballer [category: Births]
  • 1976: Mike Koplove, American baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1976: Sarah-Jane Potts, English actress [category: Births]
  • 1977: Elden Henson, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1977: Félix Sánchez, American-Dominican runner [category: Births]
  • 1977: Jens Ludwig, German guitarist (Edguy) [category: Births]
  • 1977: Kamil Kosowski, Polish footballer [category: Births]
  • 1977: Marlon Byrd, American baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1977: Shaun Alexander, American football player [category: Births]
  • 1978: Cliff Lee, American baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1978: Sinead Kerr, Irish figure skater [category: Births]
  • 1979: Juan Ignacio Chela, Argentine tennis player [category: Births]
  • 1979: Leon Lopez, English actor and singer [category: Births]
  • 1979: Niki Chow, Hong Kong actress and singer [category: Births]
  • 1979: Scott Richmond, Canadian baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1979: Tavia Yeung, Hong Kong actress [category: Births]
  • 1979: Jean Seberg, American actress (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
  • 1980: Angel Coulby, English actress [category: Births]
  • 1980: Derrick Ward, American football player [category: Births]
  • 1981: Adam Wainwright, American baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1981: Germán Legarreta, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1981: Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Iranian politician, 2nd President of Iran (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
  • 1981: Vera-Ellen, American actress (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
  • 1981: President Mohammad-Ali Rajai and Prime Minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar of Iran are assassinated in a bombing committed by the People's Mujahedin of Iran. [category: Events]
  • 1982: Andy Roddick, American tennis player [category: Births]
  • 1982: Will Davison, Australian race car driver [category: Births]
  • 1983: Emmanuel Culio, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
  • 1983: Gustavo Eberto, Argentine footballer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
  • 1983: Jun Matsumoto, Japanese singer, dancer, and actor (Arashi) [category: Births]
  • 1983: Marco Vianello, Italian footballer [category: Births]
  • 1983: Simone Pepe, Italian footballer [category: Births]
  • 1984: Anthony Ireland, Zimbabwean cricketer [category: Births]
  • 1984: STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage. [category: Events]
  • 1985: Anna Ushenina, Ukrainian chess player [category: Births]
  • 1985: Eamon Sullivan, Australian swimmer [category: Births]
  • 1985: Joe Inoue, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
  • 1985: Leisel Jones, Australian swimmer [category: Births]
  • 1985: Richard Duffy, Welsh footballer [category: Births]
  • 1985: Steven Smith, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
  • 1985: Éva Risztov, Hungarian swimmer [category: Births]
  • 1985: Taylor Caldwell, English-American novelist (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
  • 1986: Lelia Masaga, New Zealand rugby player [category: Births]
  • 1986: Ryan Ross, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Panic! at the Disco and The Young Veins) [category: Births]
  • 1987: Tania Foster, English singer-songwriter [category: Births]
  • 1988: Ernests Gulbis, Latvian tennis player [category: Births]
  • 1988: Laura Põldvere, Estonian singer (Suntribe) [category: Births]
  • 1988: Michael Cavanaugh, American gamer [category: Births]
  • 1989: Mallory Low, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1989: Ronald Huth, Paraguayan footballer [category: Births]
  • 1989: Simone Guerra, Italian footballer [category: Births]
  • 1989: Seymour Krim, American journalist and critic (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
  • 1990: Bernard D. H. Tellegen, Dutch engineer, inventor of the pentode and the gyrator (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
  • 1991: Jacqueline Cako, American tennis player [category: Births]
  • 1991: Liam Cooper, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
  • 1991: Jean Tinguely, Swiss painter and sculptor (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
  • 1991: Vladimír Padrůněk, Czech bass player (Energit and Etc...) (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
  • 1992: Jessica Henwick, English actress [category: Births]
  • 1993: Richard Jordan, American actor (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
  • 1994: Lindsay Anderson, English director (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
  • 1995: Fischer Black, American economist (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
  • 1995: Sterling Morrison, American guitarist and singer (The Velvet Underground) (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
  • 1995: NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces. [category: Events]
  • 1996: Christine Pascal, French actress and director (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
  • 1997: Nathaniel Gleed, English actor [category: Births]
  • 1999: Jan Brasser, Dutch athlete (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
  • 1999: Raymond Poïvet, French illustrator (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
  • 1999: East Timor voted for independence from Indonesia in a referendum. [category: Events]
  • 2000: David Haskell, American actor (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
  • 2001: Emily Bear, American pianist and composer [category: Births]
  • 2001: Ivor Spencer-Thomas, English farmer and inventor (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
  • 2002: J. Lee Thompson, English director (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
  • 2003: Charles Bronson, American actor (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
  • 2003: Donald Davidson, American philosopher (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
  • 2003: While being towed across the Barents Sea, the de-commissioned Russian submarine K-159 sinks, taking 9 of her crew and 800 kg of spent nuclear fuel with her. [category: Events]
  • 2004: Bart Huges, Dutch librarian and writer (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
  • 2004: Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
  • 2004: Indian Larry, American motorcycle builder and stuntman (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
  • 2005: Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, Dutch super-centenarian (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
  • 2006: Glenn Ford, Canadian-American actor (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
  • 2006: Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
  • 2006: Robin Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon, New Zealand judge (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
  • 2007: Charles Vanik, American politician (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
  • 2007: Michael Jackson, English author and journalist (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
  • 2007: Roef Ragas, Dutch actor (b. 1965) [category: Deaths]
  • 2008: Killer Kowalski, Canadian wrestler (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
  • 2009: Klaus-Peter Hanisch, German footballer (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
  • 2010: Alain Corneau, French director and screenwriter (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
  • 2010: Francisco Varallo, Argentine footballer (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
  • 2010: J. C. Bailey, American wrestler (b. 1983) [category: Deaths]
  • 2011: Cactus Pryor, American broadcaster (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Bernardo Bonezzi, Spanish composer (b. 1964) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Carlos Larrañaga, Spanish actor (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Chris Lighty, American talent manager, co-founded Violator Entertainment (b. 1968) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Daire Brehan, Irish journalist and actress (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Harold Landon, Cathedral School of St. John the Divine's headmaster (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Igor Kvasha, Russian actor (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Jacek Sempoliński, Polish painter (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Vidar Theisen, Norwegian meteorologist (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
  • _: Alexander of Constantinople [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: August 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Fantinus [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Felix and Adauctus [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: International Day of the Disappeared (International) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Pammachius [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Pinaglabanan Day Philippines) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Republic Day (Tatarstan) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Saint Rose of Lima's Day (Peru) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Victory Day (Turkey) [category: Holidays and observances]