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| August 30th, 2007 (August 30 2007) | Death | Michael Jackson, British beer and whiskey author/expert. (born in 1942) | Michael Jackson Quotes |
| August 30th, 2007 (August 30 2007) | Death | Charles Vanik, American politician (born in 1918) | |
| August 30th, 2006 (August 30 2006) | Death | Glenn Ford, Canadian-born American actor (born in 1916) | |
| August 30th, 2006 (August 30 2006) | Death | Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1911) | |
| August 30th, 2006 (August 30 2006) | Death | Robin Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon, New Zealand jurist and member of the British House of Lords (born in 1926) | |
| August 30th, 2004 (August 30 2004) | Death | Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer (born in 1906) | |
| August 30th, 2004 (August 30 2004) | Death | Indian Larry, American motorcycle builder and stuntman (born in 1949) | |
| August 30th, 2003 (August 30 2003) | Death | Charles Bronson, American actor (born in 1921) | |
| August 30th, 2003 (August 30 2003) | Death | Donald Davidson, American philosopher (born in 1917) | Philo Quotes |
| August 30th, 2002 (August 30 2002) | Death | J. Lee Thompson, English film director (born in 1914) | |
| August 30th, 2001 (August 30 2001) | Death | Ivor Spencer-Thomas, English farmer, entrepreneur and inventor (born in 1907) | |
| August 30th, 1999 (August 30 1999) | Event | East Timorese vote for independence in a referendum. | |
| August 30th, 1999 (August 30 1999) | Death | Raymond Poivet, French comics artist (born in 1910) | |
| August 30th, 1996 (August 30 1996) | Death | Christine Pascal, French actress and director (born in 1953) | |
| August 30th, 1995 (August 30 1995) | Death | Fischer Black, American economist (born in 1938) | |
| August 30th, 1995 (August 30 1995) | Death | Sterling Morrison, American guitarist (The Velvet Underground) (born in 1942) | |
| August 30th, 1994 (August 30 1994) | Death | Lindsay Anderson, English film director (born in 1923) | |
| August 30th, 1993 (August 30 1993) | Death | Richard Jordan, American actor, (born in 1938) | |
| August 30th, 1991 (August 30 1991) | Death | Jean Tinguely, Swiss painter and sculptor (born in 1925) | |
| August 30th, 1990 (August 30 1990) | Event | Tatarstan declares independence from the RSFSR. | |
| August 30th, 1990 (August 30 1990) | Birth | Kyle Swann, American actor | |
| August 30th, 1989 (August 30 1989) | Death | Seymour Krim, American journalist, essayist, and literary critic (born in 1922) | |
| August 30th, 1988 (August 30 1988) | Birth | Ernests Gulbis, Latvian tennis player | |
| August 30th, 1986 (August 30 1986) | Birth | Ryan Ross, American guitarist and lyricist (Panic at the Disco) | |
| August 30th, 1985 (August 30 1985) | Birth | Richard Duffy, Welsh footballer | |
| August 30th, 1985 (August 30 1985) | Birth | Steven Smith, Scottish footballer | |
| August 30th, 1985 (August 30 1985) | Death | Taylor Caldwell, English-born author (born in 1900) | |
| August 30th, 1984 (August 30 1984) | Event | STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage. | |
| August 30th, 1984 (August 30 1984) | Birth | Anthony Ireland, Zimbabwean cricketer | |
| August 30th, 1983 (August 30 1983) | Birth | Jun Matsumoto, Japanese singer and actor | |
| August 30th, 1983 (August 30 1983) | Birth | Jonne Aaron, Vocalist of the Finnish Band Negative | |
| August 30th, 1983 (August 30 1983) | Birth | Gustavo Eberto, Argentine footballer (died in 2007) | |
| August 30th, 1982 (August 30 1982) | Birth | Andy Roddick, American tennis player | |
| August 30th, 1982 (August 30 1982) | Birth | Will Davison, Australian racing driver | |
| August 30th, 1981 (August 30 1981) | Death | Vera-Ellen, American actress (born in 1921) | |
| August 30th, 1981 (August 30 1981) | Death | Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Iranian statesman (born in 1933) | |
| August 30th, 1979 (August 30 1979) | Birth | Juan Ignacio Chela, Argentine tennis player | |
| August 30th, 1979 (August 30 1979) | Birth | Leon Lopez, British actor | |
| August 30th, 1979 (August 30 1979) | Birth | Niki Chow, Hong Kong actress and singer | |
| August 30th, 1979 (August 30 1979) | Birth | Tavia Yeung, Hong Kong actress | |
| August 30th, 1978 (August 30 1978) | Birth | Swizz Beatz, rapper/producer | |
| August 30th, 1978 (August 30 1978) | Birth | Cliff Lee, American baseball player | |
| August 30th, 1977 (August 30 1977) | Birth | Shaun Alexander, American football player | |
| August 30th, 1977 (August 30 1977) | Birth | Marlon Byrd, American baseball player | |
| August 30th, 1977 (August 30 1977) | Birth | Elden Henson, American actor | |
| August 30th, 1977 (August 30 1977) | Birth | Kamil Kosowski, Polish footballer | |
| August 30th, 1977 (August 30 1977) | Birth | Jens Ludwig, German guitarist | |
| August 30th, 1976 (August 30 1976) | Birth | Mike Koplove, American baseball player | |
| August 30th, 1975 (August 30 1975) | Birth | Radhi Jaidi, Tunisian footballer | |
| August 30th, 1974 (August 30 1974) | Event | A Belgrade-Dortmund express train derails at the main train station in Zagreb killing 153 passengers. | |
| August 30th, 1974 (August 30 1974) | Event | Powerful bomb explodes at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Marunouchi, Tokyo, Japan. 8 killed, 378 injuredied in Eight left-wing activists are arrested on May 19, 1975 by Japanese authorities. | |
| August 30th, 1974 (August 30 1974) | Birth | Javier Otxoa, Spanish cyclist | |
| August 30th, 1974 (August 30 1974) | Birth | Aaron Barrett, Lead singer/guitarist of Reel Big Fish | |
| August 30th, 1973 (August 30 1973) | Birth | Lisa Ling, American journalist | |
| August 30th, 1972 (August 30 1972) | Birth | Cameron Diaz, American actress | |
| August 30th, 1972 (August 30 1972) | Birth | Pavel Nedved, Czech footballer | |
| August 30th, 1971 (August 30 1971) | Birth | Lars Frederiksen, American guitarist (Rancid and UK Subs) | |
| August 30th, 1971 (August 30 1971) | Death | Nathan Leopold, American murderer (born in 1904) | |
| August 30th, 1970 (August 30 1970) | Birth | Michael Wong Guang Liang, Chinese Malaysian singer | |
| August 30th, 1970 (August 30 1970) | Death | Del Moore, American comedian (born in 1916) | |
| August 30th, 1969 (August 30 1969) | Birth | Dimitris Sgouros, Greek pianist | |
| August 30th, 1968 (August 30 1968) | Birth | Vladimir Malakhov, Russian ice hockey player | |
| August 30th, 1968 (August 30 1968) | Death | William Talman, American actor (born in 1915) | |
| August 30th, 1967 (August 30 1967) | Event | Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African American Justice of the United States Supreme Court. | |
| August 30th, 1966 (August 30 1966) | Birth | Michael Michele, American actress | |
| August 30th, 1964 (August 30 1964) | Birth | Gavin Fisher, British engineer | |
| August 30th, 1963 (August 30 1963) | Event | Hotline between U.S. and Soviet leaders goes into operation. | |
| August 30th, 1963 (August 30 1963) | Birth | Michael Chiklis, American actor | |
| August 30th, 1963 (August 30 1963) | Birth | Paul Oakenfold, British disc jockey | |
| August 30th, 1963 (August 30 1963) | Death | Guy Burgess, English-born Soviet spy (born in 1911) | |
| August 30th, 1962 (August 30 1962) | Event | Japan conducts a test of the NAMC YS-11, its first aircraft since the war and its only successful commercial aircraft from before or after the war. | |
| August 30th, 1962 (August 30 1962) | Birth | Alexander Litvinenko, Russian KGB officer (died in 2006) | |
| August 30th, 1961 (August 30 1961) | Death | Charles Coburn, American actor (born in 1877) | |
| August 30th, 1960 (August 30 1960) | Birth | Chalino Sanchez, Mexican musician (died in 1992) | |
| August 30th, 1960 (August 30 1960) | Birth | Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Lebanese organisation Hizbollah | |
| August 30th, 1960 (August 30 1960) | Birth | Master Sgt. Gary Gordon, Medal of Honor recipient (died in 1993) | |
| August 30th, 1960 (August 30 1960) | Birth | Guy A. Lepage, Quebec humorist, television host and producer | |
| August 30th, 1959 (August 30 1959) | Birth | Mark Jacko Jackson, Australian rules footballer and actor | |
| August 30th, 1958 (August 30 1958) | Birth | Martin Jackson, British drummer (Swing out Sister) | |
| August 30th, 1958 (August 30 1958) | Birth | Anna Politkovskaya, Russian journalist (died in 2006) | |
| August 30th, 1956 (August 30 1956) | Event | Lake Pontchartrain Causeway opens. | |
| August 30th, 1954 (August 30 1954) | Birth | David Paymer, American actor | |
| August 30th, 1954 (August 30 1954) | Birth | Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus | |
| August 30th, 1953 (August 30 1953) | Birth | Robin Harris, American comedian (died in 1990) | |
| August 30th, 1953 (August 30 1953) | Birth | Horace Panter, British musician (The Specials and General Public) | Horace Quotes |
| August 30th, 1953 (August 30 1953) | Birth | Robert Parish, American basketball player | |
| August 30th, 1953 (August 30 1953) | Birth | Ron George, American politician | |
| August 30th, 1951 (August 30 1951) | Birth | Timothy Bottoms, American actor | |
| August 30th, 1951 (August 30 1951) | Birth | Dana, Irish singer and politician | |
| August 30th, 1949 (August 30 1949) | Birth | Peter Maffay, German musician | |
| August 30th, 1949 (August 30 1949) | Birth | Ted Ammon, American financier (died in 2001) | |
| August 30th, 1949 (August 30 1949) | Birth | Christopher Collins, American actor and comedian (died in 1994) | |
| August 30th, 1949 (August 30 1949) | Birth | Don Boudria, Canadian politician | |
| August 30th, 1949 (August 30 1949) | Death | Arthur Fielder, English cricketer (born in 1877) | |
| August 30th, 1948 (August 30 1948) | Birth | Lewis Black, American comedian | |
| August 30th, 1948 (August 30 1948) | Birth | Donnacha O Dea, Irish poker player and swimmer | |
| August 30th, 1947 (August 30 1947) | Birth | Allan Rock, Canadian politician and diplomat | |
| August 30th, 1946 (August 30 1946) | Birth | Peggy Lipton, American actress | |
| August 30th, 1946 (August 30 1946) | Birth | Queen Anne-Marie of Greece | |
| August 30th, 1946 (August 30 1946) | Death | Konstantin Rodzaevsky, Russian fascist (executed) (born in 1907) | |
| August 30th, 1946 (August 30 1946) | Death | Grigory Semyonov, Russian counter-revolutionary (executed) (born in 1890) | |
| August 30th, 1945 (August 30 1945) | Event | Hong Kong is liberated from Japan by British Armed Forces. | |
| August 30th, 1945 (August 30 1945) | Event | Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base. | Douglas MacArthur Quotes |
| August 30th, 1944 (August 30 1944) | Birth | Molly Ivins, American political humorist (died in 2007) | |
| August 30th, 1944 (August 30 1944) | Birth | Tug McGraw, American baseball player (died in 2004) | |
| August 30th, 1943 (August 30 1943) | Birth | Robert Crumb, American cartoonist | Robert Crumb Quotes |
| August 30th, 1943 (August 30 1943) | Birth | Jean-Claude Killy, French skier | |
| August 30th, 1943 (August 30 1943) | Death | Father Eustaquio van Lieshout, Dutch Catholic priest (born in 1890) | |
| August 30th, 1942 (August 30 1942) | Event | World War II: Battle of Alam Halfa begins. | |
| August 30th, 1941 (August 30 1941) | Event | World War II: Siege of Leningrad begins. | |
| August 30th, 1941 (August 30 1941) | Birth | Ben Jones, American actor and politician | |
| August 30th, 1941 (August 30 1941) | Death | Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish engineer and physicist (born in 1874) | |
| August 30th, 1940 (August 30 1940) | Death | J.J. Thomson, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1856) | |
| August 30th, 1939 (August 30 1939) | Birth | John Peel, English radio disc jockey (died in 2004) | John Peel Quotes |
| August 30th, 1939 (August 30 1939) | Birth | Elizabeth Ashley, American actress | |
| August 30th, 1938 (August 30 1938) | Death | Max Factor, make-up artist and cosmetic manufacturer (born in 1877) | |
| August 30th, 1937 (August 30 1937) | Birth | Bruce McLaren, New Zealand car racer and founder of eponymous race team (died in 1970) | |
| August 30th, 1935 (August 30 1935) | Birth | John Phillips, American singer (Mamas and the Papas) (died in 2001) | |
| August 30th, 1935 (August 30 1935) | Death | Henri Barbusse, French novelist and journalist (born in 1873) | |
| August 30th, 1933 (August 30 1933) | Birth | Don Getty, Canadian politician | |
| August 30th, 1931 (August 30 1931) | Birth | Jack Swigert, American astronaut (died in 1982) | |
| August 30th, 1930 (August 30 1930) | Birth | Warren Buffett, American entrepreneur | Warren Buffett Quotes |
| August 30th, 1930 (August 30 1930) | Birth | Jerry Tarkanian, American basketball coach | Tarkan Quotes |
| August 30th, 1928 (August 30 1928) | Birth | Lloyd Casner, American racecar driver and owner (died in 1965) | |
| August 30th, 1928 (August 30 1928) | Death | Wilhelm Wien, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1864) | |
| August 30th, 1925 (August 30 1925) | Birth | Laurent de Brunhoff, French writer and illustrator | |
| August 30th, 1924 (August 30 1924) | Birth | Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer (died in 2004) | |
| August 30th, 1923 (August 30 1923) | Birth | Barbara Mary Ansell, UK founder of paediatric rheumatology (died in 2001) | |
| August 30th, 1923 (August 30 1923) | Birth | Vic Seixas, American tennis player | |
| August 30th, 1922 (August 30 1922) | Event | Battle of Dumlupinar, final battle in Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) ("Turkish War of Independence"). | |
| August 30th, 1922 (August 30 1922) | Birth | Lionel Murphy, Australian politician (died in 1986) | |
| August 30th, 1922 (August 30 1922) | Birth | Regina Resnik, American mezzo-soprano | |
| August 30th, 1919 (August 30 1919) | Birth | Kitty Wells, American singer | |
| August 30th, 1918 (August 30 1918) | Event | Fanya Kaplan, an assassin, 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. | Vladimir Lenin Quotes |
| August 30th, 1918 (August 30 1918) | Birth | Ted Williams, American baseball player (died in 2002) | Ted Williams Quotes |
| August 30th, 1918 (August 30 1918) | Birth | Billy Johnson, American baseball player (died in 2006) | |
| August 30th, 1915 (August 30 1915) | Birth | Robert Strassburg, American composer (died in 2003) | |
| August 30th, 1914 (August 30 1914) | Event | Battle of Tannenberg. | |
| August 30th, 1913 (August 30 1913) | Birth | Richard Stone, Bank of Sweden Prize winner (died in 1991) | |
| August 30th, 1912 (August 30 1912) | Birth | Edward Mills Purcell, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1997) | |
| August 30th, 1912 (August 30 1912) | Birth | Nancy Wake AC GM, New Zealand-born World War II secret agent | |
| August 30th, 1909 (August 30 1909) | Event | Burgess Shale fossils discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott. | |
| August 30th, 1908 (August 30 1908) | Birth | Fred MacMurray, American actor (died in 1991) | |
| August 30th, 1907 (August 30 1907) | Death | Richard Mansfield, American actor and manager (born in 1857) | |
| August 30th, 1906 (August 30 1906) | Birth | Joan Blondell, American actress (died in 1979) | |
| August 30th, 1906 (August 30 1906) | Death | Hans Auer, Swiss architect (born in 1847) | |
| August 30th, 1901 (August 30 1901) | Birth | Roy Wilkins, American civil rights leader (1981) | |
| August 30th, 1901 (August 30 1901) | Birth | John Gunther, American writer (died in 1970) | |
| August 30th, 1898 (August 30 1898) | Birth | Shirley Booth, American actress (died in 1992) | |
| August 30th, 1897 (August 30 1897) | Event | The town of Ambiky is captured by France from Menabe in Madagascar. | |
| August 30th, 1896 (August 30 1896) | Event | Eight provinces in the Philippines were declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor General Ramon Blanco. This included the provinces of Batangas, Rizal, Cavite, Nueva Ecija as well as the nearby areas. | Martial Quotes |
| August 30th, 1896 (August 30 1896) | Birth | Raymond Massey, Canadian actor (died in 1983) | |
| August 30th, 1896 (August 30 1896) | Death | Alexei Lobanov-Rostovsky, Russian statesman (born in 1824) | |
| August 30th, 1893 (August 30 1893) | Birth | Huey Long, American politician (died in 1935) | |
| August 30th, 1886 (August 30 1886) | Death | Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American politician (born in 1836) | |
| August 30th, 1884 (August 30 1884) | Birth | Theodor Svedberg, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1971) | |
| August 30th, 1879 (August 30 1879) | Death | John Bell Hood, American Confederate general (born in 1831) | |
| August 30th, 1873 (August 30 1873) | Event | Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Joseph Land in the Arctic Sea. | |
| August 30th, 1871 (August 30 1871) | Birth | Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-born Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (died in 1937) | Ernest Rutherford Quotes |
| August 30th, 1870 (August 30 1870) | Birth | Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia (died in 1891) | |
| August 30th, 1862 (August 30 1862) | Event | American Civil War: Battle of Richmond: Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout a Union army under General Horatio Wright. | |
| August 30th, 1862 (August 30 1862) | Event | American Civil War: Union forces are defeated in Second Battle of Bull Run. | |
| August 30th, 1860 (August 30 1860) | Birth | Isaac Levitan, Russian artist (died in 1900) | |
| August 30th, 1856 (August 30 1856) | Birth | Carle David Tolme Runge, German physicist (died in 1927) | |
| August 30th, 1856 (August 30 1856) | Death | Gilbert Abbott a Beckett, English writer (born in 1811) | |
| August 30th, 1852 (August 30 1852) | Birth | Jacobus Henricus van t Hoff, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1911) | |
| August 30th, 1848 (August 30 1848) | Birth | Andrew Onderdonk, Canadian railway contractor (died in 1905) | |
| August 30th, 1842 (August 30 1842) | Birth | Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia (died in 1849) | |
| August 30th, 1839 (August 30 1839) | Birth | Gulstan Ropert, French Catholic prelate (died in 1903) | |
| August 30th, 1836 (August 30 1836) | Event | The city of Houston is founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen | |
| August 30th, 1835 (August 30 1835) | Event | Melbourne, Australia is founded. | |
| August 30th, 1821 (August 30 1821) | Birth | Anita Garibaldi, Brazilian warrior; Garibaldi s wife (War of Tatters) (died in 1849) | |
| August 30th, 1818 (August 30 1818) | Birth | Alexander H. Rice, 30th Governor of Massachusetts (died in 1895) | |
| August 30th, 1813 (August 30 1813) | Event | Battle of Kulm: French forces defeated by Austrian-Prussian-Russian alliance. | |
| August 30th, 1813 (August 30 1813) | Event | Creek War: Creek Red Sticks carried out the Fort Mims Massacre. | |
| August 30th, 1813 (August 30 1813) | Birth | Princess Mathilde of Bavaria died in 1862 | |
| August 30th, 1808 (August 30 1808) | Birth | Princess Ludovika of Bavaria (died in 1892) | |
| August 30th, 1800 (August 30 1800) | Event | Gabriel Prosser leads a slave rebellion in Richmond, Virginia | |
| August 30th, 1799 (August 30 1799) | Event | Capture of the entire Dutch fleet by British forces under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby and Admiral Sir Charles Mitchell during the Second Coalition of the French Revolutionary Wars. | |
| August 30th, 1797 (August 30 1797) | Birth | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, English writer (died in 1851) | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quotes |
| August 30th, 1791 (August 30 1791) | Event | The HMS Pandora sank after running aground on a reef the previous day. | |
| August 30th, 1751 (August 30 1751) | Death | Christopher Polhem, Swedish scientist and inventor (born in 1661) | |
| August 30th, 1748 (August 30 1748) | Birth | Jacques-Louis David, French painter (died in 1825) | |
| August 30th, 1723 (August 30 1723) | Death | Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch tradesman and scientist (born in 1632) | |
| August 30th, 1720 (August 30 1720) | Birth | Samuel Whitbread, English brewer (died in 1796) | |
| August 30th, 1705 (August 30 1705) | Birth | David Hartley, English philosopher (died in 1757) | Philo Quotes |
| August 30th, 1619 (August 30 1619) | Death | Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (born in 1535) | |
| August 30th, 1617 (August 30 1617) | Death | Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (born in 1586) | |
| August 30th, 1590 (August 30 1590) | Event | Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo Castle. (Traditional Japanese date: August 1, 1590) | |
| August 30th, 1580 (August 30 1580) | Death | Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (born in 1528) | |
| August 30th, 1574 (August 30 1574) | Event | Guru Ram Das became the Fourth Sikh Guru/Master. | |
| August 30th, 1483 (August 30 1483) | Death | King Louis XI of France (born in 1423) | |
| August 30th, 1428 (August 30 1428) | Death | Emperor Shoko (born in 1401) | |
| August 30th, 1377 (August 30 1377) | Birth | Shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (died in 1447) | |
| August 30th, 1363 (August 30 1363) | Event | 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 was one of the largest naval battles in history, during the last decade of the ailing, Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty. | |
| August 30th, 1334 (August 30 1334) | Birth | Pedro of Castile (died in 1369) | |
| August 30th, 1158 (August 30 1158) | Death | King Sancho III of Castile (born in 1134) | |
| August 30th, 0526 (August 30 0526) | Death | Theodoric the Great (born in 454) | |
