August 30 in History

Historical Events on August 30

1835 Australia: Melbourne, Victoria is founded.

1862 American Civil War: Battle of Richmond: Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout Union forces under General William "Bull" Nelson.

1914 World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg.

1917 Vietnamese prison guards led by Trịnh Văn Cấn mutiny at the Thái Nguyên penitentiary against local French authority.

1945 The Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base.

1945 The August Revolution ends as Emperor Bảo Đại abdicates, ending the Nguyễn dynasty.

1974 A Belgrade-Dortmund express train derails at the main train station in Zagreb killing 153 passengers.

1991 Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Azerbaijan declares independence from Soviet Union.

1995 Bosnian War: NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces.

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Famous Birthdays on August 30

1930 Warren Buffett

1954 Alexander Lukashenko

1978 Cliff Lee

1983 Emmanuel Culio

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Famous Deaths on August 30

1879 John Bell Hood

2006 Glenn Ford

2013 Seamus Heaney

2015 Oliver Sacks

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