August 30
August 30 is the 242nd day of the year (243rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 123 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
Up to 1900
- 526 – Theodoric the Great, King of the Ostrogoths and ruler of Italy (b. 454)
- 1158 – King Sancho III of Castile (b. 1134)
- 1329 – Khutughtu Khan, Emperor Mingzong of Yuan, of the Yuan Dynasty and Mongol Empire
- 1428 – Emperor Shoko of Japan (b. 1401)
- 1483 – King Louis XI of France (b. 1423)
- 1505 – Elizabeth of Austria (b. 1536)
- 1580 – Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (b. 1528)
- 1619 – Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1535)
- 1751 – Christopher Polhem, Swedish scientist and inventor (b. 1661)
- 1856 – Gilbert Abbott a Beckett, writer (b. 1811)
- 1879 – John Bell Hood, Confederate general (b. 1831)
- 1896 – Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky, Russian statesman (b. 1824)
1901 – 2000
- 1906 – Hans Auer, Swiss architect (b. 1847)
- 1907 – Richard Mansfield, actor-manager, (b. 1857)
- 1928 – Wilhelm Wien, German physicist (b. 1864)
- 1935 – Henri Barbusse, French novelist and journalist (b. 1873)
- 1937 – Gaetano Bisletti, Italian cardinal (b. 1896)
- 1938 – Max Factor, Sr., Polish-American make-up artist and businessman (b. 1877)
- 1940 – J.J. Thomson, English physicist (b. 1856)
- 1941 – Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish engineer and physicist (b. 1874)
- 1943 – Father Eustaquio van Lieshout, ss.cc., Dutch Roman Catholic priest (b. 1890)
- 1945 – Alfréd Schaffer, Hungarian footballer, coach and manager (b. 1893)
- 1946 – Konstantin Rodzaevsky, Russian fascist (b. 1907)
- 1949 – Arthur Fielder, English cricketer (b. 1887)
- 1954 – Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Italian cardinal (b. 1880)
- 1957 – Otto Suhr, Mayor of Berlin (b. 1894)
- 1961 – Charles Coburn, actor (b. 1877)
- 1971 – Ali Hadi Bara, Turkish sculptor (b. 1906)
- 1979 – Jean Seberg, American actress (b. 1938)
- 1981 – Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Iranian statesman (b. 1933)
- 1981 – Mohammad-Javad Bahonar, Iranian statesman
- 1981 – Vera-Ellen, actress (b. 1921)
- 1985 – Taylor Caldwell, American writer (b. 1900)
- 1991 – Jean Tinguely, Swiss kinetic artist (b. 1925)
- 1994 – Lindsay Anderson, movie director (b. 1923)
- 1995 – Sterling Morrison, American guitarist (The Velvet Underground) (b. 1942)
- 1996 – Christine Pascal, French actress (b. 1953)
- 1997 – Ernst Willimowski, Polish footballer (b. 1916)
- 1999 – Jan Brasser, Dutch athlete (b. 1912)
From 2001
- 2001 – Govan Mbeki, South African political activist (b. 1910)
- 2003 – Charles Bronson, American actor (b. 1921)
- 2003 – Donald Davidson, American philosopher (b. 1917)
- 2004 – Fred Whipple, American astronomer (b. 1906)
- 2005 – Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, Dutch supercentenarian (b. 1890)
- 2006 – Glenn Ford, Canadian-American actor (b. 1916)
- 2006 – Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer (b. 1911)
- 2008 – Killer Kowalski, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1926)
- 2010 – J. C. Bailey, American professional wrestler (b. 1983)
- 2010 – Alain Corneau, French moviemaker (b. 1943)
- 2010 – Francisco Varallo, Argentine footballer (b. 1910)
- 2012 – Chris Lighty, American music industry executive (b. 1968)
- 2013 – Seamus Heaney, Irish writer and poet (b. 1939)
- 2013 – Soledad Mexia, Mexican-American supercentenarian (b. 1899)
- 2014 – Bipan Chandra, Indian historian (b. 1928)
- 2014 – Igor Decraene, Belgian cyclist (b. 1996)
- 2014 – Victoria Mallory, American actress and singer (b. 1949)
- 2014 – Bud Andrews, American radio personality and DJ (b. 1940)
- 2014 – David Mitchell, English politician (b. 1928)
- 2015 – Bart Cummings, Australian racehorse trainer (b. 1927)
- 2015 – Oliver Sacks, English-American neurologist and author (b. 1933)
- 2015 – Wes Craven, American director, writer, producer and actor (b. 1939)
- 2015 – Marvin Mandel, American politician, 56th Governor of Maryland (b. 1920)
- 2015 – Hugo Rasmussen, Danish jazz musician (b. 1944)
- 2015 – Edward Fadeley, American attorney and politician (b. 1929)
- 2016 – Doris McLemore, last-surviving fluent speaker of the Wichita language (b. 1927)
- 2017 – Marjorie Boulton, English author (b. 1924)
- 2017 – Louise Hay, American author (b. 1926)
- 2017 – Abdul Jabbar, Bangladeshi singer (b. 1938)
- 2017 – Rollie Massimino, American basketball coach (b. 1934)
- 2017 – Sumiteru Taniguchi, Japanese anti-nuclear weapons activist (b. 1929)
- 2017 – Richard Sui On Chang, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Hawaii (b. 1941)
- 2017 – Sam Pivnik, Polish Holocaust survivor and author (b. 1926)
- 2018 – Joseph Kobzon, Russian singer (b. 1937)
- 2018 – Ray, Hong Kong professional wrestler (b. 1982)
Births
1901 – 1950
- 1901 – Roy Wilkins, American Civil rights activist (d. 1981)
- 1902 – Jozef Maria Bochenski, Polish philosopher (d. 1995)
- 1907 – John Mauchly, American physicist and computer engineer (d. 1980)
- 1908 – Fred MacMurray, American actor (d. 1991)
- 1910 – Roger Bushell, English soldier and pilot (d. 1944)
- 1912 – Nancy Wake, New Zealand-born Australian spy in World War II, known as the "White Mouse" (d. 2011)
- 1912 – Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist (d. 1997)
- 1913 – Richard Stone, British economist (d. 1991)
- 1915 – Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland, Welsh-born Swedish princess (d. 2013)
- 1917 – Denis Healey, British politician (d. 2015)
- 1917 – Vladimir Kirillovich, pretender to the Russian throne (d. 1992)
- 1918 – Ted Williams, American baseball player (d. 2002)
- 1919 – Wolfgang Wagner, German festival organiser (d. 2010)
- 1919 – Kitty Wells, American singer (d. 2012)
- 1921 – Angelo Dundee, American boxing trainer (d. 2012)
- 1922 – Lionel Murphy, 22nd Attorney-General of Australia (d. 1986)
- 1922 – Regina Resnik, American mezzo soprano (d. 2013)
- 1923 – Vic Seixas, American tennis player
- 1925 – Laurent de Brunhoff, French author and illustrator
- 1927 – Bill Daily, American actor (d. 2018)
- 1930 – Warren Buffett, American businessman
- 1930 – Mauro Ramos, Brazilian footballer (d. 2002)
- 1931 – Jack Swigert, American astronaut (d. 1982)
- 1933 – Don Getty, 11th Premier of Alberta (d. 2016)
- 1935 – John Phillips, American singer-songwriter (Mamas and Papas) (d. 2001)
- 1937 – Bruce McLaren, New Zealand racing driver (d. 1970)
- 1938 – Murray Gleeson, Australian judge, 11th Chief Justice of Australia
- 1938 – Abel Laudonio, Argentine boxer and actor (d. 2014)
- 1939 – John Peel, British DJ (d. 2004)
- 1939 – Elizabeth Ashley, American actress
- 1940 – Ricardo Bauleo, Argentine actor (d. 2014)
- 1942 – Jonathan Aitken, Irish-British politician
- 1943 – Jean-Claude Killy, French skier
- 1943 – Robert Crumb, American cartoonist.
- 1943 – Bobby Lennox, Scottish footballer
- 1944 – Tug McGraw, American baseball player (d. 2004)
- 1944 – Frances Cairncross, English economist, journalist and academic
- 1946 – Anne-Marie, Danish princess and former Queen of Greece
- 1946 – Peggy Lipton, American actress
- 1948 – Lewis Black, American comedian, author and actor
- 1948 – Fred Hampton, American political activist (d. 1969)
- 1948 – Victor Skumin, Russian professor, philosopher, writer.
- 1949 – Peter Maffay, German singer
- 1949 – Christopher Collins, American actor, voice artist and comedian (d. 1994)
- 1950 – Antony Gormley, British sculptor
- 1950 – Micky Moody, English guitarist (Whitesnake)
1951 – 1975
- 1951 – Gediminas Kirkilas, Lithuanian politician.
- 1951 – Dana, Irish singer and politician
- 1953 – Robert Parish, American basketball player
- 1953 – Lech Majewski, Polish director, producer and screenwriter
- 1954 – Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus
- 1955 – Helge Schneider, German comedian, jazz musician, director and actor
- 1958 – Anna Politkovskaya, Russian journalist, Human Rights activist and writer (d. 2006)
- 1958 – Muriel Gray, Scottish broadcaster and writer
- 1960 – Ben Bradshaw, English politician
- 1962 – Alexander Litvinenko, Russian-born British citizen and ex-KGB agent (d. 2006)
- 1963 – Dave Brockie, Canadian-American musician (d. 2014)
- 1966 – Michael Michele, American actress
- 1967 – Eddie May, Scottish footballer and coach
- 1968 – Vladimir Malakhov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1970 – Paulo Sousa, Portuguese footballer
- 1971 – Mizuki Kawashita, Japanese mangaka
- 1972 – Cameron Diaz, American actress
- 1972 – Pavel Nedved, Czech footballer
- 1973 – Lisa Ling, American journalist
- 1974 – Javier Otxoa, Basque cyclist (d. 2018)
- 1974 – Camilla Lackberg, Swedish writer
- 1975 – Radhi Jaidi, Tunisian footballer
From 1976
- 1976 – Sarah-Jane Potts, British actress
- 1977 – Elden Henson, American actor
- 1977 – Felix Sanchez, American-Dominican runner
- 1977 – Kamil Kosowski, Polish footballer
- 1978 – Sinead Kerr, Scottish figure skater
- 1978 – Cliff Lee, American baseball player
- 1979 – Juan Ignacio Chela, Argentine tennis player
- 1982 – Andy Roddick, American tennis player
- 1983 – Kris Commons, English-Scottish footballer
- 1983 – Simone Pepe, Italian footballer
- 1985 – Leisel Jones, Australian swimmer
- 1985 – Anna Ushenina, Russian chess player
- 1986 – Ryan Ross, American guitarist (Panic! at the Disco)
- 1986 – Aldo Simoncini, Sammmarinese footballer
- 1988 – Ernests Gulbis, Latvian tennis player
- 1989 – Bebe Rexha, Albanian-American singer-songwriter
- 1991 – Farid Mammadov, Azerbaijani singer
- 1996 – Trevor Jackson, American singer and actor
- 2001 – Emily Bear, American pianist and composer