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On This Day · The 242nd day of the year

August 30

Few dates reach as far back as August 30: its recorded history runs unusually deep, stretching to 70. Its center of gravity is the 20th century, and conflict is a recurring thread.

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Virgo is the sign for August 30 — read more on the Virgo page, or see August's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on August 30?

August 30 is the 242nd day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 70 and 2021. Famous people born on August 30 include Félix Sánchez (hurdler), Johanna Braddy and Alexander Lukashenko.

Released on August 30

Movies, games, albums & shows

2024

  • Game Star Wars Outlaws
  • Game Dale & Dawson Stationery Supplies
  • Game Umamusume: Pretty Derby - Party Dash

2022

  • Game Immortality
  • Game F1 Manager 2022

2021

  • Game KeyWe
  • Game Clid the Snail

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 70

    AD 70

  2. 1464

    Pope Paul II

  3. 1574

    Guru Ram Das

  4. 1594

    James VI and I

  5. 1914

    World War I

  6. 1917

    Vietnam

  7. 1967

    Thurgood Marshall

  8. 1974

    1974 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries bombing

  9. 1981

    Mohammad-Ali Rajai

  10. 2021

    2020–2021 U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan

Famous birthday twins

Born on August 30

Félix Sánchez (hurdler)

b. 1977

Johanna Braddy

b. 1987

Alexander Lukashenko

b. 1954

Ernest Rutherford

b. 1871

Jean-Claude Killy

b. 1943

Cameron Diaz

b. 1972

Mary Shelley

b. 1797

Warren Buffett

b. 1930

Deaths

  • 2010Francisco Varallo
  • 2006Naguib Mahfouz
  • 1981Mohammad-Ali Rajai
  • 1935Henri Barbusse
  • 1483Louis XI
  • 1329Khutughtu Khan Kusala

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Alexander of Constantinople (Eastern Orthodoxy)
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Eustáquio van Lieshout
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Stephen Nehmé (Maronite Church / Catholic Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Charles Chapman Grafton (Episcopal Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Fantinus
  • —Christian feast day: Felix and Adauctus
  • —Christian feast day: Fiacre

The factual record above — event titles, dates, names, and observances — is drawn from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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