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August 30: Day of the Week
August 30, 2024 is the 243rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 123 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is vendredi.
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Here’s the August calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
August 30 Historical Event(s)
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.
1800
Gabriel Prosser postpones a planned slave rebellion in Richmond, Virginia, but is arrested before he can make it happen.
1813
Battle of Kulm: French forces are defeated by an Austrian-Prussian-Russian alliance.
1836
The city of Houston is founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen
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.
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.
1942
World War II: the Battle of Alam Halfa begins.
1974
A Belgrade–Dortmund express train derails at the main train station in Zagreb killing 153 passengers.
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.
1984
STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage.
Who were born on August 30?
1821
Anita Garibaldi, Brazilian revolutionary and wife of Giuseppe Garibaldi (d. 1849)
1941
Ben L. Jones, American actor, politician and essayist
1946
Peggy Lipton, American actress
1946
Queen Anne-Marie of Greece
1949
Peter Maffay, German singer-songwriter
1953
Robert Parish, American basketball player
1963
Mark Strong, English actor
1963
Michael Chiklis, American actor
1979
Tavia Yeung, Hong Kong actress
1986
Lelia Masaga, New Zealand rugby player
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