August 30 holidays in 2021

Historical Events on August 30

• 1282: Peter III of Aragon arrives at Trapani during the War of the Sicilian Vespers.
• 1464: Pope Paul II becomes the 211^th
• 1574: Guru Ram Das becomes the 4^th Sikh Master.
• 1835: The Australian city of Melbourne is founded.
• 1862: General Horatio Wright’s Union forces are routed by Confederates commanded by Edmund Kirby Smith.
• 1909: Burgess Shale fossils are discovered in Mount Field by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
• 1914: Russian forces are defeated by the Germans at the Battle of Tannenberg during World War I.
• 1918: Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin is shot and seriously wounded by Fanni Kaplan.
• 1942: The Battle of Alam el Halfa starts during World War II.
• 1945: British forces liberate Hong Kong from Japan.
• 1945: General Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base.
• 1945: The Allied Control Council is created to govern Germany after WWII.
• 1945: Emperor Bảo Đại abdicates – not only ending the August Revolution but ending the Nguyễn dynasty as well.

Famous Birthdays on August 30

• Peter of Castile is born in 1334.
• Vlad II Dracul is born in 1400.
• American actress and singer Shirley Booth is born in 1898.
• American author and journalist John Gunther is born in 1901.
• Argentinian painter, author and illustrator Leonor Fini is born in 1907.
• American illustrator Robert Crumb is born in 1943.
• English sculptor Nigel Hall is born in 1943.
• English author Colin Dann is born in 1943.
• French skier Jean-Claude Killy is born in 1943.
• American comedian Lewis Black is born in 1948.
• English sculptor Antony Gormley is born in 1950.
• Scottish politician Julian Smith is born in 1971.
• American actress and model Cameron Diaz is born in 1972.
• American journalist Lisa Ling is born in 1973.
• American baseball player Mike Koplove is born in 1976.
• Turkish footballer Zafer Yelen is born in 1986.
• English singer-songwriter Tania Foster is born in 1987.
• Italian footballer Simone Guerra is born in 1989.