August 30

### Up to 1900

- 526 – Ostrogoth King Theodoric the Great dies of dysentery in Ravenna.
- 711 – K'inich K'an Joy Chitam, king of Palenque, disappears from history. He was probably taken prisoner by a rivalling city state.
- 1464 – Pope Paul II is elected.
- 1574 – Guru Ram Das becomes the Fourth Sikh Guru/Master.
- 1791 – The ship HMS _Pandora_ sinks after running aground on a reef.
- 1800 – Gabriel Prosser postpones a planned slave rebellion in Richmond, Virginia, but is arrested he can make it happen.
- 1813 – In an uprising, Creek Native Americans launch an attack on Fort Mims, Alabama (present–day Mobile, Alabama), and commit the Fort Mims massacre.
- 1813 – Battle of Kulm: French forces are defeated by Austrian–Prussian–Russian alliance.
- 1832 – Agreement is reached on the border between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
- 1835 – The city of Melbourne, Australia is founded.
- 1836 – The city of Houston, Texas is founded.
- 1850 – Honolulu, Hawaii becomes a city.
- 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Richmond, Kentucky – Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout a Union army under General Horatio Wright.
- 1862 – American Civil War: Union forces are defeated in Second Battle of Bull Run.
- 1873 – Austrian explorers Julius von Payer  and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago (island group) of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Ocean. The islands now belong to Russia.
- 1881 – British passenger steamer RMS _Teuton_ hits a reef off South Africa and sinks, killing 236 of the 272 people on board.
- 1896 – Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared to be under martial law by the Spanish Governor–General  Ramon Blanco y Erenas.

### 1901 – 2000

- 1914 – World War I: Battle of Tannenberg.
- 1917 – During a night–time sailing, with all light switched off because of the war, French passenger steamer _Natal_ collides with an oncoming cargo ship, sinking in 10 minutes. Of the 503 on board, 105 are killed.
- 1918 – Assassins seriously injure Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin and kill Bolshevik senior official Moisei Uritsky, prompting the decree for Red Terror.
- 1922 – Battle of Dumlupinar, final battle in Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) ("Turkish War of Independence").
- 1940 – The Second Vienna Award reassigns the territory of North Transylvania from Romania to Hungary.
- 1941 – World War II: The Siege of Leningrad begins.
- 1945 – World War II: Hong Kong is liberated from Japan.
- 1945 – World War II: Allied Supreme Commander Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base.
- 1945 – The Allied Control Council, governing Germany after World War II, until 1949, goes into effect.
- 1946 – In post–World War II Germany, the state of Rhineland-Palatinate is created in the French occupation zone.
- 1948 – The Romanian intelligence agency, the Securitate, is founded.
- 1956 – The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in Louisiana opens.
- 1959 – The title National Hero of Indonesia is awarded for the first time, to writer and politician Abdul Muis.
- 1963 – Hotline between U.S. and Soviet leaders goes into operation.
- 1965 – Casey Stengel announces his retirement from baseball.
- 1965 – Rock musician Bob Dylan releases his influential album _Highway 61 Revisited_ featuring the song "Like a Rolling Stone."
- 1967 – Thurgood Marshall confirmed as the first African American Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
- 1974 – A train crash, of a Dortmund to Belgrade Express train, in Zagreb kills 153 people.
- 1974 – A powerful bomb explodes at the Mitsubishi Jeavy Industries Headquarters in Marunouchi, Tokyo, Japan killing 8 people.
- 1976 – Tom Brokaw becomes news anchor of the Today Show.
- 1981 – Iranian President Mohammad–Ali Rajai and Prime Minister Mohammad–Javad Bahonar are assassinated in a bombing by the People's Mujahedin of Iran.
- 1984 – Space Shuttle Discovery launches on its first mission.
- 1990 – Tatarstan declares independence from the RSFSR.
- 1991 – Azerbaijan declares independence from the USSR.
- 1992 – Michael Schumacher wins his first Formula One race at the Belgian Grand Prix.
- 1993 – The Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco, is inaugurated.
- 1993 – The Late Show with David Letterman debuts on CBS.
- 1994 – Oasis release their first album, Definitely Maybe.
- 1995 – NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian–Serb forces.
- 1999 – The East Timorese vote for independence in a referendum.

### From 2001

- 2001 – Former President of Yugoslavia and Serbia Slobodan Milosevic is charged with Genocide.
- 2002 – The Tandy Center Subway in Fort Worth, Texas ceases to operate.
- 2003 – While being towed across the Barents Sea, decommissioned  Russian submarine K–159 sinks, killing all 9 crew members.
- 2009 – Yukio Hatoyama is elected Prime Minister of Japan, taking office on September 16, when he succeeds Taro Aso. He resigns on June 2, 2010.
- 2014 – Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk is chosen as the new EU President, while Federica Mogherini of Italy is chosen as the next EU Foreign Policy Chief.
- 2016 – Doris McLemore, the last–surviving fluent speaker of the Wichita language, dies aged 89.

### Up to 1900

- 1334 – King Peter I of Castile (d. 1369)
- 1377 – Shah Rukh, ruler Persia and Transoxonia (d. 1447)
- 1401 – Georgios Sphantzes, Byzantine historian (d. 1479)
- 1569 – Jahangir, Mughal Emperor (d. 1627)
- 1705 – David Hartley, English philosopher (d. 1757)
- 1720 – Samuel Whitbread, English politician and brewer (d. 1796)
- 1727 – Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Italian painter (d. 1804)
- 1731 – Jacob Sievers, Russian statesman (d. 1828)
- 1739 – George Mathews, American politician, Governor of Georgia (d. 1812)
- 1745 – Johann Hieronymus Schroeter, German jurist and astronomer (d. 1816)
- 1748 – Jacques-Louis David, French painter (d. 1825)
- 1758 – Cristobal Bencomo y Rodriguez, Spanish priest (d. 1835)
- 1785 – Lin Zexu, Chinese scholar and official (d. 1850)
- 1797 – Mary Shelley, British writer of _Frankenstein_ (d. 1851)
- 1798 – Virginie Dejazet, French actress (d. 1875)
- 1800 – Auguste von Harrach, wife of Frederick William III of Prussia (d. 1873)
- 1808 – Princess Ludovika of Bavaria (d. 1892)
- 1812 – Agoston Narasidhy, Hungarian traveler, writer and winemaker (d. 1869)
- 1813 – Princess Mathilde of Bavaria (d. 1892)
- 1818 – Alexander H. Rice, 30th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1895)
- 1820 – Gustave Le Gray, French photography pioneer (d. 1884)
- 1820 – Hardin Richard Runnels, 6th Governor of Texas (d. 1873)
- 1821 – Anita Garibaldi, Brazilian–born Italian revolutionary (d. 1849)
- 1844 – Friedrich Ratzel, German zoologist and geographer (d. 1904)
- 1850 – Marcelo H. del Pilar, Filipino writer, lawyer and journalist (d. 1896)
- 1852 – Jacobus Henricus van t' Hoff, Dutch chemist (d. 1911)
- 1855 – Evelyn De Morgan, British painter (d. 1919)
- 1856 – Carl David Tolme Runge, German mathematician and physicist (d. 1927)
- 1860 – Isaac Lewitan, Russian painter (d. 1900)
- 1870 – Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia (d. 1891)
- 1871 – Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand chemist and physicist (d. 1937)
- 1884 – Theodor Svedberg, Swedish physicist (d. 1971)
- 1890 – Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson, English captain and pilot (d. 1918)
- 1893 – Huey Long, American politician (d. 1935)
- 1896 – Raymond Massey, Canadian actor (d. 1983)
- 1898 – Shirley Booth, American actress (d. 1992)

### 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

### 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)

## Observances

- International Day of the Disappeared
- Saint Rose of Lima (Peru)
- Victory Day (Turkey)
- Republic Day (Tatarstan)