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| Date | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 30th of August 1363 | EVENT | Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders -- Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang -- are pitted against each other in what is one of the largest naval battles in history, during the last decade of the ailing, Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty. |
| 30th of August 1574 | EVENT | Guru Ram Das becomes the Fourth Sikh Guru/Master. |
| 30th of August 1590 | EVENT | Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo Castle. (Traditional Japanese date: August 1, 1590) |
| 30th of August 1791 | EVENT | HMS Pandora sinks after having run aground on a reef the previous day. |
| 30th of August 1799 | EVENT | 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. |
| 30th of August 1800 | EVENT | Gabriel Prosser leads a slave rebellion in Richmond, Virginia |
| 30th of August 1813 | EVENT | Creek War : Fort Mims massacre: Creek "Red Sticks" kill over 500 settlers (including over 250 armed militia) in Fort Mims, north of Mobile, Alabama. |
| 30th of August 1813 | EVENT | Battle of Kulm: French forces are defeated by an Austrian-Prussian-Russian alliance. |
| 30th of August 1835 | EVENT | Melbourne, Australia is founded. |
| 30th of August 1836 | EVENT | The city of Houston is founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen |
| 30th of August 1862 | EVENT | American Civil War : Battle of Richmond: Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout Union forces under General Horatio Wright. |
| 30th of August 1873 | EVENT | Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Joseph Land in the Arctic Sea. |
| 30th of August 1896 | EVENT | Eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramon Blanco y Erenas. These are Manila, Cavite, Bulacan, Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, Bataan, Laguna, and Batangas. |
| 30th of August 1897 | EVENT | The town of Ambiky is captured by France from Menabe in Madagascar. |
| 30th of August 1909 | EVENT | Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott. |
| 30th of August 1914 | EVENT | The Battle of Tannenberg is fought. |
| 30th of August 1918 | EVENT | 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. |
| 30th of August 1922 | EVENT | Battle of Dumlupinar: the final battle in the Greek-Turkish War ("Turkish War of Independence"). |
| 30th of August 1940 | EVENT | The Second Vienna Award re-assigns the territory of Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary. |
| 30th of August 1942 | EVENT | World War II: the Battle of Alam Halfa begins. |
| 30th of August 1945 | EVENT | Hong Kong is liberated from Japan by British Armed Forces. |
| 30th of August 1945 | EVENT | The Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base. |
| 30th of August 1956 | EVENT | The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway opens. |
| 30th of August 1962 | EVENT | Japan conducts a test of the NAMC YS-11, its first aircraft since World War II and its only successful commercial aircraft from before or after the war. |
| 30th of August 1963 | EVENT | The Hotline between the leaders of the U.S.A. and the Soviet Union goes into operation. |
| 30th of August 1967 | EVENT | Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. |
| 30th of August 1974 | EVENT | A Belgrade : Dortmund express train derails at the main train station in Zagreb killing 153 passengers. |
| 30th of August 1974 | EVENT | 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. |
| 30th of August 1984 | EVENT | STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage. |
| 30th of August 1995 | EVENT | NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces. |
| 30th of August 1334 | BIRTHDAY | King Peter of Castile (d. 1369) |
| 30th of August 1377 | BIRTHDAY | Shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (d. 1447) |
| 30th of August 1705 | BIRTHDAY | David Hartley, English philosopher (d. 1757) |
| 30th of August 1720 | BIRTHDAY | Samuel Whitbread, English brewer (d. 1796) |
| 30th of August 1748 | BIRTHDAY | Jacques-Louis David, French painter (d. 1825) |
| 30th of August 1768 | BIRTHDAY | Joseph Dennie, American writer (d. 1812) |
| 30th of August 1797 | BIRTHDAY | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, English writer (d. 1851) |
| 30th of August 1808 | BIRTHDAY | Princess Ludovika of Bavaria (d. 1892) |
| 30th of August 1813 | BIRTHDAY | Princess Mathilde of Bavaria (d. 1862) |
| 30th of August 1818 | BIRTHDAY | Alexander H. Rice, 30th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1895) |
| 30th of August 1821 | BIRTHDAY | Anita Garibaldi, Brazilian revolutionary and wife of Giuseppe Garibaldi (d. 1849) |
| 30th of August 1839 | BIRTHDAY | Gulstan Ropert, French Catholic prelate (d. 1903) |
| 30th of August 1842 | BIRTHDAY | Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia (d. 1849) |
| 30th of August 1848 | BIRTHDAY | Andrew Onderdonk, Canadian railway contractor (d. 1905) |
| 30th of August 1850 | BIRTHDAY | Marcelo H. del Pilar, Filipino writer, journalist and revolutionary (d. 1896) |
| 30th of August 1852 | BIRTHDAY | Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch physical and organic chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1911) |
| 30th of August 1856 | BIRTHDAY | Carle David Tolme Runge, German physicist (d. 1927) |
| 30th of August 1860 | BIRTHDAY | Isaac Levitan, Russian artist (d. 1900) |
| 30th of August 1870 | BIRTHDAY | Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia (d. 1891) |
| 30th of August 1871 | BIRTHDAY | Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-born British chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1937) |
| 30th of August 1884 | BIRTHDAY | Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1971) |
| 30th of August 1890 | BIRTHDAY | Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson, British fighter ace (d. 1918) |
| 30th of August 1893 | BIRTHDAY | Huey Long, American politician (d. 1935) |
| 30th of August 1896 | BIRTHDAY | Raymond Massey, Canadian actor (d. 1983) |
| 30th of August 1898 | BIRTHDAY | Shirley Booth, American actress (d. 1992) |
| 30th of August 1901 | BIRTHDAY | John Gunther, American writer (d. 1970) |
| 30th of August 1901 | BIRTHDAY | Roy Wilkins, American civil rights leader (d. 1981) |
| 30th of August 1906 | BIRTHDAY | Joan Blondell, American actress (d. 1979) |
| 30th of August 1908 | BIRTHDAY | Fred MacMurray, American actor (d. 1991) |
| 30th of August 1910 | BIRTHDAY | Roger Bushell, South African RAF officer and prisoner of war (d. 1944) |
| 30th of August 1912 | BIRTHDAY | Nancy Wake AC GM, New Zealand-born British World War II secret agent |
| 30th of August 1912 | BIRTHDAY | Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1997) |
| 30th of August 1913 | BIRTHDAY | Richard Stone, British economist, Nobel laureate (d. 1991) |
| 30th of August 1915 | BIRTHDAY | Robert Strassburg, American composer (d. 2003) |
| 30th of August 1917 | BIRTHDAY | Vladimir Kirillovich, Grand Duke of Russia, pretender to the Russian throne (d. 1992) |
| 30th of August 1917 | BIRTHDAY | Denis Healey, British politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| 30th of August 1918 | BIRTHDAY | Ted Williams, American baseball player (d. 2002) |
| 30th of August 1918 | BIRTHDAY | Billy Johnson, American baseball player (d. 2006) |
| 30th of August 1919 | BIRTHDAY | Wolfgang Wagner, German opera director (d. 2010) |
| 30th of August 1919 | BIRTHDAY | Kitty Wells, American singer |
| 30th of August 1922 | BIRTHDAY | Regina Resnik, American mezzo-soprano |
| 30th of August 1922 | BIRTHDAY | Lionel Murphy, Australian politician (d. 1986) |
| 30th of August 1923 | BIRTHDAY | Barbara Ansell, British physician, founder of paediatric rheumatology (d. 2001) |
| 30th of August 1923 | BIRTHDAY | Charmian Clift, Australian writer and essayist (d. 1969) |
| 30th of August 1923 | BIRTHDAY | Vic Seixas, American tennis player |
| 30th of August 1923 | BIRTHDAY | Nate Saint, American Evangelical Christian missionary (d. 1956) |
| 30th of August 1924 | BIRTHDAY | Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer (d. 2004) |
| 30th of August 1925 | BIRTHDAY | Laurent de Brunhoff, French writer and illustrator |
| 30th of August 1926 | BIRTHDAY | Daryl Gates, American police chief (d. 2010) |
| 30th of August 1928 | BIRTHDAY | Lloyd Casner, American racecar driver and owner (d. 1965) |
| 30th of August 1930 | BIRTHDAY | Noel Harford, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1981) |
| 30th of August 1930 | BIRTHDAY | Warren Buffett, American entrepreneur |
| 30th of August 1931 | BIRTHDAY | Jack Swigert, American astronaut (d. 1982) |
| 30th of August 1933 | BIRTHDAY | Don Getty, Canadian politician |
| 30th of August 1934 | BIRTHDAY | Baloo Gupte, Indian cricketer (d. 2005) |
| 30th of August 1935 | BIRTHDAY | John Phillips, American singer-songwriter (The Mamas & the Papas) (d. 2001) |
| 30th of August 1937 | BIRTHDAY | Bruce McLaren, New Zealand car racer and founder of McLaren racing team (d. 1970) |
| 30th of August 1939 | BIRTHDAY | John Peel, English radio disc jockey (d. 2004) |
| 30th of August 1939 | BIRTHDAY | Elizabeth Ashley, American actress |
| 30th of August 1941 | BIRTHDAY | Ben L. Jones, American actor, politician and essayist |
| 30th of August 1942 | BIRTHDAY | Pervez Sajjad, Pakistani cricketer |
| 30th of August 1943 | BIRTHDAY | Tal Brody, American-born Israeli basketball player |
| 30th of August 1943 | BIRTHDAY | Robert Crumb, American cartoonist |
| 30th of August 1943 | BIRTHDAY | Jean-Claude Killy, French skier |
| 30th of August 1944 | BIRTHDAY | Tug McGraw, American baseball player (d. 2004) |
| 30th of August 1944 | BIRTHDAY | Molly Ivins, American political humorist (d. 2007) |
| 30th of August 1946 | BIRTHDAY | Peggy Lipton, American actress |
| 30th of August 1946 | BIRTHDAY | Queen Anne-Marie of Greece |
| 30th of August 1947 | BIRTHDAY | Allan Rock, Canadian politician and diplomat |
| 30th of August 1948 | BIRTHDAY | Lewis Black, American comedian |
| 30th of August 1948 | BIRTHDAY | Fred Hampton, American Black Panther Party leader (d. 1969) |
| 30th of August 1948 | BIRTHDAY | Donnacha O'Dea, Irish poker player and swimmer |
| 30th of August 1949 | BIRTHDAY | Ted Ammon, American financier (d. 2001) |
| 30th of August 1949 | BIRTHDAY | Peter Maffay, Romania-born German singer-songwriter |
| 30th of August 1949 | BIRTHDAY | Christopher Collins, American actor and comedian (d. 1994) |
| 30th of August 1949 | BIRTHDAY | Don Boudria, Canadian politician |
| 30th of August 1950 | BIRTHDAY | Antony Gormley, English sculptor |
| 30th of August 1951 | BIRTHDAY | Timothy Bottoms, American actor |
| 30th of August 1951 | BIRTHDAY | Dana Rosemary Scallon, Irish singer (as Dana) and politician |
| 30th of August 1953 | BIRTHDAY | Horace Panter, British bassist (The Specials, General Public) |
| 30th of August 1953 | BIRTHDAY | Robert Parish, American basketball player |
| 30th of August 1953 | BIRTHDAY | Ron George, American politician |
| 30th of August 1954 | BIRTHDAY | David Paymer, American actor |
| 30th of August 1954 | BIRTHDAY | Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus |
| 30th of August 1956 | BIRTHDAY | Frank Conniff, American comedian (TV's Frank) |
| 30th of August 1958 | BIRTHDAY | Martin Jackson, British drummer (Swing out Sister) |
| 30th of August 1958 | BIRTHDAY | Anna Politkovskaya, Russian journalist (d. 2006) |
| 30th of August 1959 | BIRTHDAY | Mark "Jacko" Jackson, Australian rules footballer and actor |
| 30th of August 1960 | BIRTHDAY | Gary Gordon, American Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1993) |
| 30th of August 1960 | BIRTHDAY | Guy A. Lepage, Quebec humorist, television host and producer |
| 30th of August 1962 | BIRTHDAY | Alexander Litvinenko, Russian KGB officer (d. 2006) |
| 30th of August 1963 | BIRTHDAY | Michael Chiklis, American actor |
| 30th of August 1963 | BIRTHDAY | Oderus Urungus, American vocalist (GWAR) |
| 30th of August 1963 | BIRTHDAY | Paul Oakenfold, British disc jockey |
| 30th of August 1964 | BIRTHDAY | Gavin Fisher, British engineer |
| 30th of August 1966 | BIRTHDAY | Michael Michele, American actress |
| 30th of August 1967 | BIRTHDAY | Justin Vaughan, New Zealand cricketer |
| 30th of August 1967 | BIRTHDAY | Frederique van der Wal, Dutch model |
| 30th of August 1968 | BIRTHDAY | Vladimir Malakhov, Russian ice hockey player |
| 30th of August 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Dimitris Sgouros, Greek pianist |
| 30th of August 1970 | BIRTHDAY | Carlo Checchinato, Italian rugby player and manager |
| 30th of August 1970 | BIRTHDAY | Michael Wong, Malaysia-born Chinese singer |
| 30th of August 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Lars Frederiksen, American guitarist (Rancid and UK Subs) |
| 30th of August 1972 | BIRTHDAY | Pavel Nedved, Czech footballer |
| 30th of August 1972 | BIRTHDAY | Cameron Diaz, American actress |
| 30th of August 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Lisa Ling, American journalist |
| 30th of August 1974 | BIRTHDAY | Javier Otxoa, Spanish cyclist |
| 30th of August 1974 | BIRTHDAY | Aaron Barrett, American vocalist and guitarist (Reel Big Fish) |
| 30th of August 1975 | BIRTHDAY | Radhi Jaidi, Tunisian footballer |
| 30th of August 1976 | BIRTHDAY | Lillo Brancato Jr., American actor |
| 30th of August 1976 | BIRTHDAY | Mike Koplove, American baseball player |
| 30th of August 1976 | BIRTHDAY | Sarah-Jane Potts, English actress |
| 30th of August 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Shaun Alexander, American football player |
| 30th of August 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Marlon Byrd, American baseball player |
| 30th of August 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Kamil Kosowski, Polish footballer |
| 30th of August 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Elden Henson, American actor |
| 30th of August 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Jens Ludwig, German guitarist (Edguy) |
| 30th of August 1978 | BIRTHDAY | Cliff Lee, American baseball player |
| 30th of August 1978 | BIRTHDAY | Sinead Kerr, Irish Olympic figure skater and ice dancer |
| 30th of August 1978 | BIRTHDAY | Swizz Beatz, American record producer and rapper |
| 30th of August 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Juan Ignacio Chela, Argentine tennis player |
| 30th of August 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Leon Lopez, British actor |
| 30th of August 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Niki Chow, Hong Kong actress and singer |
| 30th of August 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Scott Richmond, Canadian baseball player |
| 30th of August 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Tavia Yeung, Hong Kong actress |
| 30th of August 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Derrick Ward, American football player |
| 30th of August 1981 | BIRTHDAY | German Legarreta, American actor |
| 30th of August 1981 | BIRTHDAY | Adam Wainwright, American baseball player |
| 30th of August 1982 | BIRTHDAY | Andy Roddick, American tennis player |
| 30th of August 1982 | BIRTHDAY | Will Davison, Australian racing driver |
| 30th of August 1983 | BIRTHDAY | Simone Pepe, Italian footballer |
| 30th of August 1983 | BIRTHDAY | Jun Matsumoto, Japanese singer and actor |
| 30th of August 1983 | BIRTHDAY | Gustavo Eberto, Argentine footballer (d. 2007) |
| 30th of August 1983 | BIRTHDAY | Marco Vianello, Italian footballer |
| 30th of August 1984 | BIRTHDAY | Anthony Ireland, Zimbabwean cricketer |
| 30th of August 1985 | BIRTHDAY | Richard Duffy, Welsh footballer |
| 30th of August 1985 | BIRTHDAY | Leisel Jones, Australian swimmer |
| 30th of August 1985 | BIRTHDAY | Eva Risztov, Hungarian swimmer |
| 30th of August 1985 | BIRTHDAY | Eamon Sullivan, Australian swimmer |
| 30th of August 1985 | BIRTHDAY | Steven Smith, Scottish footballer |
| 30th of August 1986 | BIRTHDAY | Lelia Masaga, New Zealand All Black rugby player |
| 30th of August 1986 | BIRTHDAY | Ryan Ross, American guitarist (Panic! at the Disco) |
| 30th of August 1988 | BIRTHDAY | Ernests Gulbis, Latvian tennis player |
| 30th of August 1988 | BIRTHDAY | Laura Poldvere, Estonian singer |
| 30th of August 1988 | BIRTHDAY | Michael Cavanaugh ("StrongSide"), American professional gamer |
| 30th of August 1989 | BIRTHDAY | Simone Guerra, Italian footballer |
| 30th of August 1989 | BIRTHDAY | Ronald Huth, Paraguayan footballer |
| 30th of August 1991 | BIRTHDAY | Liam Cooper, Scottish footballer |
| 30th of August 2001 | BIRTHDAY | Emily Bear, American child pianist and composer |
| 30th of August 0526 | DEATH | Theodoric the Great, King of the Ostrogoths and ruler of Italy (Born 454) |
| 30th of August 1158 | DEATH | King Sancho III of Castile (Born 1134) |
| 30th of August 1329 | DEATH | Khutughtu Khan, Emperor Mingzong of Yuan, emperor of the Yuan Dynasty and the Mongol Empire (Born 1300) |
| 30th of August 1428 | DEATH | Emperor Shoko of Japan (Born 1401) |
| 30th of August 1483 | DEATH | King Louis XI of France (Born 1423) |
| 30th of August 1580 | DEATH | Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (Born 1528) |
| 30th of August 1619 | DEATH | Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (Born 1535) |
| 30th of August 1723 | DEATH | Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch tradesman and scientist (Born 1632) |
| 30th of August 1751 | DEATH | Christopher Polhem, Swedish scientist and inventor (Born 1661) |
| 30th of August 1856 | DEATH | Gilbert Abbott a Beckett, English writer (Born 1811) |
| 30th of August 1879 | DEATH | John Bell Hood, American Confederate general (Born 1831) |
| 30th of August 1886 | DEATH | Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American politician (Born 1836) |
| 30th of August 1896 | DEATH | Alexei Lobanov-Rostovsky, Russian statesman (Born 1824) |
| 30th of August 1906 | DEATH | Hans Auer, Swiss architect (Born 1847) |
| 30th of August 1907 | DEATH | Richard Mansfield, American actor and manager (Born 1857) |
| 30th of August 1928 | DEATH | Wilhelm Wien, German physicist, Nobel laureate (Born 1864) |
| 30th of August 1935 | DEATH | Henri Barbusse, French novelist and journalist (Born 1873) |
| 30th of August 1938 | DEATH | Max Factor, Sr., Polish-born American make-up artist and cosmetic manufacturer (Born 1877) |
| 30th of August 1940 | DEATH | J.J. Thomson, English physicist, Nobel laureate (Born 1856) |
| 30th of August 1941 | DEATH | Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish engineer and physicist (Born 1874) |
| 30th of August 1943 | DEATH | Father Eustaquio van Lieshout, Dutch Catholic priest (Born 1890) |
| 30th of August 1946 | DEATH | Konstantin Rodzaevsky, Russian fascist (executed) (Born 1907) |
| 30th of August 1949 | DEATH | Arthur Fielder, English cricketer (Born 1877) |
| 30th of August 1961 | DEATH | Charles Coburn, American actor (Born 1877) |
| 30th of August 1963 | DEATH | Guy Burgess, English-born Soviet spy (Born 1911) |
| 30th of August 1968 | DEATH | William Talman, American actor (Born 1915) |
| 30th of August 1970 | DEATH | Del Moore, American comedian (Born 1916) |
| 30th of August 1981 | DEATH | Vera-Ellen, American actress (Born 1921) |
| 30th of August 1981 | DEATH | Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Iranian statesman (Born 1933) |
| 30th of August 1985 | DEATH | Taylor Caldwell, English-born American novelist (Born 1900) |
| 30th of August 1989 | DEATH | Seymour Krim, American journalist, essayist and literary critic (Born 1922) |
| 30th of August 1991 | DEATH | Jean Tinguely, Swiss painter and sculptor (Born 1925) |
| 30th of August 1993 | DEATH | Richard Jordan, American actor (Born 1938) |
| 30th of August 1994 | DEATH | Lindsay Anderson, English film director (Born 1923) |
| 30th of August 1995 | DEATH | Sterling Morrison, American guitarist (The Velvet Underground) (Born 1942) |
| 30th of August 1995 | DEATH | Fischer Black, American economist (Born 1938) |
| 30th of August 1996 | DEATH | Christine Pascal, French actress and director (Born 1953) |
| 30th of August 1999 | DEATH | Raymond Poivet, French comics artist (Born 1910) |
| 30th of August 2000 | DEATH | David Haskell, American actor (Born 1948) |
| 30th of August 2001 | DEATH | Ivor Spencer-Thomas, English farmer, entrepreneur and inventor (Born 1907) |
| 30th of August 2002 | DEATH | J. Lee Thompson, English film director (Born 1914) |
| 30th of August 2003 | DEATH | Charles Bronson, American actor (Born 1921) |
| 30th of August 2003 | DEATH | Donald Davidson, American philosopher (Born 1917) |
| 30th of August 2004 | DEATH | Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer (Born 1906) |
| 30th of August 2004 | DEATH | Indian Larry, American motorcycle builder and stuntman (Born 1949) |
| 30th of August 2006 | DEATH | Glenn Ford, Canadian-born American actor (Born 1916) |
| 30th of August 2006 | DEATH | Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer, Nobel laureate (Born 1911) |
| 30th of August 2006 | DEATH | Robin Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon, New Zealand jurist and member of the British House of Lords (Born 1926) |
| 30th of August 2007 | DEATH | Michael Jackson, British beer and whiskey author and expert (Born 1942) |
| 30th of August 2007 | DEATH | Charles Vanik, American politician (Born 1918) |
| 30th of August 2008 | DEATH | Killer Kowalski, Canadian professional wrestler (Born 1926) |
| 30th of August 2009 | DEATH | Klaus-Peter Hanisch, German footballer (Born 1952) |
| 30th of August 2010 | DEATH | Alain Corneau, French filmmaker (Born 1943) |