What Happened on August 30?

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EVENTS ON AUGUST 30

Houston
Houston
Year: 1836
The city of Houston is founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen.
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American Civil War
American Civil War
Year: 1862
American Civil War: Battle of Richmond: Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout Union forces under General William "Bull" Nelson.
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Melbourne
Melbourne
Year: 1835
Australia: Melbourne, Victoria is founded.
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Battle of Kulm
Battle of Kulm
Year: 1813
First Battle of Kulm: French forces are defeated by an Austrian-Prussian-Russian alliance.
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Creek War
Creek War
Year: 1813
Creek War: Fort Mims massacre: Creek "Red Sticks" kill over 500 settlers (including over 250 armed militia) in Fort Mims, north of Mobile, Alabama.
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Julius von Payer
Julius von Payer
Year: 1873
Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea.
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Philippine Revolution
Philippine Revolution
Year: 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.
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Vietnam
Vietnam
Year: 1917
Vietnamese prison guards led by Trịnh Văn Cấn mutiny at the Thái Nguyên penitentiary against local French authority.
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Fanny Kaplan
Fanny Kaplan
Year: 1918
Fanni Kaplan shoots and seriously injures Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, which along with the assassination of Bolshevik senior official Moisei Uritsky days earlier, prompts the decree for Red Terror.
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Ernest Shackleton
Ernest Shackleton
Year: 1916
Ernest Shackleton completes the rescue of all of his men stranded on Elephant Island in Antarctica.
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BIRTHS ON AUGUST 30

Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett
Year of birth: 1930
Warren Buffett, American businessman and philanthropist
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Jack Swigert
Jack Swigert
Year of birth: 1931
Jack Swigert, American pilot and astronaut (died 1982)
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Noel Harford
Noel Harford
Year of birth: 1930
Noel Harford, New Zealand cricketer and basketball player (died 1981)
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Ian McNaught-Davis
Ian McNaught-Davis
Year of birth: 1929
Ian McNaught-Davis, English mountaineer and television host (died 2014)
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Johnny Mann
Johnny Mann
Year of birth: 1928
Johnny Mann, American singer-songwriter and conductor (died 2014)
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Don Getty
Don Getty
Year of birth: 1933
Don Getty, Canadian football player and politician, 11th Premier of Alberta (died 2016)
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Alexandra Bellow
Alexandra Bellow
Year of birth: 1935
Alexandra Bellow, Romanian-American mathematician (died 2025)
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John Peel
John Peel
Year of birth: 1939
John Peel, English radio host and producer (died 2004)
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Murray Gleeson
Murray Gleeson
Year of birth: 1938
Murray Gleeson, Australian lawyer and judge, 11th Chief Justice of Australia
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Bruce McLaren
Bruce McLaren
Year of birth: 1937
Bruce McLaren, New Zealand race car driver and engineer, founded the McLaren racing team (died 1970)
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DEATHS ON AUGUST 30

Arthur Fielder
Arthur Fielder
Year of death: 1949
Arthur Fielder, English cricketer (born 1877)
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Alice Salomon
Alice Salomon
Year of death: 1948
Alice Salomon, German-American social reformer (born 1872)
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Konstantin Märska
Konstantin Märska
Year of death: 1951
Konstantin Märska, Estonian director and cinematographer (born 1896)
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Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster
Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster
Year of death: 1954
Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Italian cardinal (born 1880)
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Charles Coburn
Charles Coburn
Year of death: 1961
Charles Coburn, American actor (born 1877)
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Gunnar Sommerfeldt
Gunnar Sommerfeldt
Year of death: 1947
Gunnar Sommerfeldt, Danish actor and director (born 1890)
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Konstantin Rodzaevsky
Konstantin Rodzaevsky
Year of death: 1946
Konstantin Rodzaevsky, Russian lawyer (born 1907)
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Peder Oluf Pedersen
Peder Oluf Pedersen
Year of death: 1941
Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish physicist and engineer (born 1874)
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Eustáquio van Lieshout
Eustáquio van Lieshout
Year of death: 1943
Eustáquio van Lieshout, Dutch priest and missionary (born 1890)
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Eddy de Neve
Eddy de Neve
Year of death: 1943
Eddy de Neve, Indonesian-Dutch footballer and lieutenant (born 1885)
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HOLIDAYS ON AUGUST 30

August 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
August 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast day: August 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Theodosius of Oria
Theodosius of Oria
Christian feast day: Theodosius of Oria
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Alexander of Constantinople
Alexander of Constantinople
Christian feast day: Alexander of Constantinople (Eastern Orthodoxy)
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Constitution Day (Kazakhstan)
Constitution Day (Kazakhstan)
Constitution Day (Kazakhstan)
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National day
National day
Constitution Day (Turks and Caicos Islands)
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Victory Day (Turkey)
Victory Day (Turkey)
Victory Day (Turkey)
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International Day of the Disappeared
International Day of the Disappeared
International Day of the Disappeared
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National day
National day
Independence Day (Tatarstan, Russia not formally recognized)
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Narcisa de Jesús
Narcisa de Jesús
Christian feast day: Narcisa de Jesús
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Pammachius
Pammachius
Christian feast day: Pammachius
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