Public Holidays on August 30

• 🌍 Santa Rosa de Lima (Peru)
• 🌍 Victory Day (Turkey)
• 🌍 Zafer Bayramı (Turkey)

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Religious Observances on August 30

• Islamic: Urs of Shaykh Mahmūd al-Anjir al-Faghnāwi ق
• Islamic: Urs of Shaykh Abu Ahmad as-Sughūri ق

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On This Day in History — August 30

• 2014 — Prime Minister of Lesotho Tom Thabane flees to South Africa as the army allegedly stages a coup.
• 1998 — Second Congo War: Armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and their Angolan and Zimbabwean allies recapture Matadi and the Inga dams in the western DRC from RCD and Rwandan troops.
• 1995 — Bosnian War: NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces.
• 1992 — The 11-day Ruby Ridge standoff ends with Randy Weaver surrendering to federal authorities.
• 1991 — Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Azerbaijan declares independence from Soviet Union.
• 1984 — STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage.

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Notable Births on August 30

• 1994 — Monika Povilaitytė, Lithuanian volleyball player
• 1994 — Kwon So-hyun, South Korean singer-songwriter and actress
• 1994 — Heo Young-ji, South Korean singer
• 1992 — Jessica Henwick, British actress
• 1991 — Seriki Audu, Nigerian footballer (d. 2014)
• 1991 — Jacqueline Cako, American tennis player

Notable Deaths on August 30

• 2017 — Louise Hay, American motivational author, (b. 1926)
• 2015 — Wes Craven, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1939)
• 2015 — Edward Fadeley, American lawyer and politician (b. 1929)
• 2015 — M. M. Kalburgi, Indian scholar, author, and academic (b. 1938)
• 2015 — Marvin Mandel, American lawyer and politician, 56th Governor of Maryland (b. 1920)
• 2015 — Oliver Sacks, English-American neurologist, author, and academic (b. 1933)

Public Holidays on August 31

• 🌍 Hari Kebangsaan (Malaysia)
• 🌍 National Heroes Day (Philippines)
• 🌍 Summer Bank Holiday (United Kingdom)

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Religious Observances on August 31

• Islamic: Urs of Shaykh Adnān Kabbāni ق

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On This Day in History — August 31

• 2016 — Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff is impeached and removed from office.
• 2006 — Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream, stolen on August 22, 2004, is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police.
• 2005 — The 2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede in Baghdad kills 953 people.
• 1999 — The first of a series of bombings in Moscow kills one person and wounds 40 others.
• 1999 — A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 65, including two on the ground.
• 1997 — Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris.

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Notable Births on August 31

• 1994 — Alex Harris, Scottish footballer
• 1993 — Pablo Marí, Spanish football player
• 1993 — Ilnur Alshin, Russian football player
• 1993 — Anna Karnaukh, Russian water polo player
• 1992 — Tyler Randell, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 — António Félix da Costa, Portuguese race car driver

Notable Deaths on August 31

• 2015 — Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, English politician, founded the National Motor Museum (b. 1926)
• 2015 — Tom Scott, American football player (b. 1930)
• 2014 — Bapu, Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1933)
• 2014 — Ștefan Andrei, Romanian politician, 87th Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1931)
• 2014 — Stan Goldberg, American illustrator (b. 1932)
• 2014 — Carol Vadnais, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1945)