Today in History
30 August
229 births · 102 deaths · 56 events recorded
Notable Births
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Fábio Carvalho (footballer, born 2002)
b. 2002
Portuguese footballer
Drake Maye
b. 2002
American football player (born 2002)
Mikal Bridges
b. 1996
American basketball player (born 1996)
Trevor Jackson (performer)
b. 1996
American actor and singer (born 1996)
Monika Paulikienė
b. 1994
Lithuanian beach volleyball player (born 1994)
Hur Young-ji
b. 1994
South Korean singer (born 1994)
Ted Ammon
b. 1949
American lawyer
Guy de Lussigny
b. 1929
French painter
Notable Deaths
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Tūheitia
d. 2024
Māori King from 2006 to 2024
Fatman Scoop
d. 2024
American hip-hop artist (1968–2024)
Mikhail Gorbachev
d. 2022
Leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991
Valerie Harper
d. 2019
American actress (1939–2019)
Louise Hay
d. 2017
American author (1926–2017)
Wes Craven
d. 2015
American filmmaker (1939–2015)
Seamus Heaney
d. 2013
Irish poet (1939–2013)
Bernard D. H. Tellegen
d. 1990
Dutch electrical engineer (1900–1990)
On This Day in History
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2023
Gabonese coup d'état: After Ali Bongo Ondimba's reelection, a military coup ousted him, ending 56 years of Bongo family rule in Gabon.
2023 Gabonese coup d'état
2021
The last remaining American troops leave Afghanistan, ending U.S. involvement in the war.
2020–2021 U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
2014
Prime Minister of Lesotho Tom Thabane flees to South Africa as the army allegedly stages a coup.
Tom Thabane
2008
A Conviasa Boeing 737 crashes into Illiniza Volcano in Ecuador, killing all three people on board.
Conviasa
2002
Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4823 crashes on approach to Rio Branco International Airport, killing 23 of the 31 people on board.
Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4823
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.
Second Congo War
1995
Bosnian War: NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces.
Bosnian War
1992
The 11-day Ruby Ridge standoff ends with Randy Weaver surrendering to federal authorities.
Ruby Ridge standoff