What are the important events that happened on August 30? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

August 30: Facts & Myths About This Day

August 30 is the 242^nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 123 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 17, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,756,512,000 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectatetracontadigon’ day.

Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 171 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,635 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

August 30 Historical Events

• 1363 –
  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.
• 1799 –
  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.
• 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.
• 1897 –
  The town of Ambiky is captured by France from Menabe in Madagascar.
• 1914 –
  World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg
• 1940 –
  The Second Vienna Award re-assigns the territory of Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary.
• 1945 –
  Hong Kong is liberated from Japan by British Armed Forces.
• 1945 –
  The Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base.
• 1963 –
  The Hotline between the leaders of the U.S.A. and the Soviet Union goes into operation.
• 1974 –
  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.

Who were born on August 30?

• 1797 –
  Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, English writer (d. 1851)
• 1848 –
  Andrew Onderdonk, Canadian railway contractor (d. 1905)
• 1901 –
  John Gunther, American writer (d. 1970)
• 1912 –
  Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1997)
• 1925 –
  Laurent de Brunhoff, French writer and illustrator
• 1939 –
  Elizabeth Ashley, American actress
• 1958 –
  Martin Jackson, British drummer (Swing out Sister)
• 1975 –
  Radhi Jaïdi, Tunisian footballer
• 1985 –
  Joe Inoue, American singer
• 1988 –
  Michael Cavanaugh, American professional gamer

Who died on August 30?

• 1619 –
  Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1535)
• 1856 –
  Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English writer (b. 1811)
• 1886 –
  Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American politician (b. 1836)
• 1928 –
  Wilhelm Wien, German physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1864)
• 1999 –
  Raymond Poïvet, French comics artist (b. 1910
• 2002 –
  J. Lee Thompson, English film director (b. 1914)
• 2007 –
  Michael Jackson, British beer and whiskey author and expert (b. 1942)
• 2008 –
  Walter “Killer” Kowalski, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1926)
• 2009 –
  Klaus-Peter Hanisch, German footballer (b. 1952)
• 2010 –
  J. C. Bailey, American professional wrestler (b. 1983)