3 National Days to Celebrate on August 30, 2026

Born on August 30

People born on August 30

1930

Warren Buffett

Considered one of the most successful investors of all time, who owns several businesses, including Geico, Duracell, and Dairy Queen.

1919

Maurice Hilleman

American microbiologist who developed over 40 vaccines, including measles, mumps, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, chickenpox, Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae.

1973

Lisa Ling

Author, journalist, and television personality.

1907

John Mauchly

Co-founder of the first computer company (Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation).

1842

Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna

Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia. She was the first and eldest daughter of Tsar Alexander II of Russia and his first wife Marie of Hesse. She died of meningitis at the age of six and a half.

1837

Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur

The 21st First Lady of the U.S. (President Chester A. Arthur).

1926

Daryl Gates

Creator of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program (D.A.R.E.).

1982

Carol E. Reiley

Computer scientist who a developed Drive.ai, a self-driving technology to develop autonomous vehicle software and hardware.

1972

Cameron Diaz

Actress with leads roles in There's Something About Mary, Any Given Sunday, In Her Shoes, and the Charlie's Angels movie series.

1907

Bertha Parker Pallan

The first Native American archaeologist in the U.S.

1812

Agoston Haraszthy

Hungarian-American businessman who founded the Buena Vista Winery in Sonoma, California. The winery is still open today.

Historical Events on August 30

Events that occurred on August 30 throughout history

1464

August 30, 1464

Paul II succeeds Pius II as pope of the Catholic Church. His pontificate lasted from his election in 1464 until his death on July 26, 1471.

1535

August 30, 1535

King Henry VIII of England is excommunicated from the Catholic Church after the King approved the Acts of Supremacy. The Church said the King was breaking Catholic "law" by asking for a annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon.

1727

August 30, 1727

Anne, eldest daughter of King George II of Great Britain, is given the title Princess Royal. Her title was Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange.

1836

August 30, 1836

Brothers Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen found the city of Houston, Texas.

1850

August 30, 1850

Honolulu becomes an official city and the capitol of Hawaii.

1890

August 30, 1890

President Benjamin Harrison signs the first law requiring inspection of meat products in the U.S. The Act applied only to exported goods. Domestic meat products remained unregulated in the U.S.

1909

August 30, 1909

Burgess Shale fossils are discovered in the Canadian Rockies by Charles Doolittle Walcott. The discovery showed preserved soft-bodied animal fossils dating back roughly 508 million years to the Middle Cambrian period.

1918

August 30, 1918

Fanni Kaplan shoots and seriously injures Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin. The shooting prompted the decree for Red Terror, the mass arrests and executions against political opponents.

1945

August 30, 1945

The Allied Control Council begins governing Germany after WWII. The council was convened to determine several plans for postwar Europe, which included changing borders and transferring populations in Central Europe.

1963

August 30, 1963

A hotline communication link between the Pentagon and the Kremlin in Moscow is installed in the Pentagon. The test message sent was: "THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPED OVER THE LAZY DOG'S BACK 1234567890."

1967

August 30, 1967

Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first Black Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court after President Lyndon B. Johnson's nomination. His most famous case was Brown v. Board of Education. ending segregation in the south.

1979

August 30, 1979

The first recorded occurrence of a comet hitting the Sun is recorded by a Department of Defense satellite. The recording marked the first time in history that a comet was discovered from space.

1993

August 30, 1993

The Late Show with David Letterman debuts on television, with Bill Murray and Billy Joel as the first first guests. The show 23 million viewers.

1997

August 30, 1997

The first WNBA Championship game is played between the Houston Comets and the New York Liberty. The Comets beat the Liberty 65-51.

2021

August 30, 2021

The last remaining American troops leave Afghanistan after 20 years on the ground. Major General Chris Donahue, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, was the final American service member to step onto the last departing aircraft.