On this day: 30 August

Selected events and births on 30 August, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1574 – Guru Ram Das became the fourth of the Sikh gurus, the spiritual masters of Sikhism. Read more: Guru Ram Das Sikh gurus Sikhism
• 1594 – King James VI of Scotland held a masque at the baptism of Prince Henry, his first child. Read more: James VI and I Masque at the baptism of Prince Henry
• 1959 – South Vietnamese opposition figure Phan Quang Đán was elected to the National Assembly, despite soldiers being bussed in to vote multiple times for President Ngô Đình Diệm's candidate. Read more: South Vietnam Phan Quang Đán 1959 South Vietnamese parliamentary election
• 1959 – Writer and politician Abdul Muis became the first person to be awarded the posthumous title of National Hero of Indonesia. Read more: Abdul Muis National Hero of Indonesia
• 1967 – Thurgood Marshall was confirmed as the first African-American Supreme Court justice. Read more: Thurgood Marshall Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
• 1984 – Discovery, the third orbiter of NASA's Space Shuttle program, lifted off on its maiden voyage from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Read more: Space Shuttle Discovery Space Shuttle orbiter NASA

Born on this day

• 1938 – Murray Gleeson, Australian lawyer and judge, 11th Chief Justice of Australia Read more: Murray Gleeson Chief Justice of Australia
• 1942 – Jonathan Aitken, Irish-British journalist and politician, Minister for Defence Procurement Read more: Jonathan Aitken Minister of State for Defence Readiness and Industry
• 1947 – Allan Rock, Canadian lawyer, politician, and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations Read more: Allan Rock Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations
• 1949 – Don Boudria, Canadian public servant and politician, 2nd Canadian Minister for International Cooperation Read more: Don Boudria Minister of International Development (Canada)
• 1954 – Alexander Lukashenko, Belarusian marshal and politician, 1st President of Belarus Read more: Alexander Lukashenko President of Belarus
• 1954 – Ravi Shankar Prasad, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Communications and IT Read more: Ravi Shankar Prasad Minister of Communications (India)
• 1960 – Ben Bradshaw, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Read more: Ben Bradshaw Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
• 1994 – Monika Povilaitytė, Lithuanian volleyball player Read more: Monika Paulikienė
• 1996 – Mikal Bridges, American basketball player Read more: Mikal Bridges
• 1996 – Trevor Jackson, American actor and singer-songwriter Read more: Trevor Jackson (performer)
• 2002 – Fábio Carvalho, Portuguese footballer Read more: Fábio Carvalho (footballer, born 2002)
• 2002 – Drake Maye, American football player Read more: Drake Maye

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