Talk:August 30

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August 30: Victory Day in Turkey (1922) Guru Ram Das AD 70 – First Jewish–Roman War: Roman forces led by Titus set fire to the Second Temple during the siege of Jerusalem. 1574 – Guru Ram Das (pictured) became the fourth of the Sikh gurus, the spiritual masters of Sikhism. 1594 – King James VI of Scotland held a masque at the baptism of Prince Henry, his first child. 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. 1974 – An express train carrying foreign workers from Yugoslavia to West Germany derailed in Zagreb, killing 153 people. 2007 – A heavy bomber that had been unintentionally loaded with nuclear missiles flew them from North Dakota to Louisiana before they were recognized. Albert Szenczi Molnár (b. 1574) Abishabis (d. 1843) Frieda Fraser (b. 1899) Seamus Heaney (d. 2013) More anniversaries: August 29 August 30 August 31

Images

Is it fine to add images to date articles? This is the first I've seen. Rsage 00:29, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Personally, I've never seen a consensus for or against: they're added and removed fairly randomly. --CalendarWatcher 00:50, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Houston

Added founding of Houston to events Fitzharry 02:15, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Removed name change for football player

In the grand scheme of things, the legal name change of a football player does not warrant it to be important enough to be included on a list of Events for August 30th. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.104.32.27 (talk) 19:17, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

St Fiacre

none of the St Fiacres mentioned in the article linked to say Aug. 30. Will delete unless someone discusses why not.--Richardson mcphillips (talk) 14:53, 30 August 2018 (UTC)