August 30: Constitution Day in Kazakhstan (1995)
Amalasuntha
- 526 – Upon the death of her father, Theoderic the Great, Amalasuntha (pictured) became the regent for her 10-year-old son Athalaric.
- 1862 – American Civil War: In separate actions, Confederate forces were victorious in both the Battle of Richmond in Kentucky and the Second Battle of Bull Run in Prince William County, Virginia.
- 1896 – Philippine Revolution: In the Battle of San Juan del Monte, the first real battle of the war, a Katipunan force temporarily captured a powder magazine before being beaten back by a Spanish garrison.
- 1942 – Second World War: Erwin Rommel launched the last major Axis offensive of the Western Desert Campaign, attacking the British Eighth Army position near El Alamein, Egypt.
- 1992 – German driver Michael Schumacher, the most successful Formula One driver in history, won his first race at the Belgian Grand Prix.
Albert Szenczi Molnár (b. 1574) · Mary Shelley (b. 1797) · Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster (d. 1954)
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