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This is a list of selected August 30 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Ineligible

Blurb Reason
First night of Selichot (Ashkenazi Judaism, 2011); refimprove
1791HMS Pandora sank after running aground on the outer Great Barrier Reef the previous day, claiming the lives of 31 crew and four prisoners. no footnotes
1800Gabriel Prosser planned to hold a slave rebellion in Virginia, United States, but it had to be postponed due to rain, and he was captured before he could reschedule it. needs more footnotes
1813Napoleonic Wars: Forces of the Sixth Coalition under Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly captured French General Dominique Vandamme and thousands of his soldiers at the Battle of Kulm. refimprove
1836 – Real estate entrepreneurs John Kirby Allen and Augustus Chapman Allen founded the city of Houston on land near the banks of Buffalo Bayou in present-day Texas. JK Allen: article says he announced his candidacy for an election on Aug 30 and city was founded after he was elected; AC Allen: says Aug 26; Houston: date not in article
1922Greco-Turkish War: Turkey defeated Greece at the Battle of Dumlupınar near Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. refimprove
1952 – The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, crossing Lake Pontchartrain in southern Louisiana, currently the longest bridge over water in the world at 23.87 miles (38.42 km), opened. refimprove section

Eligible

August 30: Constitution Day in Kazakhstan (1995); St. Rose of Lima's Day in Peru; Victory Day in Turkey

Parliament House, Melbourne
Parliament House, Melbourne
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