A landslide in the Darfur region of Sudan kills over 1000 people. 26 Date: August 31, 2025 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 31 📅 Events on this day in 2025 📅 On This Day (Today)

Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott. Date: August 30, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 30 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg. Date: August 30, 1914 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 30 📅 Events on this day in 1914 📅 On This Day (Today)

Ernest Shackleton completes the rescue of all of his men stranded on Elephant Island in Antarctica. Date: August 30, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 30 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today)

Vietnamese prison guards led by Trịnh Văn Cấn mutiny at the Thái Nguyên penitentiary against local French authority. Date: August 30, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 30 📅 Events on this day in 1917 📅 On This Day (Today)

Fanni Kaplan shoots and seriously injures Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, which along with the assassination of Bolshevik senior official Moisei Uritsky days earlier, prompts the decree for Red Terror. Date: August 30, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 30 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day…

Battle of Dumlupınar: The final battle in the Greco-Turkish War (Turkish War of Independence). Date: August 30, 1922 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 30 📅 Events on this day in 1922 📅 On This Day (Today)

The RMS Queen Mary wins the Blue Riband by setting the fastest transatlantic crossing. Date: August 30, 1936 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 30 📅 Events on this day in 1936 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Second Vienna Award reassigns the territory of Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary. Date: August 30, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 30 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Tighina Agreement, a treaty regarding administration issues of the Transnistria Governorate, is signed between Germany and Romania. Date: August 30, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 30 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today)