A Belgrade–Dortmund express train derails at the main train station in Zagreb killing 153 passengers. Date: August 30, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 30 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today)

President Mohammad-Ali Rajai and Prime Minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar of Iran are assassinated in a bombing. The office of Iran's Prosecutor General blames the People's Mujahedin of Iran. Date: August 30, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 30 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today)

STS-8: The Space Shuttle Challenger takes off on the first night launch of the shuttle program. Guion Bluford becomes the first African-American in space on this mission. Date: August 30, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 30 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today)

Aeroflot Flight 5463 crashes into Dolan Mountain while approaching Almaty International Airport in present-day Kazakhstan, killing all 90 people on board. Date: August 30, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 30 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today)

STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage. Date: August 30, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 30 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today)

Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Azerbaijan declares independence from Soviet Union. Date: August 30, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 30 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)

The 11-day Ruby Ridge standoff ends with Randy Weaver surrendering to federal authorities. Date: August 30, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 30 📅 Events on this day in 1992 📅 On This Day (Today)

Bosnian War: NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces. Date: August 30, 1995 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 30 📅 Events on this day in 1995 📅 On This Day (Today)

Second Congo War: Armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and their Angolan and Zimbabwean allies recapture Matadi and the Inga dams in the western DRC from RCD and Rwandan troops. Date: August 30, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 30 📅 Events on this day in…

Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4823 crashes on approach to Rio Branco International Airport, killing 23 of the 31 people on board. Date: August 30, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 30 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today)