August 30

Events

526 – King Theoderic the Great dies of dysentery at Ravenna; his daughter Amalasuntha takes power as regent for her 10-year-old son Athalaric.

1282 – Peter III of Aragon lands at Trapani to intervene in the War of the Sicilian Vespers.

1363 – The five-week Battle of Lake Poyang begins, in which the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders (Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang) meet to decide who will supplant the Yuan dynasty.

1464 – Pope Paul II succeeds Pope Pius II as the 211th pope.

1574 – Guru Ram Das becomes the Fourth Sikh Guru/Master.

1590 – Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo Castle. (Traditional Japanese date: August 1, 1590)

1727 – Anne, eldest daughter of King George II of Great Britain, is given the title Princess Royal.

1791 – HMS Pandora sinks after having run aground on the outer Great Barrier Reef the previous day.

1799 – The entire Dutch fleet is captured by British forces under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby and Admiral Sir Charles Mitchell during the War of the Second Coalition.

1800 – Gabriel Prosser postpones a planned slave rebellion in Richmond, Virginia, but is arrested before he can make it happen.

1813 – First Battle of Kulm: French forces are defeated by an Austrian-Prussian-Russian alliance.

1813 – Creek War: Fort Mims massacre: Creek "Red Sticks" kill over 500 settlers (including over 250 armed militia) in Fort Mims, north of Mobile, Alabama.

1835 – Australia: Melbourne, Victoria is founded.

1836 – The city of Houston is founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen.

1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Richmond: Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout Union forces under General Horatio Wright.

1873 – Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea.

1896 – Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas.

1909 – Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.

1914 – World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg.

1917 – Vietnamese prison guards led by Trịnh Văn Cấn mutiny at the Thái Nguyên penitentiary against local French authority.

1918 – 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.

1922 – Battle of Dumlupınar: The final battle in the Greco-Turkish War ("Turkish War of Independence").

1940 – The Second Vienna Award reassigns the territory of Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary.

1942 – World War II: The Battle of Alam el Halfa begins.

1945 – Hong Kong is liberated from Japan by British Armed Forces.

1945 – The Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base.

1945 – The Allied Control Council, governing Germany after World War II, comes into being.

1945 – The August Revolution ends as Emperor Bảo Đại abdicates, ending the Nguyễn dynasty.

1962 – Japan conducts a test of the NAMC YS-11, its first aircraft since World War II and its only successful commercial aircraft from before or after the war.

1963 – The Moscow–Washington hotline between the leaders of the U.S.A. and the Soviet Union goes into operation.

1967 – Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

1974 – A Belgrade–Dortmund express train derails at the main train station in Zagreb killing 153 passengers.

1974 – A powerful bomb explodes at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Marunouchi, Tokyo. Eight are killed, 378 are injured. Eight left-wing activists are arrested on May 19, 1975 by Japanese authorities.

1981 – President Mohammad-Ali Rajai and Prime Minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar of Iran are assassinated in a bombing committed by the People's Mujahedin of Iran.

1984 – STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage.

1991 – Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Azerbaijan declares independence from Soviet Union.

1992 – The 11-day Ruby Ridge standoff ends with Randy Weaver surrendering to federal authorities.

1995 – Bosnian War: NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces.

1998 – 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.

1999 – East Timor votes for independence from Indonesia in a referendum.

2014 – Prime Minister of Lesotho Tom Thabane flees to South Africa as the army allegedly stages a coup.

Births

1334 – Peter of Castile (d. 1369)

1400 – Vlad II Dracul (d.1447)

1569 – Jahangir, Mughal emperor (d. 1627)

1720 – Samuel Whitbread, English brewer and politician, founded Whitbread (d. 1796)

1748 – Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator (d. 1825)

1768 – Joseph Dennie, American author and journalist (d. 1812)

1797 – Mary Shelley, English novelist and playwright (d. 1851)

1812 – Agoston Haraszthy, Hungarian-American businessman, founded Buena Vista Winery (d. 1869)

1818 – Alexander H. Rice, American businessman and politician, 30th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1895)

1839 – Gulstan Ropert, French-American bishop and missionary (d. 1903)

1842 – Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia (d. 1849)

1848 – Andrew Onderdonk, American surveyor and contractor (d. 1905)

1850 – Marcelo H. del Pilar, Filipino journalist and lawyer (d. 1896)

1852 – Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1911)

1852 – J. Alden Weir, American painter and academic (d. 1919)

1856 – Carl David Tolmé Runge, German mathematician, physicist, and spectroscopist (d. 1927)

1860 – Isaac Levitan, Jewish-Russian painter and illustrator (d. 1900)

1870 – Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia (d. 1891)

1871 – Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-English physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1937)

1883 – Theo van Doesburg, Dutch artist (d. 1931)

1884 – Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)

1885 – Tedda Courtney, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1957)

1890 – Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson, English captain and pilot (d. 1918)

1893 – Huey Long, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Louisiana (d. 1935)

1896 – Raymond Massey, Canadian-American actor and playwright (d. 1983)

1898 – Shirley Booth, American actress and singer (d. 1992)

1901 – John Gunther, American journalist and author (d. 1970)

1901 – Roy Wilkins, American journalist and activist (d. 1981)

1903 – Bhagwati Charan Verma, Indian author (d. 1981)

1906 – Joan Blondell, American actress and singer (d. 1979)

1907 – Leonor Fini, Argentinian painter, illustrator, and author (d. 1996)

1907 – Bertha Parker Pallan, American archaeologist (d. 1978)

1907 – John Mauchly, American physicist and co-founder of the first computer company (d. 1980)

1908 – Fred MacMurray, American actor (d. 1991)

1909 – Virginia Lee Burton, American author and illustrator (d. 1968)

1910 – Roger Bushell, South African-English soldier and pilot (d. 1944)

1912 – Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)

1912 – Nancy Wake, New Zealand-English captain (d. 2011)

1913 – Richard Stone, English economist and statistician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)

1915 – Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland (d. 2013)

1915 – Robert Strassburg, American composer, conductor, and educator (d. 2003)

1916 – Shailendra, Pakistani-Indian songwriter (d. 1968)

1917 – Denis Healey, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 2015)

1917 – Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia (d. 1992)

1918 – Harold Atcherley, English businessman

1918 – Billy Johnson, American baseball player (d. 2006)

1918 – Ted Williams, American baseball player and manager (d. 2002)

1919 – Maurice Hilleman, American microbiologist and vaccinologist (d. 2005)

1919 – Wolfgang Wagner, German director and manager (d. 2010)

1919 – Kitty Wells, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012)

1922 – Lionel Murphy, Australian jurist and politician, 22nd Attorney-General of Australia (d. 1986)

1922 – Regina Resnik, American soprano and actress (d. 2013)

1923 – Barbara Ansell, English physician and author (d. 2001)

1923 – Charmian Clift, Australian journalist and author (d. 1969)

1923 – Vic Seixas, American tennis player

1924 – Kenny Dorham, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player (d. 1972)

1924 – Lajos Kisfaludy, Hungarian chemist and engineer (d. 1988)

1925 – Laurent de Brunhoff, French author and illustrator

1925 – Donald Symington, American actor (d. 2013)

1926 – Daryl Gates, American police officer, created the D.A.R.E. Program (d. 2010)

1926 – Ernie Roth, American wrestling manager (d. 1983)

1927 – Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer (d. 2004)

1927 – Bill Daily, American actor

1927 – Piet Kee, Dutch organist and composer

1928 – Lloyd Casner, American race car driver (d. 1965)

1928 – Harvey Hart, Canadian director and producer (d. 1989)

1928 – Johnny Mann, American singer-songwriter and conductor (d. 2014)

1929 – Guy de Lussigny, French painter and sculptor (d. 2001)

1929 – Ian McNaught-Davis, English mountaineer and television host (d. 2014)

1930 – Warren Buffett, American businessman and philanthropist

1930 – Noel Harford, New Zealand cricketer and basketball player (d. 1981)

1931 – Jack Swigert, American pilot and astronaut (d. 1982)

1933 – Don Getty, Canadian football player and politician, 11th Premier of Alberta (d. 2016)

1934 – Antonio Cabangon Chua, Filipino media mogul and businessman (d. 2016)

1935 – John Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2001)

1935 – Alexandra Bellow, Romanian-American mathematician

1936 – Peter North, English scholar and academic

1937 – Bruce McLaren, New Zealand race car driver and engineer, founded the McLaren racing team (d. 1970)

1938 – Murray Gleeson, Australian lawyer and judge, 11th Chief Justice of Australia

1939 – Elizabeth Ashley, American actress

1939 – John Peel, English radio host and producer (d. 2004)

1941 – Ignazio Giunti, Italian race car driver (d. 1971)

1941 – Ben Jones, American actor and politician

1941 – Sue MacGregor, English journalist and radio host

1942 – Jonathan Aitken, Irish-British journalist and politician, Minister for Defence Procurement

1942 – Pervez Sajjad, Pakistani cricketer

1943 – Tal Brody, American-Israeli basketball player and coach

1943 – Robert Crumb, American illustrator

1943 – Colin Dann, English author

1943 – Nigel Hall, English sculptor and academic

1943 – Jean-Claude Killy, French skier

1943 – David Maslanka, American composer and academic

1944 – Frances Cairncross, English economist, journalist, and academic

1944 – Freek de Jonge, Dutch singer and comedian

1944 – Molly Ivins, American journalist and author (d. 2007)

1944 – Tug McGraw, American baseball player (d. 2004)

1944 – Alex Wyllie, New Zealand rugby player and coach

1946 – Queen Anne-Marie of Greece

1946 – Peggy Lipton, American model and actress

1947 – Allan Rock, Canadian lawyer, politician, and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations

1948 – Lewis Black, American comedian, actor, and author

1948 – Victor Skumin, Russian psychiatrist, psychologist, and academic

1949 – Ted Ammon, American financier and banker (d. 2001)

1949 – Don Boudria, Canadian public servant and politician, 2nd Canadian Minister for International Cooperation

1950 – Antony Gormley, English sculptor and academic

1951 – Jim Paredes, Filipino singer-songwriter and actor

1951 – Timothy Bottoms, American actor and producer

1951 – Dana Rosemary Scallon, Irish singer and activist

1951 – Gediminas Kirkilas, Lithuanian politician, 11th Prime Minister of Lithuania

1952 – Simon Bainbridge, English composer and educator

1952 – Wojtek Fibak, Polish tennis player

1953 – Ron George, American businessman and politician

1953 – Lech Majewski, Polish director, producer, and screenwriter

1953 – Horace Panter, English bass player

1953 – Robert Parish, American basketball player

1954 – Alexander Lukashenko, Belarusian marshal and politician, 1st President of Belarus

1954 – Ravi Shankar Prasad, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Communications and IT

1954 – David Paymer, American actor and director

1955 – Jamie Moses, English-American guitarist

1956 – Frank Conniff, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

1958 – Karen Buck, Northern Irish politician

1958 – Fran Fraschilla, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster

1958 – Muriel Gray, Scottish journalist and author

1958 – Martin Jackson, English drummer

1958 – Anna Politkovskaya, Russian journalist and activist (d. 2006)

1958 – Peter Tunks, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster

1959 – Mark "Jacko" Jackson, Australian footballer and radio personality

1960 – Ben Bradshaw, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

1960 – Gary Gordon, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1993)

1960 – Guy A. Lepage, Canadian comedian and producer

1962 – Ricky Sanders, American football player

1962 – Craig Whittaker, English businessman and politician

1963 – Dave Brockie, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2014)

1963 – Michael Chiklis, American actor, director, and producer

1963 – Sabine Oberhauser, Austrian physician and politician

1963 – Phil Mills, Welsh race car driver

1964 – Gavin Fisher, English engineer and designer

1964 – Ra Luhse, Estonian architect

1966 – Joann Fletcher, English historian and academic

1967 – Frederique van der Wal, Dutch model and actress

1967 – Justin Vaughan, New Zealand cricketer

1968 – Diran Adebayo, English author and critic

1968 – Vladimir Malakhov, Russian ice hockey player

1969 – Vladimir Jugović, Serbian footballer

1969 – Dimitris Sgouros, Greek pianist and composer

1970 – Carlo Checchinato, Italian rugby player and manager

1970 – Michael Wong, Malaysian-Chinese singer-songwriter

1971 – Lars Frederiksen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1971 – Julian Smith, Scottish politician

1972 – Cameron Diaz, American model, actress, and producer

1972 – Pavel Nedvěd, Czech footballer

1973 – Lisa Ling, American journalist and author

1974 – Aaron Barrett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1974 – Javier Otxoa, Spanish cyclist

1975 – Radhi Jaïdi, Tunisian footballer and coach

1976 – Mike Koplove, American baseball player

1977 – Shaun Alexander, American football player

1977 – Marlon Byrd, American baseball player

1977 – Kamil Kosowski, Polish footballer

1977 – Félix Sánchez, American-Dominican runner and hurdler

1978 – Sinead Kerr, Scottish figure skater

1978 – Cliff Lee, American baseball player

1979 – Juan Ignacio Chela, Argentinian tennis player

1979 – Leon Lopez, English singer-songwriter and actor

1979 – Scott Richmond, Canadian baseball player

1980 – Derrick Ward, American football player

1981 – Germán Legarreta, Puerto Rican-American actor

1981 – Adam Wainwright, American baseball player

1982 – Will Davison, Australian race car driver

1982 – Andy Roddick, American tennis player

1983 – Emmanuel Culio, Argentinian footballer

1983 – Gustavo Eberto, Argentinian footballer (d. 2007)

1983 – Jun Matsumoto, Japanese singer, dancer, and actor

1983 – Simone Pepe, Italian footballer

1983 – Tian Qin, Chinese canoe racer

1983 – Marco Vianello, Italian footballer

1984 – Anthony Ireland, Zimbabwean cricketer

1985 – Richard Duffy, Welsh footballer

1985 – Joe Inoue, American singer-songwriter

1985 – Leisel Jones, Australian swimmer

1985 – Éva Risztov, Hungarian swimmer

1985 – Steven Smith, Scottish footballer

1985 – Eamon Sullivan, Australian swimmer

1985 – Anna Ushenina, Ukrainian chess player

1985 – Holly Weston, English actress

1986 – Theo Hutchcraft, English singer-songwriter

1986 – Lelia Masaga, New Zealand rugby player

1986 – Ryan Ross, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1986 – Zafer Yelen, Turkish footballer

1987 – Tania Foster, English singer-songwriter

1988 – Ernests Gulbis, Latvian tennis player

1989 – Simone Guerra, Italian footballer

1989 – Ronald Huth, Paraguayan footballer

1989 – Bebe Rexha, American singer-songwriter

1991 – Seriki Audu, Nigerian footballer (d. 2014)

1991 – Jacqueline Cako, American tennis player

1991 – Liam Cooper, Scottish footballer

1994 – Monika Povilaitytė, Lithuanian volleyball player

1994 – Kwon So-hyun, South Korean singer-songwriter and actress

1994 – Heo Young-ji, South Korean singer

Deaths

526 – Theodoric the Great, Italian ruler (b. 454)

832 – Cui Qun, Chinese chancellor (b. 772)

1131 – Hervey le Breton, bishop of Bangor and Ely

1181 – Pope Alexander III (b. c. 1100–1105)

1329 – Khutughtu Khan Kusala, Chinese emperor (b. 1300)

1428 – Emperor Shōkō of Japan (b. 1401)

1483 – Louis XI of France (b. 1423)

1580 – Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (b. 1528)

1619 – Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1535)

1751 – Christopher Polhem, Swedish physicist and engineer (b. 1661)

1856 – Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English lawyer and author (b. 1811)

1879 – John Bell Hood, American general (b. 1831)

1886 – Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American general and politician (b. 1836)

1896 – Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky, Russian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia (b. 1824)

1906 – Hans Auer, Swiss-Austrian architect and educator, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland (b. 1847)

1907 – Richard Mansfield, American actor and manager (b. 1857)

1908 – Alexander P. Stewart, American general (b. 1821)

1928 – Wilhelm Wien, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)

1935 – Henri Barbusse, French journalist and author (b. 1873)

1935 – Namık İsmail, Turkish painter and educator (b. 1890)

1936 – Ronald Fellowes, 2nd Baron Ailwyn, English peer (b. 1886)

1938 – Max Factor, Sr., Polish-born American make-up artist and businessman, founded the Max Factor Company (b. 1877)

1940 – J. J. Thomson, English physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)

1941 – Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish physicist and engineer (b. 1874)

1943 – Eddy de Neve, Indonesian-Dutch footballer and lieutenant (b. 1885)

1943 – Eustáquio van Lieshout, Dutch priest and missionary (b. 1890)

1945 – Alfréd Schaffer, Hungarian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1893)

1946 – Konstantin Rodzaevsky, Russian lawyer (b. 1907)

1947 – Gunnar Sommerfeldt, Danish actor and director (b. 1890)

1949 – Arthur Fielder, English cricketer (b. 1877)

1951 – Konstantin Märska, Estonian director and cinematographer (b. 1896)

1954 – Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Italian cardinal (b. 1880)

1961 – Charles Coburn, American actor (b. 1877)

1963 – Guy Burgess, English-Soviet spy (b. 1911)

1964 – Salme Dutt, Estonian-English lawyer and politician (b. 1888)

1967 – Ad Reinhardt, American painter, illustrator, and academic (b. 1913)

1968 – William Talman, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1915)

1970 – Del Moore, American comedian and actor (b. 1916)

1971 – Ali Hadi Bara, Iranian-Turkish sculptor (b. 1906)

1979 – Jean Seberg, American actress (b. 1938)

1981 – Vera-Ellen, American actress and dancer (b. 1921)

1981 – Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Iranian politician, 2nd President of Iran (b. 1933)

1985 – Taylor Caldwell, English-American author (b. 1900)

1988 – Jack Marshall, New Zealand colonel, lawyer and politician, 28th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1912)

1989 – Seymour Krim, American journalist and critic (b. 1922)

1990 – Bernard D. H. Tellegen, Dutch engineer and academic (b. 1900)

1991 – Cyril Knowles, English footballer and manager (b. 1944)

1991 – Vladimír Padrůněk, Czech bass player (b. 1952)

1991 – Jean Tinguely, Swiss painter and sculptor (b. 1925)

1993 – Richard Jordan, American actor (b. 1938)

1994 – Lindsay Anderson, English director and screenwriter (b. 1923)

1995 – Fischer Black, American economist and academic (b. 1938)

1995 – Sterling Morrison, American guitarist and singer (b. 1942)

1996 – Christine Pascal, French actress, director, and screenwriter (b. 1953)

1999 – Reindert Brasser, Dutch discus thrower (b. 1912)

1999 – Raymond Poïvet, French illustrator (b. 1910)

2001 – Ivor Spencer-Thomas, Welsh farmer and inventor (b. 1907)

2002 – J. Lee Thompson, English-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1914)

2003 – Charles Bronson, American actor and soldier (b. 1921)

2003 – Donald Davidson, American philosopher and academic (b. 1917)

2004 – Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer and academic (b. 1906)

2006 – Robin Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon, New Zealand lawyer and judge (b. 1926)

2006 – Glenn Ford, Canadian-American actor and producer (b. 1916)

2006 – Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)

2007 – Michael Jackson, English author and journalist (b. 1942)

2007 – Charles Vanik, American soldier and politician (b. 1918)

2008 – Brian Hambly, Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1937)

2008 – Killer Kowalski, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (b. 1926)

2009 – Klaus-Peter Hanisch, German footballer (b. 1952)

2010 – J. C. Bailey, American wrestler (b. 1983)

2010 – Alain Corneau, French director and screenwriter (b. 1943)

2010 – Myrtle Edwards, Australian cricketer and softball player (b. 1921)

2010 – Francisco Varallo, Argentinian footballer (b. 1910)

2013 – William C. Campbell, American golfer (b. 1923)

2013 – Howie Crittenden, American basketball player and coach (b. 1933)

2013 – Allan Gotthelf, American philosopher and academic (b. 1942)

2013 – Seamus Heaney, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1939)

2013 – Leo Lewis, American football player and coach (b. 1933)

2014 – Bipan Chandra, Indian historian and academic (b. 1928)

2014 – Igor Decraene, Belgian cyclist (b. 1996)

2014 – Andrew V. McLaglen, English-American director and producer (b. 1920)

2014 – Felipe Osterling, Peruvian lawyer and politician (b. 1932)

2015 – Wes Craven, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1939)

2015 – Edward Fadeley, American lawyer and politician (b. 1929)

2015 – M. M. Kalburgi, Indian scholar, author, and academic (b. 1938)

2015 – Marvin Mandel, American lawyer and politician, 56th Governor of Maryland (b. 1920)

2015 – Oliver Sacks, English-American neurologist, author, and academic (b. 1933)

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:

Alexander of Constantinople

Blessed Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster

Blessed Eustáquio van Lieshout

Blessed Stephen Nehmé (Maronite Church / Catholic Church)

Charles Chapman Grafton (Episcopal Church)

Fantinus

Felix and Adauctus

Fiacre

Jeanne Jugan

Narcisa de Jesús

Pammachius

August 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Constitution Day (Kazakhstan)

Constitution Day (Turks and Caicos Islands)

Independence Day (Tartarstan, Russia not formally recognized)

International Day of the Disappeared

Popular Consultation Day (East Timor)

Saint Rose of Lima's Day (Peru)

Victory Day (Turkey)