Top Historical Events That Happened on August 30 Natural Disasters & Epidemics

1997  The world learns of the Paris car crash that killed England's Princess Diana, her husband and Harrod's owner Dodi Fayed, and their driver.   

2007  United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident in which a B-52 flew from Minot AFB, ND to Barksdale AFB, LA carrying 6 nuclear warheads.   

2012  Cholera outbreak results in the deaths of 229 people in Sierra Leone   

2017  Late author Terry Pratchett ' unfinished works destroyed by steamroller as per his instructions.   

2017  Brazilian court blocks President Michel Temer from abolishing Renca, whihc would open parts of the Amazon to mining.   

2017  Authorities say floods across Bangladesh, Nepal and India have killed more 1200 people and damaged 697000 houses.   

2017  Hurricane Irma forms near Cape Verde Islands, will go on to become category 5 hurricane and kill at least 102   

2018  Argentina's central bank raises interest rates to 60% in attempt to stabilize the peso.   

2018  Ugandan pop star MP Bobi Wine re-arrested attempting to leave the country   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 25 million worldwide. India continues to record the highest daily increase of cases   

2021  The UN Environment Programme announces that leaded petrol in road vehicles has been phased out globally, a hundred years after its introduction   

2021  The United States withdraws its last remaining troops from Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, ending 20 years of operations in Afghanistan.   

2023  Following the announcement of incumbent president Ali Bongo Ondimba's reelection as President of Gabon after the presidential election, the military launches a successful coup d'état and creates the Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions to govern the country, ending the rule of the Bongo family after 56 years in power   

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