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Friday, August 30, 2024 falls on a Friday. It is day 243 of the year, ISO week 35, in Q3.
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Friday, August 30
August 30, 2024 is day 243 of 366, ISO week 35, in Q3. The moon is Waning Crescent and the zodiac sign is Virgo.
Day of year243
ISO week35
QuarterQ3
Days left123
Sun and Moon Cycles
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent
- Lunar age
- 25.4 days
- Illumination
- 18%
- Season
- Summer in the Northern Hemisphere, winter in the Southern Hemisphere
Zodiac and Holidays
- Zodiac
- Virgo
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- No major fixed observance in the built-in calendar
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- /date/2024-08-30
Today's Celebrations
August 30
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Alexander of Constantinople (Eastern Orthodoxy)
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Blessed Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster
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Blessed Eustáquio van Lieshout
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Blessed Stephen Nehmé (Maronite Church / Catholic Church)
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Charles Chapman Grafton (Episcopal Church)
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Fantinus
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Felix and Adauctus
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Local briefFriday, August 30, 2024 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2025: Ukrainian politician Andriy Parubiy was assassinated in Lviv, Ukraine.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to August 30.
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History for August 30
Ukrainian politician Andriy Parubiy was assassinated in Lviv, Ukraine.
The last remaining American troops left Afghanistan, ending U.S. involvement in the war.
A heavy bomber that had been unintentionally loaded with nuclear missiles flew them from North Dakota to Louisiana before they were recognized.
Gulf War: US General Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. issued General Order No. 1 prohibiting US troops from consuming alcohol or possessing pornographic material.
Discovery, the third orbiter of NASA's Space Shuttle program, lifted off on its maiden voyage from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
Iranian president Mohammad-Ali Rajai and prime minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar were assassinated in a bombing committed by the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran.
An express train carrying foreign workers from Yugoslavia to West Germany derailed in Zagreb, killing 153 people.
A powerful bomb exploded at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Marunouchi, Tokyo, killing eight people.
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An Israeli soldier is killed and several others are injured in an IED attack in Jenin, West Bank. (Palestine Chronicle)
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Russian invasion of Ukraine Kharkiv strikes Seven people are killed when a Russian guided bomb strikes a residential building and playground in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Reuter...
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismisses the commander of the Ukrainian Air Force Mykola Oleshchuk following the crash of an F-16 fighter jet and the death of i...
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Sudanese civil war Battle of Khartoum Seven people are killed and 25 others are injured in shelling near Khartoum, Sudan. (Sudan Tribune)
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Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Twelve Pakistani Taliban members are killed during a raid by the Pakistani Army in the Tirah Valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, bri...
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Islamic State insurgency in Iraq At least 15 Islamic State militants are killed and seven U.S. troops are injured in a joint United States–Iraq raid on Islamic State c...
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2024 Venezuelan blackouts A widespread power outage affects most of Venezuela with President Nicolás Maduro's government blaming it on sabotage by the opposition. (DW)
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