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Bal du moulin de la Galette
Bal du moulin de la Galette is a world-class museum collection item preserved at Musée d'Orsay.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Oil on canvas)
Famous Pioneer Born on 8/30
Born under Virgo (♍ Virgo), possessing unique vision and inspiration.
"We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once."
—— Virgo Pioneer
Historical Milestone of 8/30
On this day in history (8/30), significant global milestones and breakthroughs were recorded across science, culture, and human society.
Discovery, the third orbiter of NASA's Space Shuttle program, lifted off on its maiden voyage from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
Space Shuttle Discovery is a retired American Space Shuttle orbiter. The spaceplane was one of the orbiters from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the third of five fully operational orbiters to be built. Its first mission, STS-41-D, flew from August 30 to September 5, 1984. Over 27 years of service it launched and landed 39 times, aggregating more spaceflights than any other spacecraft as of December 2024. The Space Shuttle launch vehicle had three main components: the Space Shuttle orbiter, a single-use central fuel tank, and two reusable solid rocket boosters. Nearly 25,000 heat-resistant tiles cover the orbiter to protect it from high temperatures on re-entry.
Gulf War: US General Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. issued General Order No. 1 prohibiting US troops from consuming alcohol or possessing pornographic material.
The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States. The coalition's efforts were in two phases: Operation Desert Shield, which marked the military buildup from August 1990 to January 1991; and Operation Desert Storm, from the bombing campaign against Iraq on 17 January until the American-led liberation of Kuwait on 28 February.
Mikal_Bridges Born
Mikal Bridges is an American professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Villanova Wildcats, winning national championships in 2016 and 2018. As of June 2026, Bridges holds the active record for the most consecutive games played and has the eighth-longest consecutive game streak of all time, having not missed a game in his NBA career since being drafted.
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—— Mikal_Bridges
Trevor_Jackson_(performer) Born
Trevor Howard Lawrence Jackson is an American actor and singer. He is best known for portraying Aaron Jackson on Freeform series Grown-ish, Kevin Blake on Syfy series Eureka, Kris McDuffy on Disney Channel's television film Let It Shine, Kevin LaCroix on American Crime and Dr. Wes Bryant on the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy.
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—— Trevor_Jackson_(performer)
Fábio_Carvalho_(footballer,_born_2002) Born
Fábio Leandro Freitas Gouveia Carvalho is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left winger or attacking midfielder for Premier League club Brentford. A former youth international for England, Carvalho now represents Portugal internationally at under-21 level.
「Fábio Leandro Freitas Gouveia Carvalho is a Portuguese professional footballer who pl...」
—— Fábio_Carvalho_(footballer,_born_2002)
Drake_Maye Born
Drake Lee Maye is an American professional football quarterback for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the North Carolina Tar Heels, winning the Shaun Alexander Award and ACC Football Player of the Year in 2022 after leading the NCAA in total yards.
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—— Drake_Maye
A heavy bomber that had been unintentionally loaded with nuclear missiles flew them from North Dakota to Louisiana before they were recognized.
Heavy bombers are bomber aircraft capable of delivering the largest payload of air-to-ground weaponry and longest range of their era. Archetypal heavy bombers have therefore usually been among the largest and most powerful military aircraft at any point in time. In the second half of the 20th century, heavy bombers were largely superseded by strategic bombers, which were often even larger in size, had much longer ranges and were capable of delivering nuclear bombs.
Prime Minister of Lesotho Tom Thabane flees to South Africa as the army allegedly stages a coup.
Thomas Motsoahae Thabane is a Mosotho politician who was the fifth Prime Minister of Lesotho from 2012 to 2015 and from 2017 to 2020. He founded the All Basotho Convention (ABC) in 2006 and led the party until 2022.
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The last remaining American troops left Afghanistan, ending U.S. involvement in the war.
The United States Armed Forces completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan on 30 August 2021, marking the end of the 2001–2021 war. In February 2020, the first Trump administration and the Taliban signed the United States–Taliban deal in Doha, Qatar, which stipulated fighting restrictions for both the US and the Taliban, and in return for the Taliban's counter-terrorism commitments, provided for the withdrawal of all NATO forces from Afghanistan by 1 May 2021. Following the deal, the US dramatically reduced the number of air attacks on the Taliban to the detriment of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), and its fight against the Taliban insurgency.
Ukrainian politician Andriy Parubiy was assassinated in Lviv, Ukraine.
Andriy Volodymyrovych Parubiy was a Ukrainian politician and a member of the Ukrainian Parliament from 2007 until his assassination in 2025, and served as its chairman from 2016 to 2019.
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