98791 | August 30 | Death | 2013 – Howie Crittenden, American basketball player and coach (b. 1933) |
98792 | August 30 | Death | 2013 – Allan Gotthelf, American philosopher and academic (b. 1942) |
98793 | August 30 | Death | 2013 – Seamus Heaney, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1939) |
98794 | August 30 | Death | 2013 – Leo Lewis, American football player and coach (b. 1933) |
98795 | August 30 | Death | 2013 – John "Juke" Logan, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (b. 1946) |
98796 | August 30 | Death | 2013 – Soledad Mexia, Mexican-American super-centenarian (b. 1899) |
98797 | August 30 | Death | 2014 – Bud Andrews, American radio host and producer (b. 1940) |
98798 | August 30 | Death | 2014 – Bipan Chandra, Indian historian and academic (b. 1928) |
98799 | August 30 | Death | 2014 – Igor Decraene, Belgian cyclist (b. 1996) |
98800 | August 30 | Death | 2014 – Victoria Mallory, American actress and singer (b. 1949) |
98801 | August 30 | Death | 2014 – Andrew V. McLaglen, English-American director and producer (b. 1920) |
98802 | August 30 | Death | 2014 – Felipe Osterling, Peruvian lawyer and politician (b. 1932) |
98803 | August 30 | Death | 2015 – Bart Cummings, Australian horse trainer (b. 1927) |
98804 | August 30 | Death | 2015 – Wes Craven, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1939) |
98805 | August 30 | Death | 2015 – Edward Fadeley, American lawyer and politician (b. 1929) |
98806 | August 30 | Death | 2015 – M. M. Kalburgi, Indian scholar, author, and academic (b. 1938) |
98807 | August 30 | Death | 2015 – Marvin Mandel, American lawyer and politician, 56th Governor of Maryland (b. 1920) |
98808 | August 30 | Death | 2015 – Oliver Sacks, English-American neurologist, author, and academic (b. 1933) |
98809 | August 30 | Holiday and observance | Christian feast day:Alexander of ConstantinopleBlessed Alfredo Ildefonso SchusterBlessed Eustáquio van LieshoutBlessed Stephen Nehmé (Maronite Church / Catholic Church)Charles Chapman Grafton (Episcopal Church)FantinusFelix and AdauctusFiacreJeanne JuganN |
98810 | August 30 | Holiday and observance | Constitution Day (Kazakhstan) |
98811 | August 30 | Holiday and observance | Constitution Day (Turks and Caicos Islands) |
98812 | August 30 | Holiday and observance | International Day of the Disappeared (International) |
98813 | August 30 | Holiday and observance | Popular Consultation Day (East Timor) |
98814 | August 30 | Holiday and observance | Saint Rose of Lima's Day (Peru) |
98815 | August 30 | Holiday and observance | Victory Day (Turkey) |
98816 | August 31 | Event | 1056 – After a sudden illness a few days previously, Byzantine Empress Theodora dies childless, thus ending the Macedonian dynasty. |
98817 | August 31 | Event | 1218 – Al-Kamil becomes Sultan of Egypt, Syria and northern Mesopotamia on the death of his father Al-Adil I. |
98818 | August 31 | Event | 1314 – King Håkon V Magnusson moves the capital of Norway from Bergen to Oslo. |
98819 | August 31 | Event | 1422 – King Henry V of England dies of dysentery while in France. His son, Henry VI becomes King of England at the age of 9 months. |
98820 | August 31 | Event | 1795 – War of the First Coalition: The British capture Trincomalee (present-day Sri Lanka) from the Dutch in order to keep it out of French hands. |