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30 August 2011 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 30 August 2011 was a Tuesday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)” by Katy Perry.
- Top Film of 2011
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2011 was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.
- Bestselling Novel of 2011
- “The Litigators” by John Grisham was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 2011.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “Sunday Night Football” (NBC) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2011–12 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 30 August is Virgo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 30 August 2011 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for August is Peridot.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 30 August 2011 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 30 August
- 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.
- 2014 Prime Minister of Lesotho Tom Thabane flees to South Africa as the army allegedly stages a coup.
- 2021 The last remaining American troops leave Afghanistan, ending U.S. involvement in the war.
- 2023 Gabonese coup d'état: After Ali Bongo Ondimba's reelection, a military coup ousts him, ending 56 years of Bongo family rule in Gabon.
Famous people born on August 30
- Cameron Diaz, American model, actress, and producer (born 1972)
- Warren Buffett, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1930)
- Jessica Henwick, British actress (born 1992)
- Andy Roddick, American tennis player (born 1982)
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Events of 2011 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2011 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- February 27 – The 83rd Academy Awards, hosted by James Franco and Anne Hathaway, are held at Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Tom Hooper's The King's Speech wins four awards out of 12 nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director.
- March 11 – Following the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issues a tsunami warning to parts of the U.S. West Coast along the affected coastal areas in Alaska, Hawaii and the U.S. Territories in the Pacific Ocean.
- April 15 – Rio is released in theaters.
Life in the US in 2011
President
Barack Obama
Gas (per gallon)
$3.52
Loaf of Bread
$1.74
Average House
$242,300
Weekly Wage
$737
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