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30 August 2014 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 30 August 2014 was a Saturday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Rude” by Magic!.
- Top Film of 2014
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2014 was Transformers: Age of Extinction.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “Sunday Night Football” (NBC) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2014–15 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 30 August is Virgo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 30 August 2014 fell in the Year of the Horse.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for August is Peridot.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 30 August 2014 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 2014 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2014 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- February 7 – The Lego Movie is released in theaters.
- July 26 – Henry Danger debuts on Nickelodeon.
- August 1 – Guardians of the Galaxy, directed by James Gunn, is released by Marvel Studios as the tenth film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
Life in the US in 2014
President
Barack Obama
Gas (per gallon)
$3.37
Loaf of Bread
$1.98
Average House
$285,900
Weekly Wage
$796
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