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August 30th, 1999	Event	East Timorese vote for independence in a referendum.
August 30th, 1990	Event	Tatarstan declares independence from the RSFSR.
August 30th, 1984	Event	STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage.
August 30th, 1974	Event	A Belgrade-Dortmund express train derails at the main train station in Zagreb killing 153 passengers.
August 30th, 1974	Event	Powerful bomb explodes at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Marunouchi, Tokyo, Japan. 8 killed, 378 injuredied in Eight left-wing activists are arrested on May 19, 1975 by Japanese authorities.
August 30th, 1967	Event	Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African American Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
August 30th, 1963	Event	Hotline between U.S. and Soviet leaders goes into operation.
August 30th, 1962	Event	Japan conducts a test of the NAMC YS-11, its first aircraft since the war and its only successful commercial aircraft from before or after the war.
August 30th, 1956	Event	Lake Pontchartrain Causeway opens.
August 30th, 1945	Event	Hong Kong is liberated from Japan by British Armed Forces.

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