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What Happened on August 30th?
Assassination attempt on Lenin’s life
Matthew Jones
August 30, 2024
1918 Soviet Leader Vladimir Lenin Was Shot Twice
On August 30th, 1918, Fanny Kaplan, a Socialist Revolutionary, attempted to assassinate Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin by shooting him twice, wounding him in the shoulder and jaw. Lenin survived, but the attack led to intensified political repression during the Red Terror.
Learn more about the events leading up to Lenin's leadership and the Russian Revolution: Downfall of a Dynasty: The February Revolution.
The photo shows the FN 1900 pistol (caliber 32 ACP) that Fanny Kaplan used during her attempted assassination of Lenin in 1918.
🗞️Today’s Headlines
Everything important that’s ever happened on August 30:
2021 ─ The U.S. completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan.
1967 ─ Thurgood Marshall became the first African American Supreme Court Justice.
1983 ─ Guion S. Bluford, Jr. became the first African American astronaut.
1282 ─ Aragonese forces landed at Trapani to support the Sicilian rebellion against Charles I of Anjou, marking a turning point in the War of the Sicilian Vespers.
1800 ─ Gabriel Prosser organized a failed rebellion of enslaved people in Virginia.
1813 ─ During the Fort Mims Massacre Red Stick Creek warriors killed over 500 settlers, escalating the Creek War.
1862 ─ The Confederate victory at the Second Battle of Bull Run bolstered Southern morale during the US Civil War.
🎂 Today’s Birthdays
On August 30, we’re singing to:
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797) ─ The renowned author of Frankenstein, she left a lasting impact on the literary world with her groundbreaking work in science fiction and horror.
Alexander Lukashenko (1954) ─ The long-standing President of Belarus, a prominent and controversial figure in Belarusian politics.
🪦Who Died Today?
On August 30, we’re saying goodbye to:
J.J. Thomson (1940) ─ The British physicist who discovered the electron and won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1906, leaving a profound legacy in the field of physics.
Charles Bronson (2003) ─ An iconic actor known for his roles in classic films like Death Wish and The Magnificent Seven, left behind a storied career in Hollywood.
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