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August 30: Constitution Day in Kazakhstan (1995); Victory Day in Turkey

1835 – European settlers landing on the north banks of the Yarra River in Southern Australia founded the city ofMelbourne (Parliament House pictured).
1862 – American Civil War: James Longstreet andStonewall Jackson led their Confederate troops to a decisive victory againstJohn Pope's Union Army at the Second Battle of Bull Run in Prince William County, Virginia.
1918 – Fanny Kaplan shot and wounded Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, helping to spark the Red Terror in the future Soviet Union, a repressionagainst Socialist-Revolutionary Party members and other political opponents.
1992 – German race car driver Michael Schumacher won his first Formula One race at the Belgian Grand Prix.
1995 – Bosnian War: NATO began its bombing campaign against theArmy of Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina.