What day of the week was August 30, 1974?

The day of the week August 30th, 1974 fell on was a Friday.

Aaron Barrett the American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Reel Big Fish, The Scholars, and The Forces of Evil) was born on 30 August in 1974. As was Javier Otxoa the Spanish cyclist .

A Belgrade–Dortmund express train derails at the main train station in Zagreb killing 153 passengers. A powerful bomb explodes at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Marunouchi the Tokyo, Japan. 8 are killed, 378 are injured. Eight left-wing activists are arrested on May 19, 1975 by Japanese authorities.