On this day...

August 30: Paryushana begins (Digambar Jains, 2014); Constitution Day in Kazakhstan (1995); St. Rose of Lima's Day in Peru; Victory Day in Turkey 1799 – Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland: A squadron of the navy of the Batavian Republicsurrendered to the Royal Navy without a fight nearWieringen. 1835 – European settlers landing on the north banks of the Yarra River in Southeastern Australia founded the city of Melbourne(Parliament House pictured). 1862 – American Civil War: In separate actions, Confederate forceswere victorious in both the Battle of Richmond in Kentucky and theSecond Battle of Bull Run in Prince William County, Virginia. 1918 – Fanni Kaplan shot and wounded Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, helping to spark the Red Terror in the future Soviet Union, arepression against Socialist-Revolutionary Party members and other political opponents. 1984 – Space Shuttle Discovery took off on its maiden voyage.