On this day — August 30

After Ali Bongo Ondimba's reelection, a military coup ousted him, ending 56 years of Bongo family rule in Gabon.

involvement in the war.

killing all three people on board.

killing 23 of the 31 people on board.

Armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and their Angolan and Zimbabwean allies recapture Matadi and the Inga dams in the western DRC from RCD and Rwandan troops.

Azerbaijan declares independence from Soviet Union.

Guion Bluford becomes the first African-American in space on this mission.

The office of Iran's Prosecutor General blames the People's Mujahedin of Iran.

Eight are killed, 378 are injured. Eight left-wing activists are arrested on May 19, 1975, by Japanese authorities.