May 30 in recent years
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2006 (Tuesday)
2005 (Monday)
2004 (Sunday)
2003 (Friday)
2002 (Thursday)
2001 (Wednesday)
2000 (Tuesday)
May 30 is the 151st day of the year (152nd in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 214 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events [ ]
1416 - The Council of Constance , called by the Emperor Sigismund, a supporter of Antipope John XXIII, burns Jerome of Prague following a trial for heresy .
1431 - Hundred Years' War : In Rouen , France , 19-year-old Joan of Arc burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal.
1434 - Hussite Wars (Bohemian Wars) : Battle of Lipany - Effectively ending the war, Utraquist forces led by Diviš Bořek of Miletínek defeat and almost annihilated Taborite forces led by Prokop the Great .
1536 - King Henry VIII of England marries Jane Seymour , a lady-in-waiting to his first two wives.
1539 - In Florida , Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal of finding gold .
1574 - Henry III becomes King of France .
1588 - The last ship of the Spanish Armada sets sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel .
1635 - Thirty Years' War : Peace of Prague signed.
1806 - Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel after the man had accused Jackson's wife of bigamy .
1814 - Napoleonic Wars : War of the Sixth Coalition - Treaty of Paris signed returning French borders to their 1792 extent.
1832 - The Rideau Canal in eastern Ontario is first opened.
1854 - The Kansas-Nebraska Act becomes law establishing the US territories of Nebraska and Kansas .
1868 - Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern "Memorial Day ") observed in the United States for the first time (By "Commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic " John A. Logan 's proclaimation on May 5).
1871 - The Paris Commune falls.
1876 - Ottoman sultan Abd-ul-Aziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murat V .
1879 - New York City 's Gilmores Garden is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue .
1879 - An F4 tornado strikes Irving , Kansas , killing 18 and injuring 60.
1883 - In New York City , a rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse causes a stampede which crushes twelve people.
1911 - At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway , the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race in his Marmon Wasp .
1913 - First Balkan War : Treaty of London signed ending the war. Albania becomes an independent nation.
1914 - New & then largest Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania , 45,647 tons, sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York City .
1917 - Alexander I becomes king of Greece .
1922 - In Washington , the Lincoln Memorial is dedicated.
1935 - Babe Ruth plays in his last baseball game, in the uniform of the Boston Braves .
1941 - World War II : Germany captures Crete .
1941 - World War II: Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas climb on the athenian Acropolis , tear down the nazi swastika and replace it with the Greek flag .
1942 - World War II: 1000 British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany.
1948 - A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless.
1953 - The Auckland Harbour Bridge was officially opened today in Auckland , New Zealand .
1956 - Composer Karlheinz Stockhausen premieres his piece Gesang der Jünglinge in Cologne .
1958 - Memorial Day : The remains of two unidentified American servicemen, killed in action during World War II and the Korean War , are buried at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery .
1966 - Former Congolese Prime Minister Evariste Kimba and several other politicians are publicly executed in Kinshasa on the orders of President Joseph Mobutu .
1967 - At the Ascot Park in Gardena , daredevil Evel Knievel jumps his motorcycle over 16 cars lined-up in a row.
1967 - The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra , sparking a civil war .
1969 - Riots on the Caribbean island of Curaçao
1971 - Mariner program : Mariner 9 launched to Map 70% of the surface and study temporal changes in the atmosphere and surface of Mars .
1972 - The Angry Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout Britain .
1972 - In Tel Aviv , members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport Massacre , killing 24 people and injuring 78 others.
1982 - Spain becomes the 16th member of NATO and the first nation to enter the alliance since West Germany 's admission in 1955 .
1989 - Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 : The 33-foot high "Goddess of Democracy " statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators.
1998 - A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits northern Afghanistan , killing up to 5,000.
Births [ ]
1010 - Emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063 )
1423 - Georg Purbach , German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1461 )
1623 - John Egerton , English politician (d. 1686 )
1653 - Claudia Felicitas of Austria , Empress consort of Germany (d. 1676 )
1672 (O.S. ) - Peter the Great , Tsar of Russia (d. 1725 )
1713 - Princess Caroline Elizabeth of Great Britain (d. 1757 )
1718 - Wills Hill , English politician (d. 1793 )
1719 - Roger Newdigate , English politician (d. 1806 )
1757 - Henry Addington , Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1844 )
1814 - Mikhail Bakunin , Russian anarchist (d. 1876 )
1814 - Eugène Charles Catalan , Belgian mathematician (d. 1894 )
1819 - William McMurdo , British army officer (d. 1894 )
1820 - Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau , French Canadian politician (d. 1890 )
1845 - King Amadeo I of Spain (d. 1890)
1858 - Siegfried Alkan , German composer (d. 1941 )
1875 - Giovanni Gentile , Italian philosopher (d. 1944 )
1878 - Mike Donlin , baseball player (d. 1933 )
1879 - Colin Blythe , English cricketer (d. 1917 )
1881 - Georg von Küchler , German field marshal (d. 1968 )
1882 - Wyndham Halswelle , Scottish runner (d. 1915 )
1886 - Randolph Bourne , American writer (d. 1918 )
1895 - Maurice Tate , English cricketer (d. 1956 )
1896 - Howard Hawks , American film director (d. 1977 )
1899 - Irving Thalberg , American film producer (d. 1936 )
1901 - Cornelia Otis Skinner , American writer and actress (d. 1979 )
1902 - Stepin Fetchit , American dancer and actor (d. 1985 )
1903 - Countee Cullen , American writer (d. 1946 )
1906 - Bruno Gröning , German faith healer (d. 1959 )
1907 - Elly Beinhorn , German pilot
1908 - Hannes Alfvén , Swedish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995 )
1908 - Mel Blanc , American voice actor (d. 1989 )
1909 - Benny Goodman , American clarinetist and bandleader (d. 1986 )
1910 - Ralph Metcalfe , American athlete (d. 1978 )
1910 - Inge Meysel , German actress (d. 2004 )
1912 - Julius Axelrod , American biochemist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004 )
1912 - Erich Bagge , German physicist
1912 - Hugh Griffith , Welsh actor (d. 1980 )
1918 - Guadalupe "Pita" Amor , Mexican poet (d. 2000 )
1918 - Bob Evans , American restaurateur (d. 2007 )
1919 - René Barrientos , President of Bolivia (d. 1969 )
1920 - Franklin Schaffner , American film director (d. 1989 )
1922 - Hal Clement , American writer (d. 2003 )
1926 - Christine Jorgensen , American transsexual activist (d. 1989 )
1927 - Clint Walker , American actor
1928 - Agnès Varda , French director
1928 - Pro Hart , Australian artist (d. 2006 )
1930 - Mark Birley , British nightclub owner (d. 2007 )
1930 - Robert Ryman , American painter
1932 - Pauline Oliveros , American composer and accordionist
1934 - Aleksei Leonov , Russian cosmonaut
1934 - Alketas Panagoulias , Greek footballer and coach
1936 - Keir Dullea , American actor
1939 - Michael J. Pollard , American actor
1939 - Dieter Quester , Austrian racing driver
1940 - Gilles Villemure , Canadian ice hockey player
1943 - James Chaney , American civil rights activist (d. 1964 )
1943 - Gale Sayers , American football player
1944 - Meredith MacRae , American actress (d. 2000 )
1947 - Jocelyne Bourassa , French Canadian LPGA golfer
1948 - Michael Piller , American screenwriter (d. 2005 )
1949 - P.J. Carlesimo , American basketball coach
1950 - Bertrand Delanoë , French politician
1950 - Paresh Rawal , Indian actor
1951 - Stephen Tobolowsky , American actor
1951 - Zdravko Čolić , Bosnian singer
1953 - Colm Meaney , Irish actor
1955 - Topper Headon , British musician (The Clash )
1956 - Robert F. Newmyer , American film producer (d. 2005 )
1958 - Marie Fredriksson , Swedish singer and songwriter (Roxette )
1958 - Steve Israel , American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (D-New York)
1959 - Frank Vanhecke , Belgian politician
1961 - Harry Enfield , British comedian
1962 - Kevin Eastman , American comic book creator
1962 - Tonya Pinkins , American actress
1964 - Wynonna Judd , American Country/Bluegrass Singer
1964 - Tom Morello , American guitarist (Audioslave , Rage Against the Machine )
1964 - Andrea Montermini , Italian racing driver
1966 - Stephen Malkmus , American musician (Pavement )
1967 - Tim Burgess , English singer (The Charlatans )
1968 - Zacarias Moussaoui , French citizen found guilty relating to September 11, 2001 attacks
1970 - Flora Chan , Hong Kong television actress
1970 - Ness Wadia , Indian industrialist
1971 - Idina Menzel , American actress and singer
1972 - Manny Ramírez , Dominican-born American baseball player
1972 - Soichiro Hoshi , Japanese seiyuu
1973 - Leigh Francis , British comedian
1974 - Cee-Lo , American musician
1974 - Big L , American rapper (d. 1999 )
1974 - Konstantinos Chalkias , Greek footballer
1974 - Shin Ha-kyun , South Korean actor
1974 - David Wilkie , American ice hockey player
1975 - Andrew Farrell , English rugby league and union footballer
1976 - Radoslav Nesterovič , Slovenian basketball player
1976 - Magnus Norman , Swedish tennis player
1977 - Akwá , Angolan footballer
1977 - Rachael Stirling , British actress
1979 - Mike Bishai , Canadian ice hockey player
1979 - Kugimiya Rie , Japanese seiyuu (voice actress)
1980 - Steven Gerrard , English footballer
1981 - Devendra Banhart , American singer and songwriter
1981 - Gianmaria Bruni , Italian racing driver
1981 - Blake Bashoff , American actor
1982 - Eddie Griffin , American basketball player (d. 2007 )
1984 - Matt Maguire , Australian rules footballer
1990 - Dean Collins , American Actor
Deaths [ ]
1159 - Wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (b. 1105 )
1252 - King Ferdinand III of Castile
1416 - Jerome of Prague , Czech theologian (executed) (b. 1379 )
1431 - Joan of Arc , French heroine and saint (burned at the stake) (b. 1412 )
1434 - Prokop the Great , Hussite general
1469 - Lope de Barrientos —a powerful bishop in Castile
1574 - King Charles IX of France (b. 1550 )
1576 - Harada Naomasa , Japanese retainer and samurai
1593 - Christopher Marlowe , English playwright (b. 1564 )
1640 - Peter Paul Rubens , Flemish painter (b. 1577 )
1696 - Henry Capell , First Lord of the British Admiralty (b. 1638 )
1718 - Arnold Joost van Keppel , Dutch favorite of William III of England (b. 1670 )
1730 - Arabella Churchill , English mistress of James II of England (b. 1648 )
1744 - Alexander Pope , English writer (b. 1688 )
1770 - François Boucher , French painter (b. 1703 )
1778 - Voltaire , French philosopher and author (b. 1694 )
1865 - John Catron , United States Supreme Court Justice
1868 - Souji Okita , 1st Captain of the Shinsengumi (b. 1823
1901 - Victor D'Hondt , Belgian mathematician (b. 1841 )
1912 - Wilbur Wright , aviation pioneer (Wright Brothers ) (b. 1867 )
1925 - Arthur Moeller van den Bruck , German historian (b. 1876 )
1926 - Vladimir Steklov , Russian physicist (b. 1864 )
1934 - Togo Heihachiro , Japanese admiral (b. 1848 )
1939 - Floyd Roberts , Auto racer, killed during 1939 Indianapolis 500 (b. 1904 )
1941 - Prajadhipok , Rama VII, king of Thailand (b. 1893 )
1946 - Louis Slotin , Canadian Scientist at Los Alamos (b. 1910 )
1947 - Georg Ritter von Trapp , World War I Austrian submarine commander (b. 1880 )
1951 - Hermann Broch , Austrian author (b. 1886 )
1953 - Dooley Wilson , American musician and actor (b. 1886 )
1955 - Bill Vukovich , Auto racer, killed during 1955 Indianapolis 500 (b. 1918 )
1960 - Boris Pasternak , Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (declined) (b. 1890 )
1961 - Rafael Leónidas Trujillo , dictator of the Dominican Republic (b. 1891 )
1964 - Leó Szilárd , Hungarian-born nuclear physicist (b. 1898 )
1964 - Eddie Sachs and Dave MacDonald , American auto racers, killed during 1964 Indianapolis 500 (b. 1927 )
1967 - Claude Rains , English actor (b. 1889 )
1971 - Marcel Dupré , French organist and composer (b. 1886 )
1975 - Steve Prefontaine , American runner (b. 1951 )
1975 - Michel Simon , French actor (b. 1895 )
1980 - Carl Radle , American bass guitarist (b. 1942 )
1981 - Don Ashby , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1955 )
1981 - Ziaur Rahman , President of Bangladesh (b. 1936 )
1986 - Perry Ellis , American fashion designer (b. 1940 )
1993 - Sun Ra , American musician (b. 1914 )
1994 - Ezra Taft Benson , President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
1994 - Marcel Bich , French industrialist (Société Bic ) (b. 1914 )
1995 - Ted Drake , former English footballer (b. 1912 )
1995 - Bobby Stokes , former English footballer (b. 1951 )
2000 - Tex Beneke , American bandleader, singer, and saxophone player (b. 1914 )
2003 - Mickie Most , English record producer (b. 1938 )
2005 - Tomasz Pacyński , Polish writer (b. 1958 )
2006 - Shohei Imamura , Japanese film director (b. 1926 )
2006 - Robert Sterling , American actor (b. 1917 )
2006 - David Lloyd , New Zealand biologist (b. 1938 )
2007 - Jean-Claude Brialy , French actor , director , screenwriter and author (b. 1933 )
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111 Familypedia people were born on May 30
147 Familypedia people died on May 30
104 Familypedia people were first married on May 30