May, 30th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Sunday 30, 2004:
Buddy Rice wins a rain-shortened 88th Indianapolis 500

Friday 30, 2003:
The final flight of an Air France Concorde takes place.

Sunday 30, 1999:
Kenny Bräck wins the 83rd Indianapolis 500

Saturday 30, 1998:
A 6.6 magnitude earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, killing up to 5,000.

Tuesday 30, 1989:
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: The 33-foot high "Goddess of Democracy" statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators.

Sunday 30, 1982:
Spain becomes the 16th member of NATO and the first nation to enter the alliance since West Germany's admission in 1955.

Tuesday 30, 1972:
In Tel Aviv, members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport Massacre, killing 24 people and injuring 78 others.

Sunday 30, 1971:
Mariner program: Mariner 9 is launched toward Mars.

Tuesday 30, 1967:
The Nigerian state of Biafra secedes, sparking a civil war.

Friday 30, 1958:
The bodies of several unidentified soldiers killed in action during World War II and the Korean War are buried at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery.

Sunday 30, 1948:
A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless.

Saturday 30, 1942:
World War II: 1000 British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany.

Friday 30, 1941:
World War II: Germany captures Crete.

Thursday 30, 1935:
Babe Ruth plays in his last baseball game, in the uniform of the Boston Braves.

Tuesday 30, 1922:
In Washington, D.C., the Lincoln Memorial is dedicated.

Friday 30, 1913:
First Balkan War: A peace treaty is signed in London ending the war. Albania becomes an independent nation.

Tuesday 30, 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.

Wednesday 30, 1883:
In New York City, a rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse causes a stampede which crushes twelve people.

Friday 30, 1879:
New York City's Gilmores Garden is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.

Tuesday 30, 1876:
Ottoman sultan Abd-ul-Aziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murat V.

Saturday 30, 1868:
Memorial Day (then known as "Decoration Day") is observed in the United States for the first time (it was proclaimed on May 5 by General John Logan).

Tuesday 30, 1871:
The Paris Commune falls.

Tuesday 30, 1854:
The Kansas-Nebraska Act becomes law establishing the US territories of Nebraska and Kansas.

Monday 30, 1814:
The First Treaty of Paris is signed returning French borders to their 1792 extent. Napoleon I of France is exiled to Elba on the same day.

Friday 30, 1806:
Andrew Jackson kills a man in a duel after the man had accused Jackson's wife of bigamy.

Wednesday 30, 1635:
Peace of Prague (30 Years War)

Monday 30, 1588:
The last ship of the Spanish Armada sets sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel.

Thursday 30, 1574:
Henry III becomes King of France.

Tuesday 30, 1539:
In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal of finding gold.

Saturday 30, 1536:
King Henry VIII of England marries Jane Seymour, a lady-in-waiting to his first two wives.

Friday 30, 1434:
Taborite forces led by Prokop the Great were defeated and almost annihilated in the Battle of Lipany, effectively ending the Hussite Wars.

Monday 30, 1431:
In Rouen, France, 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake.

Thursday 30, 1416:
The Catholic Church burns Jerome of Prague as a heretic.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/30-may/on-this-day.html


People born on May 30

1981:
Devendra Banhart, American psych folk singer/songwriter (b: May 30, 1981) (Biography of Devendra Banhart)

1980:
Steven Gerrard English footballer (b: May 30, 1980) (Biography of Steven Gerrard)

1973:
Leigh Francis, British comedian (b: May 30, 1973) (Biography of Leigh Francis)

1972:
Manny Ramirez, Dominican-born Major League Baseball player (b: May 30, 1972) (Biography of Manny Ramirez)

1966:
Stephen Malkmus, American musician (Pavement) (b: May 30, 1966) (Biography of Stephen Malkmus)

1964:
Wynonna Judd, American singer (b: May 30, 1964) (Biography of Wynonna Judd)
Tom Morello, American musician (Audioslave) (b: May 30, 1964) (Biography of Tom Morello)

1955:
Topper Headon, British musician (The Clash) (b: May 30, 1955) (Biography of Topper Headon)

1953:
Colm Meaney, Irish actor (b: May 30, 1953) (Biography of Colm Meaney)

1951:
Stephen Tobolowsky, American actor (b: May 30, 1951) (Biography of Stephen Tobolowsky)

1943:
James Chaney, American civil rights activist (b: May 30, 1943 ; d: June 21, 1964) (Biography of James Chaney)
Gale Sayers, American football player (b: May 30, 1943) (Biography of Gale Sayers)

1939:
Michael J. Pollard, American actor (b: May 30, 1939) (Biography of Michael J. Pollard)

1936:
Keir Dullea, American actor (b: May 30, 1936) (Biography of Keir Dullea)

1934:
Aleksei Leonov, cosmonaut (b: May 30, 1934) (Biography of Aleksei Leonov)

1927:
Clint Walker, American actor (b: May 30, 1927) (Biography of Clint Walker)

1926:
Christine Jorgensen, activist (b: May 30, 1926) (Biography of Christine Jorgensen)

1922:
Hal Clement, American writer (b: May 30, 1922 ; d: October 29, 2003) (Biography of Hal Clement)

1920:
Franklin Schaffner, American film director (b: May 30, 1920) (Biography of Franklin Schaffner)
Ralph Metcalfe, American athlete (b: May 30, 1920 ; d: October 10, 1978) (Biography of Ralph Metcalfe)

1912:
Julius Axelrod, American biochemist (b: May 30, 1912 ; d: December 29, 2004) (Biography of Julius Axelrod)
Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (b: May 30, 1912) (Biography of Hugh Griffith)
Erich Bagge, German physicist (b: May 30, 1912) (Biography of Erich Bagge)

1910:
Inge Meysel, German actress (b. 2004) (b: May 30, 1910) (Biography of Inge Meysel)

1909:
Benny Goodman, American clarinetist and bandleader (b: May 30, 1909 ; d: June 13, 1986) (Biography of Benny Goodman)

1908:
Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: May 30, 1908) (Biography of Hannes Alfvén)
Mel Blanc, American voice actor (b: May 30, 1908 ; d: July 10, 1989) (Biography of Mel Blanc)

1902:
Stepin Fetchit, American dancer and actor (b: May 30, 1902 ; d: November 19, 1985) (Biography of Stepin Fetchit)

1901:
Cornelia Otis Skinner, American writer and actress (b: May 30, 1901 ; d: July 9, 1979) (Biography of Cornelia Otis Skinner)

1899:
Irving Thalberg, American film producer (b: May 30, 1899 ; d: September 14, 1936) (Biography of Irving Thalberg)

1896:
Howard Hawks, American film director (b: May 30, 1896 ; d: December 26, 1977) (Biography of Howard Hawks)

1895:
Maurice Tate, English cricketer (b: May 30, 1895 ; d: May 18, 1956) (Biography of Maurice Tate)

1882:
Wyndham Halswelle, Scottish runner (b. 1915) (b: May 30, 1882 ; d: March 31, 1915) (Biography of Wyndham Halswelle)

1879:
Colin Blythe, English cricketer (b: May 30, 1879 ; d: November 8, 1917) (Biography of Colin Blythe)

1814:
Michael Bakunin, Russian anarchist (b: May 30, 1814) (Biography of Mikhail Bakunin)

1623:
John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (b: May 30, 1623 ; d: October 26, 1686) (Biography of John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater)

1423:
Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (b: May 30, 1423 ; d: April 8, 1461) (Biography of Georg Purbach)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/30-may/births.html

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People who died on May 30

2005:
Tomasz Pacyński, Polish writer (b: February 4, 1958 ; d: May 30, 2005) (Biography of Tomasz Pacynski)

2003:
Mickie Most (d: May 30, 2003) (Biography of Mickie Most)

2000:
Tex Beneke, musician, band leader (b: February 12, 1914 ; d: May 30, 2000) (Biography of Tex Beneke)

1993:
Sun Ra, American musician (b: May 22, 1914 ; d: May 30, 1993) (Biography of Sun Ra)

1986:
Perry Ellis, fashion designer (b: March 3, 1940 ; d: May 30, 1986) (Biography of Perry Ellis)

1975:
Steve Prefontaine, American runner (b: January 25, 1951 ; d: May 30, 1975) (Biography of Steve Prefontaine)

1971:
Marcel Dupré, French composer (b: May 3, 1886 ; d: May 30, 1971) (Biography of Marcel Dupré)

1967:
Claude Rains, English actor (b: November 10, 1889 ; d: May 30, 1967) (Biography of Claude Rains)

1964:
Leó Szilárd, Hungarian-born physicist and peace activist (b: February 11, 1898 ; d: May 30, 1964) (Biography of Leó Szilárd)

1961:
Rafael Molina-Trujillo, President of the Dominican Republic (b: October 24, 1891 ; d: May 30, 1961) (Biography of Rafael Leónidas Trujillo)

1960:
Boris Pasternak, Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b: February 10, 1890 ; d: May 30, 1960) (Biography of Boris Pasternak)

1953:
Dooley Wilson (d: May 30, 1953) (Biography of Dooley Wilson)

1951:
Hermann Broch, Austrian author (b: November 1, 1886 ; d: May 30, 1951) (Biography of Hermann Broch)

1934:
Togo Heihachiro, Japanese admiral (b: January 27, 1848 ; d: May 30, 1934) (Biography of Togo Heihachiro)

1865:
John Catron (d: May 30, 1865) (Biography of John Catron)

1778:
Voltaire, French philosopher (b: November 21, 1694 ; d: May 30, 1778) (Biography of Voltaire)

1770:
François Boucher (d: May 30, 1770) (Biography of François Boucher)

1744:
Alexander Pope, English poet (b: May 22, 1688 ; d: May 30, 1744) (Biography of Alexander Pope)

1730:
Arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (b: February 23, 1648 ; d: May 30, 1730) (Biography of Arabella Churchill (royal mistress))

1718:
Arnold Joost van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle (d: May 30, 1718) (Biography of Arnold Joost van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle)

1696:
Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, First Lord of the British Admiralty (b: May 6, 1638 ; d: May 30, 1696) (Biography of Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell)

1640:
Peter Paul Rubens, German painter (b: June 28, 1577 ; d: May 30, 1640) (Biography of Peter Paul Rubens)

1593:
Christopher Marlowe, English dramatist (b: February 26, 1564 ; d: May 30, 1593) (Biography of Christopher Marlowe)

1576:
Harada Naomasa (d: May 30, 1576) (Biography of Harada Naomasa)

1574:
King Charles IX of France (b: June 27, 1550 ; d: May 30, 1574) (Biography of Charles IX of France)

1434:
Prokop the Great (d: May 30, 1434) (Biography of Prokop the Great)

1431:
Joan of Arc, French warrior and Catholic saint (b: January 6, 1412 ; d: May 30, 1431) (Biography of Joan of Arc)

1416:
Jerome of Prague (d: May 30, 1416) (Biography of Jerome of Prague)

1252:
Ferdinand III of Castile (d: May 30, 1252) (Biography of Ferdinand III of Castile)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/30-may/deaths.html