What are the important events that happened on May 30? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
May 30: Facts & Myths About This Day
May 30 is the 151st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 215 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 17, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 476,952 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectapentacontahenagon’ day.
Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 244 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,178 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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May 30 Historical Events
1434 –
Hussite Wars (Bohemian Wars): Battle of Lipany – effectively ending the war, Utraquist forces led by Diviš Bořek of Miletínek defeat and almost annihilate Taborite forces led by Prokop the Great.
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.
1815 –
The East Indiaman ship Arniston is wrecked during a storm at Waenhuiskrans, near Cape Agulhas, present-day South Africa, with the loss of 372 lives.
1832 –
End of the Hambach Festival in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
1868 –
Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern “Memorial Day”) is observed in the United States for the first time (By “Commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic” John A. Logan’s proclamation on May 5).
1925 –
May 30 Movement: Shanghai Municipal Police Force shot 13 protesting workers to death.
1966 –
Launch of Surveyor 1 the first US spacecraft to achieve landing on an extraterrestrial body.
1968 –
Charles de Gaulle reappears publicly after his flight to Baden-Baden, Germany, and dissolves the French National Assembly by a radio appeal. Immediately after, less than one million of his supporters march on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. This is the turning point of May 1968 in France.
1998 –
Nuclear Testing: Pakistan conducts an underground test in the Kharan Desert. It is reported to be a plutonium device with yield of 20kt.
Who were born on May 30?
1874 –
Ernest Duchesne, French physician (d. 1912)
1909 –
Benny Goodman, American clarinetist and bandleader (d. 1986)
1943 –
Gale Sayers, American football player
1953 –
Colm Meaney, Irish actor
1955 –
Jake “The Snake” Roberts, American wrestler
1955 –
Topper Headon, British musician (The Clash)
1961 –
Ralph Carter, American actor
1962 –
Tonya Pinkins, American actress
1970 –
Ness Wadia, Indian industrialist
1979 –
Clint Bowyer, American NASCAR driver
Who died on May 30?
1252 –
King Ferdinand III of Castile (b. 1199)
1640 –
Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter (b. 1577)
1868 –
Okita Sōji, Japanese law enforcement figure (b. 1823)
1961 –
Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina, Dominican Republic dictator (b. 1891)
1964 –
Dave MacDonald, American auto racer (b. 1936)
1996 –
Léon-Etienne Duval, French Roman Catholic Cardinal (b. 1903)
2005 –
Fazal Mahmood, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1927)
2006 –
Robert Sterling, American actor (b. 1917)
2008 –
Auguste Legros, French politician (b.1922)
2010 –
Duff Roblin, Canadian politician (b. 1917)
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