What happened this day in history May 30

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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