Tukuk-OS📅 May 30
21 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on May 30? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2024 — Donald Trump was convicted of falsifying business records in a New York trial, becoming the first former U.S. president found guilty in a criminal case.
Donald TrumpProsecution of Donald Trump in New YorkPresident of the United States
- 2020 — Crew Dragon Demo-2 became the first commercial mission to the International Space Station.
- 2012 — Former Liberia president Charles Taylor was sentenced to 50 years in prison for his role in atrocities committed during the Sierra Leone Civil War.
President of LiberiaCharles Taylor (Liberian politician)Sierra Leone Civil War
- 2008 — The Convention on Cluster Munitions, prohibiting the use, transfer, and stockpiling of cluster bombs, was adopted.
- 2005 — American student Natalee Holloway disappeared on a high-school graduation trip to Aruba.
- 1998 — A magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck northern Afghanistan, killing at least 4,000 people, destroying more than 30 villages, and leaving 45,000 people homeless.
- 1972 — Members of the Japanese Red Army carried out the Lod Airport massacre in Tel Aviv, Israel, on behalf of PFLP External Operations, killing over 20 people and injuring almost 80 others.
- 1969 — A demonstration by workers and activists on the Caribbean island of Curaçao escalated into a violent uprising which destroyed much of Willemstad.
- 1963 — Buddhist crisis: A protest against pro-Catholic discrimination was held outside the National Assembly of South Vietnam in Saigon, the first open demonstration against President Ngô Đình Diệm.
- 1959 — The Auckland Harbour Bridge officially opened, connecting the suburbs of Saint Marys Bay and Northcote in Auckland, New Zealand, across Waitematā Harbour.
Auckland Harbour BridgeSaint Marys Bay, New ZealandNorthcote, Auckland
- 1948 — A dike holding the Columbia River broke, causing a flood that destroyed Vanport, Oregon, U.S., only five years after the city was built.
- 1940 — Second World War: HMS Cambrian was sunk by a mine in The Solent, with the loss of 23 lives.
- 1922 — The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., featuring a sculpture of the sixteenth U.S. president Abraham Lincoln by Daniel Chester French, opened.
Lincoln MemorialWashington, D.C.Statue of Abraham Lincoln (Lincoln Memorial)
- 1914 — RMS Aquitania, the last surviving four-funnel ocean liner, departed from Liverpool on her maiden voyage to New York City.
- 1899 — Pearl Hart, one of the few female outlaws of the American Old West, committed one of the last recorded stagecoach robberies, about 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Globe, Arizona.
- 1866 — Bedřich Smetana's comic opera The Bartered Bride (cover of score pictured) premiered in Prague.
- 1854 — The Kansas–Nebraska Act became law, establishing the U.S. territories of Nebraska and Kansas, and allowing their settlers to determine if slavery would be permitted.
Kansas–Nebraska ActList of states and territories of the United StatesNebraska Territory
- 1806 — In one of several violent incidents involving future U.S. president Andrew Jackson, Charles Dickinson was killed in a duel; Jackson was wounded and carried the bullet for the rest of his life.
List of violent incidents involving Andrew JacksonAndrew JacksonCharles Dickinson (planter)
- 1723 — Johann Sebastian Bach assumed the office of Thomaskantor in Leipzig, presenting the cantata Die Elenden sollen essen in St. Nicholas Church.
Johann Sebastian BachThomaskantorDie Elenden sollen essen, BWV 75
- 1536 — Jane Seymour, a former lady-in-waiting, married King Henry VIII, becoming the queen consort of England.
- 1431 — Hundred Years' War: After being convicted of heresy, Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in Rouen, France.
Births
- 2002 — Natty, Thai singer based in South Korea
- 2000 — Jared S. Gilmore, American actor
- 1999 — Eddie Nketiah, English footballer
- 1999 — Guanyu Zhou, Chinese race car driver
- 1997 — Jung Eun-bi, South Korean singer and actress
- 1997 — Charlie Hall, American actor
- 1997 — Jake Short, American actor
- 1996 — Beatriz Haddad Maia, Brazilian tennis player
- 1996 — Aleksandr Golovin, Russian footballer
- 1994 — Scott Laughton, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1992 — Harrison Barnes, American basketball player
- 1992 — Danielle Harold, English actress
Deaths
- 2025 — Étienne-Émile Baulieu, French biochemist and endocrinologist (born 1926)
- 2025 — Valerie Mahaffey, American actress (born 1953)
- 2025 — Loretta Swit, American actress and singer (born 1937)
- 2025 — John E. Thrasher, American politician (born 1943)
- 2024 — Geneviève de Galard, French nurse (born 1925)
- 2024 — Drew Gordon, American professional basketball player (born 1990)
- 2021 — Jason Dupasquier, Swiss motorcycle road racer (born 2001)
- 2020 — Michael Angelis, British actor (born 1944)
- 2019 — Thad Cochran, American lawyer and politician (born 1937)
- 2019 — Jason Marcano, Trinidadian footballer (born 1983)
- 2016 — Tom Lysiak, Polish-Canadian ice hockey player (born 1953)
- 2016 — Rick MacLeish, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1950)
Observances & holidays
- Anguilla Day, commemorates the beginning of the Anguillian Revolution in 1967. (Anguilla)
- Canary Islands Day (Spain)
- Christian feast day: Basil the Elder and Emmelia of Caesarea
- Christian feast day: Dymphna
- Christian feast day: Ferdinand III of Castile and León
- Christian feast day: Isaac of Dalmatia
- Christian feast day: Joan of Arc
- Christian feast day: Joseph Marello
- Christian feast day: Luke Kirby
- Christian feast day: Matiya Mulumba
- Christian feast day: Blessed Otto Neururer
- Christian feast day: May 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Indian Arrival Day (Trinidad and Tobago)
- Kaamatan, harvest festival in the state of Sabah and the federal territory of Labuan (Malaysia)
- Lod Massacre Remembrance Day (Puerto Rico)
- Mother's Day (Nicaragua)
- Statehood Day (Croatia)
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