May 30th, 1278

Born on May 30th, 1278

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 272,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 562 days, exactly on November 10th, 2025, people who were born on May 30th, 1278 will be 273,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on May 30th?

May 30th, 2008

The Convention on Cluster Munitions, prohibiting the use, transfer, and stockpiling of cluster bombs, was adopted.

May 30th, 2005

American student Natalee Holloway disappeared while on a high-school graduation trip to Aruba.

May 30th, 1963

Buddhist crisis: A protest against pro-Catholic discrimination was held outside South Vietnam's National Assembly, the first open demonstration against President Ngô Đình Diệm.

May 30th, 1959

The Auckland Harbour Bridge, spanning Waitematā Harbour between the Saint Marys Bay and Northcote suburbs of Auckland, New Zealand, officially opened.

May 30th, 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.

May 30th, 1943

The first game of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, the forerunner of women's professional league sports in the United States, was played.

May 30th, 1922

The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., featuring a sculpture of the sixteenth U.S. president Abraham Lincoln (pictured) by Daniel Chester French, opened.

May 30th, 1914

RMS Aquitania, the last surviving four-funnel ocean liner, departed from Liverpool on her maiden voyage to New York City.

May 30th, 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.

May 30th, 1866

Bedřich Smetana's comic opera The Bartered Bride premiered in Prague.

May 30th, 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.

May 30th, 1723

Johann Sebastian Bach (pictured) assumed the office of Thomaskantor in Leipzig, presenting the cantata, Die Elenden sollen essen, BWV 75, in the St. Nicholas Church.

May 30th, 1536

Jane Seymour, a former lady-in-waiting, married King Henry VIII, becoming the queen consort of England.

May 30th, 1431

Hundred Years' War: After being convicted of heresy, Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in Rouen, France.

May 30th, 2020

The Crew Dragon Demo-2 launches from the Kennedy Space Center, becoming the first crewed orbital spacecraft to launch from the United States since 2011 and the first commercial flight to the International Space Station.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 30th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 30th?

56

Dante Alighieri

Italian poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)

*May 30th, 1265, Florence †September 13th, 1321, Ravenna

57

Thomas Häßler

German footballer

*May 30th, 1966, West Berlin

43

Steven Gerrard

English association football player and manager

*May 30th, 1980, Whiston

63

Walter Otto

German historian

*May 30th, 1878, Wrocław †November 1st, 1941, Munich

52

Idina Menzel

American actress and singer

*May 30th, 1971, Manhattan

85

Alexey Leonov

Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human to conduct a spacewalk (1934-2019)

*May 30th, 1934, Listvyanka †October 11th, 2019, Burdenko Hospital

51

Joachim Rønning

Norwegian film director

*May 30th, 1972, Sandefjord Municipality

72

Stephen Tobolowsky

American actor

*May 30th, 1951, Dallas

52

Peter the Great

Tsar and 1st Emperor, founder of the Russian Empire

*May 30th, 1672, Moscow †January 28th, 1725, Saint Petersburg

61

Tonya Pinkins

Actress, singer, writer, activist, author

*May 30th, 1962, Chicago

80

Luis Rego

Portuguese actor, comedian and musician

*May 30th, 1943, Lisbon

56

Claudia Alexander

American geophysicist and planetary scientist (1959-2015)

*May 30th, 1959, Vancouver †July 11th, 2015, Los Angeles

83

Gustav Leonhardt

Dutch keyboard player, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor

*May 30th, 1928, 's-Graveland †January 16th, 2012, Amsterdam

84

Gerasimos Arsenis

Greek politician (1931-2016)

*May 30th, 1931, Argostoli †April 19th, 2016, Athens

48

CeeLo Green

American singer and rapper

*May 30th, 1975, Atlanta

79

Peter Leeds

American actor (1917-1996)

*May 30th, 1917, Bayonne †November 12th, 1996, Los Angeles

68

Colm Tóibín

Irish novelist and writer

*May 30th, 1955, Enniscorthy

90

Agnès Varda

French artist, film director, screenwriter and photographer (1928–2019)

*May 30th, 1928, Ixelles - Elsene †March 29th, 2019, 14th arrondissement of Paris

76

Tom Malloy

American cinematographer (1897-1973)

*May 30th, 1897, New York City †October 8th, 1973, Los Angeles

92

Julius Axelrod

American biochemist

*May 30th, 1912, New York City †December 29th, 2004, Bethesda

68

Brian Kobilka

American physiologist

*May 30th, 1955, Little Falls

62

Mikhail Bakunin

Russian revolutionary anarchist and philosopher (1814–1876)

*May 30th, 1814, Priamukhino †July 1st, 1876, Bern

67

Hugh Griffith

British actor (1912-1980)

*May 30th, 1912, Marian-glas †May 14th, 1980, London

87

Pierre Janet

French psychologist

*May 30th, 1859, Paris †February 24th, 1947, Paris

43

Anton Ažbe

Slovenian artist (1862-1905)

*May 30th, 1862, Carniola †August 6th, 1905, Munich

61

Marie Fredriksson

Swedish singer (1958–2019)

*May 30th, 1958, Össjö †December 9th, 2019, Djursholm

32

Katrina Jade

American pornographic actress

*May 30th, 1991, Sacramento

73

Joshua Rozenberg

British journalist

*May 30th, 1950, United Kingdom

59

Tom Morello

American guitarist and musician

*May 30th, 1964, New York City

34

Ailee

Korean-American singer

*May 30th, 1989, Denver

30

Hugo Boucheron

French rower

*May 30th, 1993, Lyon

42

Counteé Cullen

American author (1903–1946)

*May 30th, 1903, Louisville †January 9th, 1946, New York City

27

Aleksandr Golovin

Russian association football player

*May 30th, 1996, Kaltan

98

Joseph Stein

American playwright

*May 30th, 1912, The Bronx †October 24th, 2010, New York City

65

David Sassoli

President of the European Parliament from 2019 to 2022

*May 30th, 1956, Florence †January 11th, 2022, Aviano

80

Cornelia Otis Skinner

American actress and author

*May 30th, 1899, Chicago †July 9th, 1979, New York City

81

Mel Blanc

American voice actor and radio personality (1908–1989)

*May 30th, 1908, San Francisco †July 10th, 1989, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

86

Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1801 to 1804

*May 30th, 1757, London Borough of Camden †February 15th, 1844, White Lodge

65

Gladys Horton

American singer

*May 30th, 1945, Gainesville †January 26th, 2011, Sherman Oaks

65

Ann Hampton Callaway

American singer

*May 30th, 1958, Chicago

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1278 is a normal year and no leap year.

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