May 30th, 1621

Born on May 30th, 1621

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What happened on May 30th?

May 30th, 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.

May 30th, 2020

Crew Dragon Demo-2 became the first commercial mission to the International Space Station.

May 30th, 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.

May 30th, 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.

May 30th, 1940

Second World War: HMS Cambrian was sunk by a mine in The Solent, with the loss of 23 lives.

May 30th, 1969

A demonstration by workers and activists on the Caribbean island of Curaçao escalated into a violent uprising which destroyed much of Willemstad.

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 on a high-school graduation trip to Aruba.

May 30th, 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.

May 30th, 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.

May 30th, 1959

The Auckland Harbour Bridge officially opened, connecting the suburbs of Saint Marys Bay and Northcote in Auckland, New Zealand, across Waitematā Harbour.

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 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.

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

Same year
Born in 1621

73

Jean de La Fontaine

French poet, fabulist and writer (1621–1695)

*July 8th, 1621, Château-Thierry †April 13th, 1695, Paris

65

Louis, Grand Condé

Prince of the Condé branch of the House of Bourbon, French general and famous military leader

*September 8th, 1621, Paris †December 11th, 1686, Fontainebleau

57

Andrew Marvell

English poet and politician (1621–1678)

*March 31st, 1621, Winestead †August 16th, 1678, London

54

Thomas Willis

English physician (1621-1675)

*January 27th, 1621, Great Bedwyn †November 11th, 1675, London

76

Leonora Christina Ulfeldt

Danish countess

*July 8th, 1621, Frederiksborg Palace †March 16th, 1698, Maribo

71

Jan Andrzej Morsztyn

Polish poet (1621–1693)

*June 24th, 1621, Raciborsko †January 8th, 1693, Paris

47

Willem van der Zaan

Dutch admiral

*June 29th, 1621, Amsterdam †March 17th, 1669, Cape Three Forks

49

Petar Zrinski

Croatian military commander

*June 6th, 1621, Vrbovec †April 30th, 1671, Wiener Neustadt

17

Sibylla Schwarz

German poet

*February 14th, 1621, Greifswald †July 31st, 1638, Greifswald

71

Rutger von Ascheberg

Swedish noble (1621-1693)

*June 2nd, 1621, Perbohnen †April 17th, 1693, Gothenburg

28

Isaac van Ostade

Painter from the Northern Netherlands (1621-1649)

*June 2nd, 1621, Haarlem †October 16th, 1649, Haarlem

60

Georg Neumark

German poet and composer of hymns (1621-1681)

*March 16th, 1621, Bad Langensalza †July 8th, 1681, Weimar

61

Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury

English politician and founder of the Whig party (1621-1683)

*July 22nd, 1621, Dorset †January 21st, 1683, Amsterdam

49

William Penn

English admiral and politician (1621-1670)

*April 23rd, 1621, Bristol †September 16th, 1670, Walthamstow

35

David Beck

Dutch portrait painter (1621-1656)

*May 25th, 1621, Delft †December 6th, 1656, The Hague

55

Ernst Friedrich Schröter

Germman law academic

*January 1st, 1621, Jena †January 1st, 1676, Jena

68

Caspar Ziegler

German jurist, poet and composer (1621-1690)

*September 15th, 1621, Leipzig †April 17th, 1690, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

56

Daniel Lüdemann

German theologian

*April 10th, 1621, Pasewalk †September 20th, 1677, Stade

54

Jacques Courtois

French painter (1621-1676)

*February 12th, 1621, Saint-Hippolyte †January 1st, 1676, Rome

60

Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham

English politician

*December 23rd, 1621, Eastwell †December 18th, 1682, London

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1621 is a normal year and no leap year.

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