May 30th, 1758

Born on May 30th, 1758

Age in days, weeks and months
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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?

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

57

Thomas Häßler

German footballer

*May 30th, 1966, West Berlin

63

Walter Otto

German historian

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

56

Dante Alighieri

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

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

43

Steven Gerrard

English association football player and manager

*May 30th, 1980, Whiston

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

52

Peter the Great

Tsar and 1st Emperor, founder of the Russian Empire

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

81

Jean-Luc Legrand

Swiss politician and entrepreneur (1755-1836)

*May 30th, 1755, Basel †October 4th, 1836, Fouday

72

Stephen Tobolowsky

American actor

*May 30th, 1951, Dallas

61

Tonya Pinkins

Actress, singer, writer, activist, author

*May 30th, 1962, Chicago

71

Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Koch

German botanist (1759-1831)

*May 30th, 1759, Magdeburg †March 8th, 1831, Magdeburg

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

62

Mikhail Bakunin

Russian revolutionary anarchist and philosopher (1814–1876)

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

84

Gerasimos Arsenis

Greek politician (1931-2016)

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

66

Friedrich Hansmann

German choir director

*May 30th, 1769, Berlin †May 4th, 1836, Berlin

63

Abbé Faria

Goan Catholic monk and pioneer of hypnotism

*May 30th, 1756, Candolim †September 20th, 1819, Paris

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Born in 1758

73

James Monroe

President of the United States from 1817 to 1825

*April 28th, 1758, Monroe Hall †July 4th, 1831, New York City

36

Maximilien Robespierre

French revolutionary lawyer and politician (1758–1794)

*May 6th, 1758, Arras †July 28th, 1794, Paris

79

Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy

French linguist and orientalist (1758–1838)

*September 21st, 1758, Paris †February 21st, 1838, Paris

47

Horatio Nelson

British Royal Navy admiral (1758–1805)

*September 29th, 1758, Burnham Thorpe †October 21st, 1805, Cape Trafalgar

81

Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers

German physician and astronomer (1758-1840)

*October 11th, 1758, Hemelingen †March 2nd, 1840, Bremen

48

Jean-Jacques Dessalines

Leader of Haitian Revolution and first ruler of independent Haiti (1758-1806)

*September 20th, 1758, Plaine-du-Nord †October 17th, 1806, Port-au-Prince

84

Noah Webster

American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, writer, editor and author (1758-1843)

*October 16th, 1758, West Hartford †May 28th, 1843, New Haven

58

André Masséna

French military commander during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1758-1817)

*May 6th, 1758, Nice †April 4th, 1817, Paris

21

Go-Momozono

Emperor of Japan (1758-1779)

*August 5th, 1758, Kyoto †December 16th, 1779, Kyoto

80

Johann Heinrich Wieland

Swiss politician (1758-1838)

*February 14th, 1758, Waldenburg †May 4th, 1838, Basel

51

John Hoppner

British painter (1758-1810)

*April 4th, 1758, Whitechapel †January 23rd, 1810, London

89

Louis Adam

French composer

*December 3rd, 1758, Muttersholtz †April 8th, 1848, Paris

68

Camillo Pacetti

Italian artist (1758-1826)

*May 2nd, 1758, Rome †July 16th, 1826, Milan

59

Fanny von Arnstein

Austrian salon-holder

*November 29th, 1758, Berlin †June 8th, 1818, Vienna

56

Thomas Picton

Welsh general who served in the British Army (1758-1815)

*August 24th, 1758, Haverfordwest †June 18th, 1815, Battle of Waterloo

78

Christian Adam Dann

German theologian (1758-1837)

*December 24th, 1758, Tübingen †March 19th, 1837, Stuttgart

74

Armand Samuel de Marescot

French general

*March 1st, 1758, Tours †December 25th, 1832, Saint-Quentin-lès-Troo

80

Philipp Friedrich von Hetsch

German painter (1758-1838)

*September 10th, 1758, Stuttgart †December 31st, 1838, Stuttgart

50

Fisher Ames

American politician (1758–1808)

*April 9th, 1758, Dedham †July 4th, 1808, Dedham

84

John Armstrong Jr.

American politician (1758-1843)

*November 25th, 1758, Carlisle †April 1st, 1843, Red Hook

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No: With 365 days 1758 is a normal year and no leap year.

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