May 30th, 1779

Born on May 30th, 1779

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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 1779

72

Thomas Moore

Irish poet, singer and songwriter (1779–1852)

*May 28th, 1779, Dublin †February 25th, 1852, Bromham

68

Jöns Jacob Berzelius

Swedish chemist (1779–1848)

*August 20th, 1779, Väfversunda †August 7th, 1848, Adolf Fredriks parish

29

Mustafa IV

Ottoman Sultan (1779-1808)

*September 8th, 1779, Constantinople †November 17th, 1808, Constantinople

69

William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

British politician (1779–1848)

*March 15th, 1779, London †November 24th, 1848, Hertfordshire

80

Carl Ritter

German geographer (1779-1859)

*August 7th, 1779, Quedlinburg †September 28th, 1859, Berlin

42

Heinrich Voß

German classical philologist and translator

*October 29th, 1779, Otterndorf †October 20th, 1822, Heidelberg

65

Joseph Story

American jurist (1779–1845); US Supreme Court justice from 1812 to 1845

*September 18th, 1779, Marblehead †September 10th, 1845, Cambridge

68

James Pattison Cockburn

British Army general and artist (1779-1847)

*March 18th, 1779, Woolwich †March 18th, 1847, Woolwich

29

Jacinto Ruiz y Mendoza

Spanish military personnel

*August 16th, 1779, Ceuta †March 13th, 1809, Trujillo

75

Jean Coralli

French ballet dancer and choreographer (1779-1854)

*January 15th, 1779, Paris †May 1st, 1854, Paris

78

Johann Schweigger

German chemist, physicist, and professor

*April 8th, 1779, Erlangen †September 6th, 1857, Halle (Saale)

65

Joseph Widmer

Swiss theologian (1779-1844)

*August 15th, 1779, Hochdorf †December 10th, 1844, Beromünster

70

Francisco Cea Bermúdez

Spanish politician and diplomat (1779-1850)

*October 28th, 1779, Málaga †July 6th, 1850, Paris

60

Isaac Chauncey

U.S. Navy Officer

*February 20th, 1779, Connecticut †January 27th, 1840, Washington, D.C.

65

Augustus Wall Callcott

British artist (1779-1844)

*February 20th, 1779, Kensington †November 2nd, 1844, Kensington

48

Josef Eisenstecken

Austrian military personnel

*April 1st, 1779, Matrei am Brenner †May 1st, 1827, Gries-Quirein

49

Thomas B. Robertson

United States federal judge (1779–1828)

*February 27th, 1779, Petersburg †October 5th, 1828, White Sulphur Springs

62

Louis de Freycinet

French navigator

*August 7th, 1779, Montélimar †August 18th, 1841, Loriol-sur-Drôme

67

Philip, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg

Austrian general and Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg

*March 11th, 1779, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe †December 15th, 1846, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe

72

Abraham Constantin Mouradgea d’Ohsson

Swedish historian and diplomat of Armenian descent

*September 26th, 1779, Istanbul †December 25th, 1851, Berlin

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No: With 365 days 1779 is a normal year and no leap year.

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