May 30th, 1898

Born on May 30th, 1898

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

Born on May 30th, 1898

86

John Gilroy

British artist (1898-1985)

*May 30th, 1898, Whitley Bay †April 11th, 1985, Guildford

44

Cyril Gardner

American actor and director (1898-1942)

*May 30th, 1898, Paris †December 30th, 1942, Hollywood

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Who's birthday is on May 30th?

76

Tom Malloy

American cinematographer (1897-1973)

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

63

Walter Otto

German historian

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

80

Cornelia Otis Skinner

American actress and author

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

57

Thomas Häßler

German footballer

*May 30th, 1966, West Berlin

85

Alexey Leonov

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

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

43

Steven Gerrard

English association football player and manager

*May 30th, 1980, Whiston

52

Idina Menzel

American actress and singer

*May 30th, 1971, Manhattan

51

Joachim Rønning

Norwegian film director

*May 30th, 1972, Sandefjord Municipality

72

Stephen Tobolowsky

American actor

*May 30th, 1951, Dallas

42

Counteé Cullen

American author (1903–1946)

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

56

Dante Alighieri

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

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

61

Tonya Pinkins

Actress, singer, writer, activist, author

*May 30th, 1962, Chicago

79

Peter Leeds

American actor (1917-1996)

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

83

Gustav Leonhardt

Dutch keyboard player, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor

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

80

Luis Rego

Portuguese actor, comedian and musician

*May 30th, 1943, Lisbon

84

Gerasimos Arsenis

Greek politician (1931-2016)

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

92

Julius Axelrod

American biochemist

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

81

Howard Hawks

American film director, producer and screenwriter (1896–1977)

*May 30th, 1896, Elkhart County †December 26th, 1977, Palm Springs

67

Hugh Griffith

British actor (1912-1980)

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

81

Mel Blanc

American voice actor and radio personality (1908–1989)

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

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Born in 1898

83

Marta Linz

Hungarian violinist, composer, conductor

*December 21st, 1898, Budapest †January 11th, 1982, Berlin

72

Johannes S. Andersen

Norwegian criminal, businessman and resistance fighter during the Second World War

*July 9th, 1898, Oslo †July 29th, 1970, Horten

78

Franz Altheim

German historian (1898-1976)

*October 6th, 1898, Frankfurt †October 17th, 1976, Münster

77

Ernst Meyer

German historian of classical antiquity (1898-1975)

*February 21st, 1898, Pinneberg †November 18th, 1975, Zürich

50

Sergei Eisenstein

Soviet filmmaker (1898–1948)

*January 10th, 1898, Riga †February 11th, 1948, Moscow

77

Paul Robeson

American singer, actor, and political activist (1898–1976)

*April 9th, 1898, Princeton †January 23rd, 1976, Philadelphia

58

Bertolt Brecht

German poet, playwright, theatre director (1898-1956)

*February 10th, 1898, Augsburg †August 14th, 1956, East Berlin

38

Federico García Lorca

Spanish poet, dramatist and theatre director (1898–1936)

*June 5th, 1898, Fuente Vaqueros †July 31st, 1936, Víznar

94

Shirley Booth

American actress (1898–1992)

*August 30th, 1898, Brooklyn †October 16th, 1992, Chatham

78

Alvar Aalto

Finnish architect and designer (1898–1976)

*February 3rd, 1898, Kuortane †May 11th, 1976, Helsinki

80

Golda Meir

Prime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974

*April 21st, 1898, Ukraine †December 8th, 1978, Jerusalem

89

Giuseppe Saragat

5th President of Italy (1898-1988)

*September 19th, 1898, Turin †June 11th, 1988, Rome

42

Agnes Ayres

American actress (1892–1940)

*April 4th, 1898, Carbondale †December 25th, 1940, Los Angeles

38

George Gershwin

American composer and pianist (1898–1937)

*September 26th, 1898, Brooklyn †July 11th, 1937, Hollywood

44

Stephen Vincent Benét

American poet, short story writer, novelist

*July 22nd, 1898, Bethlehem †March 13th, 1943, New York City

71

Helene Wessel

German politician (1898-1969)

*July 6th, 1898, Hörde †October 13th, 1969, Bonn

76

Umm Kulthum

Egyptian singer, songwriter, and film actress

*December 31st, 1898, Tamay Ez-Zahayra †February 3rd, 1975, Cairo

72

Theodor Lohrmann

German association football player

*September 7th, 1898, Heidelberg †September 4th, 1971

70

Marianne von Angern

German author

*August 24th, 1898, Sopron †January 1st, 1969, Aachen

81

Herbert Marcuse

German philosopher, sociologist, and political theorist (1898–1979)

*July 19th, 1898, Berlin †July 29th, 1979, Starnberg

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1898 is a normal year and no leap year.

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