May 30th, 1909

Born on May 30th, 1909

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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, 1909

77

Benny Goodman

American jazz clarinetist and bandleader (1909–1986)

*May 30th, 1909, Chicago †June 13th, 1986, New York City

34

Hilde Coppi

Antifascist member of resistance (1909-1943)

*May 30th, 1909, Berlin †August 5th, 1943, Plötzensee Prison

88

Jacques Canetti

French businessman (1909-1997)

*May 30th, 1909, Ruse †June 7th, 1997, Suresnes

57

Gustav Kampendonk

Screenwriter

*May 30th, 1909, Hoengen †June 29th, 1966, Berlin

78

Freddie Frith

British motorcycle racer

*May 30th, 1909, Grimsby †May 24th, 1988, Grimsby

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63

Walter Otto

German historian

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

57

Thomas Häßler

German footballer

*May 30th, 1966, West Berlin

81

Mel Blanc

American voice actor and radio personality (1908–1989)

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

85

Alexey Leonov

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

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

72

Louis Daquin

French film director, screenwriter and actor

*May 30th, 1908, Calais †October 2nd, 1980, 14th arrondissement of Paris

43

Steven Gerrard

English association football player and manager

*May 30th, 1980, Whiston

92

Julius Axelrod

American biochemist

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

86

Hannes Alfvén

Swedish electrical engineer, plasma physicist and science fiction author (1908–1995), winner of the 1970 Nobel Prize for Physics

*May 30th, 1908, Norrköping †April 2nd, 1995, Danderyd

67

Hugh Griffith

British actor (1912-1980)

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

52

Idina Menzel

American actress and singer

*May 30th, 1971, Manhattan

94

Inge Meysel

German actress

*May 30th, 1910, Neukölln †July 10th, 2004, Bullenhausen

79

Peter Leeds

American actor (1917-1996)

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

98

Joseph Stein

American playwright

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

100

Germaine Tillion

French anthropologist (1907-2008)

*May 30th, 1907, Allègre †April 19th, 2008, Saint-Mandé

51

Joachim Rønning

Norwegian film director

*May 30th, 1972, Sandefjord Municipality

72

Stephen Tobolowsky

American actor

*May 30th, 1951, Dallas

84

Georg K. Glaser

French writer

*May 30th, 1910, Guntersblum †January 1st, 1995, Paris

83

Gustav Leonhardt

Dutch keyboard player, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor

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

61

Tonya Pinkins

Actress, singer, writer, activist, author

*May 30th, 1962, Chicago

80

Luis Rego

Portuguese actor, comedian and musician

*May 30th, 1943, Lisbon

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69

Walter Arnold

German sculptor and politician (1909-1979)

*August 27th, 1909, Leipzig †July 11th, 1979, Dresden

72

Dorothy Walton

Badminton player

*August 7th, 1909, Swift Current †October 17th, 1981, Toronto

86

Arthur Dale Trendall

Australian classical archaeologist (1909-1995)

*March 28th, 1909, Auckland †November 13th, 1995, Melbourne

80

Peter von Blanckenhagen

Baltic-german-american archaeologist

*March 21st, 1909, Riga †March 6th, 1990, New York City

80

Hermann Bengtson

German historian

*July 2nd, 1909, Ratzeburg †November 2nd, 1989, Munich

85

Jessica Tandy

British-American actress (1909–1994)

*June 7th, 1909, London †September 11th, 1994, Fairfield County

82

Francis Bacon

Irish-born British figurative painter, 1909–1992

*October 28th, 1909, Dublin †April 28th, 1992, Madrid

87

Alain Poher

French politician (1909-1996)

*April 17th, 1909, Ablon-sur-Seine †December 9th, 1996, Paris

85

Tom Ewell

American actor (1909-1994)

*April 29th, 1909, Owensboro †September 12th, 1994, Woodland Hills

73

Isa Miranda

Italian actress (1905-1982)

*July 5th, 1909, Milan †July 8th, 1982, Rome

65

U Thant

Third Secretary-General of the United Nations (1909-1974)

*January 22nd, 1909, Pantanaw †November 25th, 1974, New York City

103

Rita Levi-Montalcini

Italian neurologist (1909-2012)

*April 22nd, 1909, Turin †December 30th, 2012, Nomentano

62

Kwame Nkrumah

Ghanaian pan-Africanist and the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana (1909-1972)

*September 21st, 1909, Nkroful †April 27th, 1972, Bucharest

106

Hans Erni

Swiss painter and engraver (1909-2015)

*February 21st, 1909, Lucerne †March 21st, 2015, Lucerne

87

Daniel Mayer

French politician, member of the French Resistance (1909-1996)

*April 29th, 1909, Paris †December 29th, 1996, Orsay

108

Jacques Clemens

Belgian priest

*July 11th, 1909, The Hague †March 7th, 2018, Loverval

89

Gratien Gélinas

Canadian author, playwright, actor, director, producer and administrator

*December 8th, 1909, Mauricie †March 16th, 1999, Deux-Montagnes

104

Frits Thors

Dutch television presenter

*September 13th, 1909, Amsterdam †April 19th, 2014, Laren

53

Hans-Heinrich Sievert

German decathlete (1909-1963)

*December 1st, 1909, Gut Grittern †April 5th, 1963, Eutin

34

Simone Weil

(1909-1943) French philosopher, Christian mystic, writer and social activist

*February 3rd, 1909, Paris †August 24th, 1943, Ashford

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1909 is a normal year and no leap year.

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