May 30th, 1914

Born on May 30th, 1914

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on May 30th, 1914?

May 30th, 1914

The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunard_Line

May 30th, 1914

RMS Aquitania, the last surviving four-funnel ocean liner, departed from Liverpool on her maiden voyage to New York City.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Aquitania

What else 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, 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.

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

Born on May 30th, 1914

86

Sergej Kraigher

Yugoslav politician (1914-2001)

*May 30th, 1914, Postojna †January 17th, 2001, Ljubljana

64

Setsuo Akinoumi

Sumo wrestler

*May 30th, 1914, Hiroshima †March 25th, 1979, Kamakura

65

Bobby Sherwood

American actor and trumpeter (1914-1980)

*May 30th, 1914, Indianapolis †January 23rd, 1980, Auburn

80

Jiří Marek

Czech publicist, scriptwriter, writer and university educator (1914-1994)

*May 30th, 1914, Prague †December 10th, 1994, Prague

68

Paul Benthien

German table tennis player

*May 30th, 1914, Hamburg †June 24th, 1982

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Who's birthday is on May 30th?

57

Thomas Häßler

German footballer

*May 30th, 1966, West Berlin

79

Peter Leeds

American actor (1917-1996)

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

85

Alexey Leonov

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

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

92

Julius Axelrod

American biochemist

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

63

Walter Otto

German historian

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

67

Hugh Griffith

British actor (1912-1980)

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

43

Steven Gerrard

English association football player and manager

*May 30th, 1980, Whiston

98

Joseph Stein

American playwright

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

52

Idina Menzel

American actress and singer

*May 30th, 1971, Manhattan

72

Stephen Tobolowsky

American actor

*May 30th, 1951, Dallas

51

Joachim Rønning

Norwegian film director

*May 30th, 1972, Sandefjord Municipality

83

Gustav Leonhardt

Dutch keyboard player, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor

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

84

Gerasimos Arsenis

Greek politician (1931-2016)

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

80

Luis Rego

Portuguese actor, comedian and musician

*May 30th, 1943, Lisbon

61

Tonya Pinkins

Actress, singer, writer, activist, author

*May 30th, 1962, Chicago

56

Dante Alighieri

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

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

81

Mel Blanc

American voice actor and radio personality (1908–1989)

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

90

Agnès Varda

French artist, film director, screenwriter and photographer (1928–2019)

*May 30th, 1928, Ixelles - Elsene †March 29th, 2019, 14th arrondissement of Paris

56

Claudia Alexander

American geophysicist and planetary scientist (1959-2015)

*May 30th, 1959, Vancouver †July 11th, 2015, Los Angeles

72

Louis Daquin

French film director, screenwriter and actor

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

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50

Viola Desmond

Canadian activist (1914-1965)

*July 6th, 1914, Halifax †February 7th, 1965, New York City

73

Charles Hawtrey

English film actor (1914-1988)

*November 30th, 1914, Hounslow †October 27th, 1988, Deal

91

Fayard Nicholas

Choreographer, dancer, actor

*October 20th, 1914, Mobile †January 24th, 2006, Los Angeles

91

Osa Massen

Danish actress (1914-2006)

*January 13th, 1914, Copenhagen †January 2nd, 2006, Santa Monica

68

Louis de Funès

French actor and comedian

*July 31st, 1914, Courbevoie †January 27th, 1983, Nantes

78

Tonny Ahm

Danish badminton player

*September 21st, 1914, Ordrup †April 7th, 1993

87

Jale İnan

Turkish classical archaeologist (1914-2001)

*February 1st, 1914, Istanbul †February 26th, 2001, Istanbul

75

Arthur Kennedy

American actor (1914–1990)

*February 17th, 1914, Worcester †January 5th, 1990, Branford

86

Ray Walston

American actor and comedian

*November 2nd, 1914, Laurel †January 1st, 2001, Beverly Hills

96

Kevin McCarthy

American actor (1914–2010)

*February 15th, 1914, Seattle †September 11th, 2010, Hyannis

85

Hedy Lamarr

Austrian-American actress and co-inventor of an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping (1914-2000)

*November 9th, 1914, Vienna †January 19th, 2000, Casselberry

77

Karl Carstens

President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1914-1992)

*December 14th, 1914, Bremen †May 30th, 1992, Meckenheim

82

Rafael Kubelík

Czech conductor, violinist and composer

*June 29th, 1914, Býchory †August 11th, 1996, Kastanienbaum

109

Muazzez İlmiye Çığ

Turkish sumerologist

*June 20th, 1914, Bursa

81

David Wayne

American actor (1914–1995)

*January 30th, 1914, Traverse City †February 9th, 1995, Santa Monica

72

Robert Alda

American theatrical and film actor (1914–1986); father of actors Alan and Antony Alda

*February 26th, 1914, New York City †May 3rd, 1986, Los Angeles

103

Gisèle Casadesus

French actress (1914-2017)

*June 14th, 1914, 18th arrondissement of Paris †September 24th, 2017, Paris

86

Tove Jansson

Finnish children's writer and illustrator (1914–2001)

*August 9th, 1914, Helsinki †June 27th, 2001, Helsinki

87

Thor Heyerdahl

Norwegian anthropologist and adventurer (1914-2002)

*October 6th, 1914, Larvik †April 18th, 2002, Colla Micheri

94

Dorival Caymmi

Brazilian singer, songwriter, actor, and painter (1914-2008)

*April 30th, 1914, Salvador †August 16th, 2008, Rio de Janeiro

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1914 is a normal year and no leap year.

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