May 30th, 1937

Born on May 30th, 1937

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What happened on May 30th, 1937?

May 30th, 1937

Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937_Memorial_Day_massacre

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, 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.

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

Born on May 30th, 1937

85

Christophe Izard

French television producer

*May 30th, 1937, 7th arrondissement of Paris †July 31st, 2022, Île-de-France

81

Deanna Lund

American actress (1937-2018)

*May 30th, 1937, Oak Park †June 22nd, 2018, Century City

78

Corry van der Linden

Dutch actress (1937-2015)

*May 30th, 1937, Utrecht †June 6th, 2015, Laren

86

Harry Statham

American basketball coach

*May 30th, 1937, Brookport

86

Armando Valladares

American diplomat and former Cuban prisoner

*May 30th, 1937, Pinar del Río

86

Christopher Haskins

British politician (born 1937)

*May 30th, 1937, Dublin

83

Angèle Jacq

French novelist

*May 30th, 1937, Landudal †April 13th, 2021, Quimper

82

Claes Andersson

Finland Swedish psychiatrist, author, musician and politician (1937-2019)

*May 30th, 1937, Helsinki †July 24th, 2019, Meilahti Tower Hospital

62

Aleksandr Demyanenko

Soviet and Russian actor

*May 30th, 1937, Yekaterinburg †August 22nd, 1999, Saint Petersburg

80

Roland Gretler

(1937-2018)

*May 30th, 1937, St. Gallen †January 22nd, 2018, St. Gallen

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Who's birthday is on May 30th?

85

Alexey Leonov

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

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

57

Thomas Häßler

German footballer

*May 30th, 1966, West Berlin

80

Luis Rego

Portuguese actor, comedian and musician

*May 30th, 1943, Lisbon

43

Steven Gerrard

English association football player and manager

*May 30th, 1980, Whiston

72

Stephen Tobolowsky

American actor

*May 30th, 1951, Dallas

52

Idina Menzel

American actress and singer

*May 30th, 1971, Manhattan

84

Gerasimos Arsenis

Greek politician (1931-2016)

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

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

63

Walter Otto

German historian

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

61

Tonya Pinkins

Actress, singer, writer, activist, author

*May 30th, 1962, Chicago

84

Joshua Bryant

American actor

*May 30th, 1939, Norfolk

87

Keir Dullea

American actor

*May 30th, 1936, Cleveland

56

Claudia Alexander

American geophysicist and planetary scientist (1959-2015)

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

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

Dante Alighieri

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

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

68

Colm Tóibín

Irish novelist and writer

*May 30th, 1955, Enniscorthy

83

David Ackroyd

American actor

*May 30th, 1940, Orange

79

Peter Leeds

American actor (1917-1996)

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

65

Gladys Horton

American singer

*May 30th, 1945, Gainesville †January 26th, 2011, Sherman Oaks

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Born in 1937

87

Olusegun Obasanjo

Nigerian president (1999-2007) and military leader (1976–79)

*March 5th, 1937, Abeokuta

87

Heinz Rennhack

German actor

*March 5th, 1937, Gdańsk

82

Sigmund Jähn

East German cosmonaut

*February 13th, 1937, Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz †September 21st, 2019, Strausberg

80

Erland Kops

Danish badminton player

*January 14th, 1937, Copenhagen †February 18th, 2017

86

Bobby Charlton

English association football player and manager (1937–2023)

*October 11th, 1937, Ashington †October 21st, 2023, Macclesfield District General Hospital

79

George Steele

American professional wrestler and actor (1937-2017)

*April 16th, 1937, Detroit †February 16th, 2017, Cocoa Beach

86

Morgan Freeman

American actor, director, and narrator (born 1937)

*June 1st, 1937, Memphis

86

Jane Fonda

American actress and activist

*December 21st, 1937, New York City

87

Rita Süssmuth

German politician

*February 17th, 1937, Wuppertal

80

Attilio Nicora

Catholic cardinal

*March 16th, 1937, Varese †April 22nd, 2017, Rome

86

Anthony Hopkins

Welsh actor and director (born 1937)

*December 31st, 1937, Port Talbot

87

Paul Zanker

German classical archaeologist (born 1937)

*February 7th, 1937, Constance

79

Johannes Grützke

German painter and illustrator (1937-2017)

*September 30th, 1937, Berlin †May 17th, 2017, Berlin

69

Saddam Hussein

Iraqi president, army officer and Baathist politician

*April 28th, 1937, Al-Awja †December 30th, 2006, Kadhimiya

86

Dustin Hoffman

American actor (born 1937)

*August 8th, 1937, Los Angeles

85

Larry Hillman

Canadian ice hockey player

*February 5th, 1937, Kirkland Lake †June 3rd, 2022

79

Richard H. Solomon

American diplomat

*June 19th, 1937, Philadelphia †March 13th, 2017, Bethesda

86

Martti Ahtisaari

President of Finland from 1994 to 2000

*June 23rd, 1937, Vyborg †October 16th, 2023, Helsinki

79

Alberto Carneiro

Portuguese artist

*September 20th, 1937, São Mamede de Coronado †April 15th, 2017, Porto

87

Warren Beatty

American actor and filmmaker

*March 30th, 1937, Richmond

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1937 is a normal year and no leap year.

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