May 30th, 1959

Born on May 30th, 1959

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What happened on May 30th, 1959?

May 30th, 1959

The Auckland Harbour Bridge, crossing the Waitemata Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, is officially opened by Governor-General Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auckland_Harbour_Bridge

May 30th, 1959

The Auckland Harbour Bridge, spanning Waitematā Harbour between the Saint Marys Bay and Northcote suburbs of Auckland, New Zealand, officially opened.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auckland_Harbour_Bridge

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, 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, 1959

56

Claudia Alexander

American geophysicist and planetary scientist (1959-2015)

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

55

Marco Tamburini

Italian composer (1959-2015)

*May 30th, 1959, Cesena †May 29th, 2015, Bologna

64

Pietro Tonolo

Italian jazz musician

*May 30th, 1959, Mirano

64

Georg-Christof Bertsch

German Design Consultant and University Lecturer

*May 30th, 1959, Seeheim-Jugenheim

64

Frank Vanhecke

Belgian politician

*May 30th, 1959, Bruges

64

Randy Ferbey

Canadian curler

*May 30th, 1959, Edmonton

64

Phil Brown

English association football player and manager (born 1959)

*May 30th, 1959, South Shields

64

Charlotte Brändström

Swedish film director

*May 30th, 1959, Paris

63

Wyndham St. John

Canadian equestrian

*May 30th, 1959, Vancouver †March 6th, 2023

59

Alessandra Appiano

Italian journalist and writer (1959-2018)

*May 30th, 1959, Asti †June 3rd, 2018, Milan

64

Elyssa Davalos

American actress

*May 30th, 1959, Canoga Park

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57

Thomas Häßler

German footballer

*May 30th, 1966, West Berlin

61

Tonya Pinkins

Actress, singer, writer, activist, author

*May 30th, 1962, Chicago

52

Idina Menzel

American actress and singer

*May 30th, 1971, Manhattan

43

Steven Gerrard

English association football player and manager

*May 30th, 1980, Whiston

72

Stephen Tobolowsky

American actor

*May 30th, 1951, Dallas

51

Joachim Rønning

Norwegian film director

*May 30th, 1972, Sandefjord Municipality

61

Marie Fredriksson

Swedish singer (1958–2019)

*May 30th, 1958, Össjö †December 9th, 2019, Djursholm

65

Ann Hampton Callaway

American singer

*May 30th, 1958, Chicago

85

Alexey Leonov

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

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

68

Colm Tóibín

Irish novelist and writer

*May 30th, 1955, Enniscorthy

68

Brian Kobilka

American physiologist

*May 30th, 1955, Little Falls

80

Luis Rego

Portuguese actor, comedian and musician

*May 30th, 1943, Lisbon

63

Walter Otto

German historian

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

65

David Sassoli

President of the European Parliament from 2019 to 2022

*May 30th, 1956, Florence †January 11th, 2022, Aviano

67

Katerina Sakellaropoulou

Greek judge, president of the Hellenic Republic

*May 30th, 1956, Thessaloniki

48

CeeLo Green

American singer and rapper

*May 30th, 1975, Atlanta

62

Ralph Carter

American actor

*May 30th, 1961, New York City

59

Tom Morello

American guitarist and musician

*May 30th, 1964, New York City

63

Robert Neal Marshall

American actor

*May 30th, 1960, Baltimore

60

Nasrin Sotoudeh

Iranian lawyer and human right activist

*May 30th, 1963, Tehran

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64

Jim Kerr

Scottish singer

*July 9th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Andrew Eldritch

British singer

*May 15th, 1959, Ely

56

Nahed Hattar

Jordanian writer

*November 30th, 1959, Amman †September 25th, 2016, Amman

64

Wolfgang Rolff

German association football player and manager

*December 26th, 1959, Lamstedt

64

Mike Pence

Vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 7th, 1959, Columbus

64

Morten Andreas Meyer

Norwegian politician

*October 20th, 1959, Sarpsborg Municipality

64

Jon Fosse

Norwegian writer, theater writer and translator

*September 29th, 1959, Haugesund Municipality

64

Donna Strickland

Canadian physicist, 2018 Nobel laurate

*May 27th, 1959, Guelph

64

Dave Ball

English producer and electronic musician

*May 3rd, 1959, Blackpool

64

Charlie Burchill

Scottish musician and composer

*November 27th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Rolf Mützenich

German politician (SPD)

*June 25th, 1959, Cologne

64

Martin Atkins

English musician

*August 3rd, 1959, Coventry

64

Bryan Adams

Canadian guitarist

*November 5th, 1959, Kingston

64

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

64

Carla Antonelli

Spanish actress and activist

*July 12th, 1959, Güímar

64

Johannes Röring

German politician

*May 16th, 1959, Vreden

64

Peter Enders

German politician (1959–)

*May 10th, 1959, Eichen

64

Allison Janney

American actress

*November 19th, 1959, Boston

65

Luc Besson

French film director, writer, and producer

*March 18th, 1959, Paris

64

Stephen Harper

22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015

*April 30th, 1959, Toronto

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No: With 365 days 1959 is a normal year and no leap year.

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