Notable Historical Events on May 30th
May 30th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1035 |
Boudouin V van Rijsel becomes earl of Flanders |
1087 |
German emperor Henry IV crowns his son Koenraad |
1100 |
Burchard becomes bishop of Utrecht |
1381 |
English peasant uprising begins in Essex |
1416 |
Jerome of Prague burned at the stake for heresy by church Council of Constance |
1431 |
Hundred Years' War: in Rouen, France, 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal. |
1434 |
The Battle of Lipany (also called the Battle of Česky Brod), ending Taborites influence |
1498 |
Columbus departs with 6 ships for 3rd trip to America |
1522 |
French troops driven out of Genoa |
1527 |
University of Marburg (Germany) founded |
1539 |
Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto discovers Florida |
1574 |
Henry III follows brother Charles IX as king of France |
1574 |
Sea battle at Lillo Belgium (Adolf Van Haemstede vs Louis de Boisot) |
1584 |
Earl Adolf of Nieuwenaar and Meurs becomes viceroy of Gelderland |
1631 |
The Treaty of Fontainebleau signed between Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, and the Kingdom of France, establishing a secret alliance between them during the Thirty Years' War. |
1635 |
The Peace of Prague signed between the Habsburg Emperor Ferdinand II and the Electorate of Saxony (representing Protestant states of the Holy Roman Empire). It effectively ended the civil war aspect of the Thirty Years' War |
1642 |
All honours granted by Charles I are retrospectively annulled by Parliament |
1646 |
Spain & Netherlands sign temporary cease fire |
1783 |
Benjamin Tower of Phila publishes 1st daily newspaper in US |
1793 |
Georges Couthon chosen member of French Committee the Salut Public |
1806 |
Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel after Dickinson had accused Jackson's wife of bigamy. |
1808 |
Napoleon Bonaparte annexes Tuscany & gave it seats in French Senate |
1814 |
Napoleonic Wars: War of the Sixth Coalition - the Treaty of Paris (1814) is signed returning French borders to their 1792 extent. |
1821 |
James Boyd patents Rubber Fire Hose |
1822 |
House slave betrays Denmark Vesey conspiracy (37 blacks hanged) |
1832 |
Evariste Galois give his theory on free assembly (dies in duel May 31) |
1832 |
The Rideau Canal in eastern Ontario is opened. |
1842 |
John Francis attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria |
1848 |
2nd battle at Gioto: Sardinia-Piemonte beats Austrians |
1848 |
William G Young patents ice cream freezer |
1848 |
Mexico ratifies treaty giving US; New Mexico, California & parts of Nevada, Utah, Arizona & Colorado in return for $15 million |
1854 |
Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed Missouri Compromise opens north slavery |
1854 |
Territories of Kansas & Nebraska created |
1858 |
Hudson's Bay Company's rights to Vancouver Island revoked |
1862 |
Battle of Booneville MS - captured Gen Beauregard evacuates Corinth |
1864 |
Cavalry fight at Battle of Bethesda Church/Totopotomoy Creek Virginia during US Civil War |
1866 |
Opera "Die Verkaufte Braut" premieres (Prague) |
1868 |
'Decoration Day', later called Memorial Day, first observed in Northern US states |
1876 |
Ottoman sultan Abd-ul-Aziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murat V. |
1879 |
92°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May |
1879 |
Gilmore Garden (NYC) renamed Madison Square Garden |
1879 |
An F4 tornado strikes Irving, Kansas, killing 18 and injuring 60. |
1883 |
Stampede caused by a rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge was going to collapse kills 12 |
1890 |
1st Dodger home run (Dave Foutz) |
1894 |
Bobby Lowe is 1st to hit 4 HRs in 1 baseball game |
1895 |
W G Grace scores his 1,000th Cricket run of the season after 22 days |
1896 |
1st car accident occurs, Henry Wells hit a bicyclist (NYC) |
1899 |
24th Preakness: R Clawson aboard Half Time wins in 1:47 |
1901 |
Hall of Fame for Great American on NYU campus dedicated |
1902 |
Spanish King Alfonso XII, who was elected as a constitutional monarch, suspends the Cortes, Spain's parliament |
1903 |
28th Preakness: W Gannon aboard Flocarline wins in 1:44.8 |
1904 |
Frank Chance gets hit by pitch 5 times in a doubleheader |
1904 |
The Japanese Army capture the City of Dairen after landing troops along the south coast of Manchuria |
1906 |
40th Belmont: Lucien Lyne aboard Burgomaster wins in 2:20 |
1907 |
41st Belmont: G Mountain aboard Peter Pan wins |
1908 |
1st federal workmen's compensation law approved |
1908 |
42nd Belmont: Joe Notter aboard Colin win |
1908 |
Aldrich Vineland Currency Act forerunner to Federal Reserve System |
1908 |
Paris advocate E Archdeacon is 1st passenger in a airplane |
1908 |
US Assay Office in Salt Lake City, Utah authorized |
1909 |
National Conference on the Negro is held |
1909 |
Reuben Siegel laid cornerstone of 1st home in Tel-Aviv |
1910 |
44th Belmont: James Butwell aboard Sweep wins in 2:22 |
1911 |
1st Indianapolis 500 car race, Ray Harroun wins at 74.59 MPH (120 KPH) |
1912 |
US Marines sent to Nicaragua |
1912 |
Indianapolis 500: Joe Dawson wins in 6:21:06.144 (120.060 km/h) |
1913 |
1st Balkan War ends, Treaty of London |
1913 |
New country of Albania, forms |
1913 |
John McGraw joins Fred Clarke, Cap Anson, Frank Selee, & Connie Mack as managers who have won 1,000 games |
1913 |
Indianapolis 500: Jules Goux wins in 6:35:05.108 (126.686 km/h) |
1914 |
The new and then largest Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City. |
1914 |
Indianapolis 500: René Thomas wins in 6:03:45.060 (132.729 km/h) |
1916 |
Indianapolis 500: Dario Resta wins in 3:34:16.990 (135.187 km/h) |
1917 |
Jazz standard "Dark Town Strutters Ball" by Original Dixieland Jass Band first recorded |
1921 |
Lord Dunsany's "If" premieres in London |
1921 |
Memorial to Capt Eddie Grant, killed in WW I, unveiled at Polo Grounds |
1921 |
Salzburg, Austria, votes to join Germany |
1921 |
Indianapolis 500: Tommy Milton wins in 5:34:44.578 (144.231 km/h) |
1922 |
Latvia & Vatican sign accord |
1922 |
Completed Lincoln Memorial dedicated by US Chief Justice William H. Taft in front of 50,000 |
1922 |
Cubs swap Max Flack for Cards Cliff Heathcote during middle of doubleheader. Both play for both teams that day |
1922 |
Indianapolis 500: Jimmy Murphy wins in 5:17:30.845 (152.057 km/h) |
1923 |
Howard Hanson's 1st Symphony "Nordic" premieres |
1923 |
Indianapolis 500: Tommy Milton wins in 5:31:19.618 (145.718 km/h) |
1924 |
Socialist Matteotti falls in Italian parliament by fascists |
1924 |
Indianapolis 500: Lora L. Corum/Joe Boyer wins in 5:05:23.595 (158.092 km/h) |
1925 |
British mariners shoot on demonstrators |
1925 |
Peter DePaolo became 1st man to average over 100 mph at Indy |
1925 |
Rogers Hornsby replaces Branch Rickey as manager of Cardinals |
1925 |
In China protests erupt against the Great Powers infringing on Chinese sovereignty. |
1925 |
Indianapolis 500: Peter DePaolo wins in 4:56:39.401 (162.748 km/h) |
1927 |
Walter Johnson records 113th & last shutout of his career |
1927 |
Indianapolis 500: George Souders wins in 5:07:33.022 (156.983 km/h) |
1928 |
Indianapolis 500: Louis Meyer wins in 5:01:33.725 (160.101 km/h) |
1929 |
Indianapolis 500: Ray Keech wins in 5:07:25.458 (157.048 km/h) |
1930 |
Indianapolis 500: Bill Arnold wins (161.6 kph) |
1931 |
Phillies Chuck Klein homers off Ben Cantwell (Braves) in both ends DH |
1931 |
Indianapolis 500: Louis Schneider wins in 5:10:27.948 (155.509 km/h) |
1932 |
Yankees dedicate a plaque to Miller Huggins |
1932 |
Indianapolis 500: Fred Frame wins in 4:48:03.761 (167.604 km/h) |
1933 |
Patent on invisible glass installation |
1933 |
Indianapolis 500: Louis Meyer wins in 4:48:00.774 (167.632 km/h) |
1934 |
Indianapolis 500: Bill Cummings wins in 4:46:05.254 (168.761 km/h) |
1935 |
Babe Ruth's final game, goes hitless for Braves against Phillies |
1935 |
Indianapolis 500: Kelly Petillo wins in 4:42:22.771 (170.977 km/h) |
1936 |
Indianapolis 500: Louis Meyer wins in 4:35:03.314 (175.530 km/h) |
1937 |
20th PGA Championship: Denny Shute at Pittsburgh FC Aspinwall PA |
1937 |
Memorial Day Massacre - Chicago police shoot on union marchers, 10 die |
1937 |
Pitcher Carl Hubbell's 24th consecutive victory |
1937 |
Police kill 10 strikers at Republic Steel Plant in Chicago |
1937 |
61,756, 2nd-largest crowd in Polo Grounds history, sees Dodgers ends Carl Hubbell's consecutive-game winning streak at 24 |
1938 |
Yanks sweep Red Sox 10-0 & 5-4 in front of 83,533 at Yankee Stadium |
1938 |
Indianapolis 500: Floyd Roberts wins in 4:15:58.362 (188.615 km/h) |
1939 |
Indianapolis 500: Wilbur Shaw wins in 4:20:47.412 (185.131 km/h) |
1940 |
Indianapolis 500: Wilbur Shaw wins in 4:22:31.201 (183.911 km/h) |
1941 |
1st anti semitic measures in Serbia |
1941 |
British Army enters Baghdad, chasing pro-German coup government |
1941 |
Germans capture Crete |
1941 |
Indianapolis 500: Floyd Davis/Mauri Rose wins in 4:20:36.266 (185.263 km/h) |
1942 |
1,047 bombers bomb Cologne in RAF's raid of WW II |
1942 |
Reichsfuehrer Herman Himmler arrives in Prague |
1942 |
Satchel Paige pitches 5 innings to defeat Dizzy Dean All-Stars 8-1 |
1942 |
US aircraft carrier Yorktown leaves Pearl Harbor |
1943 |
French general Charles de Gaulle arrives in Algiers |
1943 |
US troops reconquer Attu Aleutians |
1944 |
Transport number 75 departs with French Jews to Nazi Germany |
1946 |
Braves Bernard Malamud HR shatters Bulova clock in Ebbets Field |
1946 |
United flight 521 crashes on takeoff at LaGuardia Airport (NY) 42 die |
1946 |
Indianapolis 500: George Robson wins in 4:21:16.711 (184.785 km/h) |
1947 |
Indianapolis 500: Mauri Rose wins in 4:17:52.159 (187.228 km/h) |
1948 |
Schenectady Blue Jays Tom Lasorda strikes out 25 in 15-inning game |
1948 |
A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless. |
1949 |
East German constitution approved |
1949 |
NPS/VHP win 1st general election in Suriname |
1949 |
WRTV TV channel 6 in Indianapolis, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting |
1949 |
Indianapolis 500: Bill Holland wins in 4:07:15.939 (195.257 km/h) |
1950 |
Patty Berg wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open |
1951 |
Ezzard Charles beats Joey Maxim in 15 for heavyweight boxing title |
1951 |
Indianapolis 500: Lee Wallard wins in 3:57:38.103 (203.170 km/h) |
1952 |
Charlie Grimm succeeds Tommy Holmes as manager of Boston Braves |
1952 |
Darius Milhaud's "West Point Suite" premieres |
1952 |
Indianapolis 500: Troy Ruttman wins in 3:52:41.930 (207.480 km/h) |
1953 |
1st major league network baseball game-Cleveland 7, Chicago 2 |
1953 |
23rd French Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats V Seixas (6-3 6-4 1-6 6-2) |
1953 |
23rd French Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (6-2 6-4) |
1953 |
Indianapolis 500: Bill Vukovich wins in 3:53:01.668 (207.187 km/h) |
1954 |
Dutch bishops forbid membership to non-catholic sporting clubs |
1954 |
Emile Zatopek runs world record 5K (13:57.2) |
1954 |
Hector Villa-Lobos' "Odisseia de Uma Raca" premieres |
1955 |
KMVT TV channel 11 in Twin Falls, ID (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting |
1955 |
Said el-Mufti forms Jordan government |
1955 |
Tunisia begins domestic self governing |
1956 |
Bus boycott begins in Tallahassee Florida |
1956 |
Mickey Mantle misses by 18" hitting 1st HR out of Yankee Stadium |
1956 |
US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests) |
1956 |
Indianapolis 500: Pat Flaherty wins in 3:53:28.872 (206.785 km/h) |
1957 |
Real Madrid wins 2nd Europe Cup 1 in Madrid |
1957 |
Test Cricket debut for Rohan Kanhai v England at Edgbaston |
1957 |
Indianapolis 500: Sam Hanks wins in 3:41:14.238 (218.229 km/h) |
1958 |
US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests) |
1958 |
Unidentified soldiers killed in WW II & Korean War buried in Arlington |
1958 |
Indianapolis 500: Jimmy Bryan wins in 3:44:21.064 (215.316 km/h) |
1959 |
"First Impressions" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 84 performances |
1959 |
"Nervous Set" closes at Henry Miller's Theater NYC after 23 perfs |
1959 |
Iraq terminates milt assistance pact with US due to neutrality |
1959 |
Pres Somoza ends emergency crisis in Nicaragua |
1959 |
Pres Stroessner disbands Paraguay's parliament |
1959 |
World's 1st hovercraft (SR-N1) tested at Cowes, England |
1959 |
The Auckland Harbour Bridge is officially opened in Auckland, New Zealand. |
1959 |
Indianapolis 500: Rodger Ward wins in 3:40:47.470 (218.641 km/h) |
1960 |
Indianapolis 500: Jim Rathmann wins in 3:36:11.384 (223.324 km/h) |
1961 |
Dutch DC-8 crashes after takeoff at Lisbon, 62 die |
1961 |
Maris hits his 10th & 11th of 61 HRs |
1961 |
Long time Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo is assassinated in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. |
1961 |
Indianapolis 500: A.J. Foyt wins in 3:35:37.540 (223.908 km/h) |
1962 |
69 killed in bus crash (Ahmedabad India) |
1962 |
Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem" premieres |
1962 |
Indianapolis 500: Rodger Ward wins in 3:33:50.291 (225.780 km/h) |
1963 |
Indianapolis 500: Parnelli Jones wins in 3:29:35.365 (230.357 km/h) |
1964 |
"Beyond the Fringe" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 673 perfs |
1964 |
Beatles 1961 record of "Cry for a Shadow" is #1 in Australia |
1964 |
Beatles' "Love Me Do" single goes #1 |
1964 |
Giants sweep Mets 5-3 & 8-6 in 23 inn, records include elapsed time of 9:50, 47 strikeouts, 7:22 for 2nd game & NY's 22 K's in 2nd games |
1964 |
Indianapolis 500: A.J. Foyt wins in 3:23:35.813 (237.137 km/h) |
1965 |
France performs nuclear test at Ecker Algeria (Underground) |
1965 |
Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open |
1965 |
Viet Cong offensive against US base Da Nang, begins |
1965 |
Vivian Malone is 1st black to graduate from University of Alabama |
1966 |
300 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam |
1966 |
Indianapolis 500: Graham Hill wins (232.2 kph) |
1966 |
US launches Surveyor 1 to Moon |
1967 |
Biafra declares independence from Nigeria |
1967 |
King Hussein of Jordan visits Cairo |
1967 |
Robert "Evel" Knievel's motorcycle jumps 16 automobiles |
1967 |
Yankee Whitey Ford, nearing 41, announces his retirement from baseball |
1968 |
Beatles begin work on their only double album "Beatles" |
1968 |
President De Gaulle disbands French parliament |
1968 |
University church in Leipzig, German DR, blown up |
1968 |
West German Parliament accepts emergency crisis law |
1968 |
Indianapolis 500: Bobby Unser wins in 3:16:13.786 (246.040 km/h) |
1969 |
Derek Clayton runs world record marathon (2:08:33.6) at Antwerp |
1969 |
Gibraltar adopts constitution |
1969 |
People revolt in Willemstad, Curacao |
1969 |
Riots on the Caribbean island of Curaçao |
1969 |
Indianapolis 500: Mario Andretti wins in 3:11:14.689 (252.453 km/h) |
1970 |
"Minnie's Boys" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 80 performances |
1970 |
Baseball All-Star voting is returned to fans |
1970 |
Indianapolis 500: Al Unser wins in 3:12:37.057 (250.654 km/h) |
1971 |
36 hospitalized during Grateful Dead concert; drunk LSD apple juice |
1971 |
Train crash at Duivendrecht, Netherlands, 5 die |
1971 |
US Mariner 9 1st satellite to orbit Mars launched |
1971 |
Willie Mays hits his 638th HR, sets NL record of 1,950 runs scored |
1972 |
3 Jap PFL terrorists kills 24, wound 72 at Tel Aviv's Lod Intl airport |
1972 |
The Angry Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout Britain. |
1973 |
Ajax wins 3rd Europe Cup |
1974 |
10th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 9-4 |
1975 |
European Space Agency (ESA) forms |
1975 |
Wings release "Venus & Mars" album |
1976 |
22nd LPGA Championship won by Betty Burfeindt |
1976 |
Bobby Unser sets world record for fastest pit stop (4 seconds) |
1976 |
Indianapolis 500: Johnny Rutherford wins in 1:42:52.466 (239.350 km/h) |
1977 |
Cleve Indian Dennis Eckersley no-hits California Angels, 2-0 |
1979 |
Nottingham Forrest wins 24th Europe Cup 1 at Munich |
1979 |
Pat Underwood makes his pitching debut for Detroit beats brother Tom |
1979 |
Percom Data Company Inc release Microdos for Radio Shack's TRS-80 |
1979 |
Ted Coombs begins a 5,193 mile roller skate from LA to NYC |
1980 |
1st papal visit to France since 1814 |
1980 |
Tiger reliever John Hiller, 37, (who had a 1971 heart attack), retires |
1980 |
Turner's painting "Juliet & Her Nurse" sells for $6.4 million |
1980 |
Twins Ken Landreaux ends his hitting streak after 31 games |
1981 |
"Nightline" extends from 4 nights to 5 nights a week (Friday) |
1981 |
Bangladesh Pres Ziaur Rahman is shot by group of rebel officers |
1981 |
LA Dodgers are quickest to get 1,000,000 attendence (22 games) |
1982 |
"Do Black Patent Leather Shoes..." closes at Alvin NYC after 5 perf |
1982 |
Closest Indy 500, Gordon Johncock beats Rick Mears by 0.16 seconds |
1982 |
Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic |
1982 |
Spain becomes 16th member of NATO |
1983 |
Surrey all out for 14 vs Essex, their lowest score ever |
1983 |
AL Pres Lee MacPhail suspends Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for one week, for his public criticism of umpires |
1984 |
Bomb explodes in rebel leader Eden Pastora's headquarters in Nicaragua |
1984 |
Liverpool wins 29th Europe Cup 1 in Rome |
1984 |
NL suspends Mario Soto 5 days for Reds-Cubs fight on May 27th |
1985 |
Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat Phila Flyers, 4 games to 1 |
1986 |
Ariane-2 (ESA) launched |
1986 |
Bobby Rahal is 1st to average over 170 mph in Indianapolis 500 |
1986 |
France performs nuclear test |
1986 |
Barry Bonds makes his MLB debut for the Pittsburgh Pirates |
1987 |
Mike Tyson TKOs Pinklon Thomas in 6 for heavyweight boxing title |
1987 |
North American Philips Company unveils compact disc video |
1987 |
Tony Tucker TKOs Buster Douglas in 10 for heavyweight boxing title |
1987 |
West German Mathias Rust lands airplane on Red Square |
1989 |
Margaret Ray pleads guilty to breaking into David Letterman's house |
1990 |
135 die in a (6.4) earthquake in Peru |
1990 |
Dow Jones average hits a record 2,878.56 |
1990 |
Earthquake hit Peru, killing 135 |
1991 |
64th National Spelling Bee: Joanne Lagatta wins spelling antipyretic |
1991 |
Arturo Barrios runs world record one-hour distance (21,096 km) |
1991 |
Supreme Court rules prosecutors can be sued for legal advice they give police & can be held accountable |
1992 |
Minn Twin Bert Blyleven is 2nd to win as teenager & 40 year old |
1992 |
NY Lotto pays $30 million to one winner (#s are 12-15-30-33-40-48) |
1992 |
NY Yankee Scott Sanderson becomes 9th to beat all 26 teams |
1992 |
UN votes for sanctions against Serb-led Yugoslavia to halt fighting |
1993 |
Betsy King wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Game Golf Tournament |
1993 |
Kelly Robbins wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic |
1993 |
Indianapolis 500: Emerson Fittipaldi wins in 3:10:49.860 (253.000 km/h) |
1996 |
69th National Spelling Bee: Wendy Guey wins spelling vivisepulture |
1996 |
John Tesh's final day as host of "Entertainment Tonight" |
1996 |
Albert Belle uses a forearm to break up a double play & nearly breaks Brewer 2nd baseman Fernando Vina's nose, Belle gets 2 game suspension |
1997 |
Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcolm X, set on fire by 12-year old grandson |
1997 |
Ken Dryden becomes president of NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs |
1998 |
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, killing up to 5,000. |
1999 |
Indianapolis 500: Kenny Bräck wins in 3:15:51.182 (246.513 km/h) |
2000 |
35th Academy of Country Music Awards: Shania Twain, Faith Hill & Tim McGraw wins |
2004 |
Indianapolis 500: Buddy Rice wins in 3:14:55.2395 (222.923 km/h) |
2010 |
Indianapolis 500: Dario Franchitti wins in 3:05:37.0131 (260.107 km/h) |
2012 |
A number of nations including Germany, Turkey and Canada, expel Syrian diplomats following the Houla massacre |
2012 |
Vishwanathan Anand wins his fifth World Chess Championship |
2014 |
Seth MacFarlane's "A Million Ways to Die in the West" is released to theatres, MacFarlane's first live-action role on the big screen |
2016 |
Indianapolis 500: Alexander Rossi wins 100th staging of famous oval race |
2017 |
Tiger kills zookeeper at Hamerton Zoo Park in England |
2018 |
TV show 'Roseanne' abruptly cancelled after star's racist tweet sparks furore |
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