What are the important events that happened on May 30? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

May 30: Facts & Myths About This Day

May 30 is the 151^st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 215 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 17, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,717,027,200 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectapentacontahenagon’ day.

Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 244 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,178 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

May 30 Historical Events

• 1854 –
  The Kansas-Nebraska Act becomes law establishing the US territories of Nebraska and Kansas.
• 1868 –
  Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern “Memorial Day”) is observed in the United States for the first time (By “Commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic” John A. Logan’s proclamation on May 5).
• 1876 –
  Ottoman sultan Abd-ul-Aziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murat V.
• 1879 –
  New York, New York’s Gilmores Garden is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.
• 1911 –
  At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
• 1913 –
  First Balkan War: the Treaty of London, 1913 is signed ending the war. Albania becomes an independent nation.
• 1961 –
  Long time Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo is assassinated in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
• 1966 –
  Former Congolese Prime Minister Evariste Kimba and several other politicians are publicly executed in Kinshasa on the orders of President Joseph Mobutu.
• 1967 –
  The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war.
• 1998 –
  Nuclear Testing: Pakistan conducts an underground test in the Kharan Desert. It is reported to be a plutonium device with yield of 20kt.

Who were born on May 30?

• 1879 –
  Colin Blythe, English cricketer (d. 1917)
• 1894 –
  Hubertus van Mook, Acting Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1942 to 1948 (d. 1965)
• 1899 –
  Irving Thalberg, American film producer (d. 1936)
• 1926 –
  Christine Jorgensen, American transsexual activist (d. 1989)
• 1944 –
  Meredith MacRae, American actress (d. 2000)
• 1958 –
  Ted McGinley, American actor
• 1966 –
  Stephen Malkmus, American musician (Pavement)
• 1981 –
  Lars Møller Madsen, Danish handball player
• 1983 –
  Jennifer Ellison, English actress, model, singer
• 1988 –
  Antonio Winterstein, Australian rugby league footballer

Who died on May 30?

• 1431 –
  Joan of Arc, French military figure and Catholic saint (b. 1412)
• 1744 –
  Alexander Pope, English writer (b. 1688)
• 1770 –
  François Boucher, French painter (b. 1703)
• 1939 –
  Floyd Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1904)
• 1964 –
  Eddie Sachs, American auto racer (b. 1927)
• 1965 –
  Louis Hjelmslev, Danish linguist (b. 1899)
• 1980 –
  Carl Radle, American bass guitarist (b. 1942)
• 2006 –
  David Lloyd, New Zealand biologist (b. 1938)
• 2008 –
  Lorenzo Odone, American medical figure (b. 1978)
• 2009 –
  Torsten Andersson, Swedish painter (b. 1926)