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 150th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 215 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 17, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 485,712 hours 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 ‘hectapentacontagon’ day.
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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 263 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 4,543 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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May 30 Historical Events
- 70 –Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. The Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometers.
- 1416 –The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund, a supporter of Antipope John XXIII, burns Jerome of Prague following a trial for heresy.
- 1434 –Hussite Wars (Bohemian Wars): Battle of Lipany – effectively ending the war, Utraquist forces led by Diviš Bořek of Miletínek defeat and almost annihilate Taborite forces led by Prokop the Great.
- 1635 –Thirty Years’ War: the Peace of Prague (1635) is signed.
- 1834 –Joaquim António de Aguiar issue a law extinguishing “all convents, monasteries, colleges, hospices and any other houses of the regular religious orders”, earning him the nickname of “The Friar-Killer”.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- 2003 –Depayin massacre: at least 70 people associated with the National League for Democracy are killed by government-sponsored mob in Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi fled the scene, but is arrested soon afterwards.
Who were born on May 30?
- 1878 –Mike Donlin, American baseball player (d. 1933)
- 1909 –Benny Goodman, American clarinetist and bandleader (d. 1986)
- 1912 –Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
- 1944 –Meredith MacRae, American actress (d. 2000)
- 1949 –P.J. Carlesimo, American basketball coach
- 1950 –Paresh Rawal, Indian actor
- 1974 –Cee-Lo Green, American musician
- 1976 –Margaret Okayo, Kenyan athlete
- 1977 –Rachael Stirling, British actress
- 1990 –Dean Collins, American actor
Who died on May 30?
- 1431 –Joan of Arc, French military figure and Catholic saint (b. 1412)
- 1574 –King Charles IX of France (b. 1550)
- 1901 –Victor D'Hondt, Belgian mathematician (b. 1841)
- 1926 –Vladimir Steklov, Russian physicist (b. 1864)
- 1953 –Dooley Wilson, American musician and actor (b. 1886)
- 1960 –Boris Pasternak, Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)
- 1981 –Don Ashby, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1955)
- 1994 –Ezra Taft Benson, American religious figure (b. 1899)
- 2009 –Torsten Andersson, Swedish painter (b. 1926)
- 2010 –Joan Rhodes, British performer and stuntwoman (b. 1921)
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