May 30 facts for kids

This is a special day with lots of interesting events, famous people born, and important holidays! Let's explore what happened on this date throughout history.

Exciting Events Through History

Ancient Times and Middle Ages

• 70 AD – During the Siege of Jerusalem, Roman soldiers led by Titus broke through the city's second wall. The Jewish defenders moved back to the first wall. The Romans then built a huge wall around the city, cutting down all trees for about 15 kilometers (9 miles) around!
• 1381 – The Peasants' Revolt began in England. This was a big uprising by common people against the government.
• 1416 – Jerome of Prague was sadly burned at the stake for his beliefs after a trial for heresy.
• 1431 – During the Hundred Years' War, the brave 19-year-old Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in France by an English-controlled court. She is now a saint.
• 1434 – The Hussite Wars effectively ended with the Battle of Lipany. One group of Hussite forces defeated another, led by Prokop the Great.
• 1510 – A rebel leader named Zhu Zhifan was defeated, ending the Prince of Anhua rebellion in China during the Ming dynasty.
• 1536 – King Henry VIII of England married Jane Seymour. She was a lady-in-waiting to his first two wives.
• 1539 – In Florida, explorer Hernando de Soto landed at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers. His goal was to find gold.
• 1574 – Henry III became the new King of France.
• 1588 – The last ship of the Spanish Armada left Lisbon. It was heading for the English Channel to try and invade England.

From the 1600s to the 1900s

• 1631 – The first French newspaper, Gazette de France, was published.
• 1635 – The Peace of Prague was signed during the Thirty Years' War.
• 1723 – The famous composer Johann Sebastian Bach started his job as music director in Leipzig, Germany.
• 1806 – Andrew Jackson, who later became a U.S. President, won a duel against Charles Dickinson.
• 1814 – The First Treaty of Paris was signed. This treaty returned France's borders to how they were in 1792 and brought the House of Bourbon back to power.
• 1815 – The ship Arniston was wrecked in a storm near South Africa. Sadly, 372 lives were lost.
• 1842 – John Francis tried to attack Queen Victoria and Prince Albert while they were riding in London.
• 1845 – The ship Fatel Razack arrived in Trinidad and Tobago from India. It carried the first Indian people to the country.
• 1854 – The Kansas–Nebraska Act became law in the U.S. It created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
• 1866 – Bedrich Smetana's funny opera The Bartered Bride was first performed in Prague.
• 1868 – Decoration Day, which is now called Memorial Day, was first observed in the United States. It honors fallen soldiers.
• 1876 – Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz was removed from power. His nephew Murad V took his place.
• 1883 – A crowd stampede on the newly opened Brooklyn Bridge in New York City killed twelve people.
• 1899 – Pearl Hart, a female outlaw, robbed a stagecoach in Arizona.

Modern Events (1901–Present)

• 1911 – The first Indianapolis 500 car race ended. Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp was the first winner of the 500-mile race.
• 1913 – The Treaty of London was signed, ending the First Balkan War. Albania became an independent nation.
• 1914 – The huge new Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania began her first journey from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
• 1922 – The Lincoln Memorial was officially opened in Washington, D.C.
• 1925 – During the May Thirtieth Movement, police in Shanghai shot and killed 13 protesting workers.
• 1937 – In the Memorial Day massacre, Chicago police shot and killed ten labor demonstrators.
• 1941 – World War II: Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas climbed the Athenian Acropolis and took down the German flag.
• 1942 – World War II: One thousand British bombers attacked Cologne, Germany, for 90 minutes.
• 1943 – The Holocaust: Josef Mengele became the chief medical officer of the Romani family camp at Auschwitz concentration camp.
• 1948 – A dike broke along the Columbia River, destroying Vanport, Oregon in minutes. Fifteen people died, and thousands lost their homes.
• 1958 – On Memorial Day, the remains of two unidentified American servicemen from World War II and the Korean War were buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.
• 1959 – The Auckland Harbour Bridge in Auckland, New Zealand, was officially opened.
• 1961 – The long-time Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo was assassinated in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
• 1963 – A protest against unfair treatment of Catholics happened in South Vietnam. This was the first open demonstration during the presidency of Ngo Dinh Diem.
• 1966 – Former Congolese Prime Minister, Évariste Kimba, and other politicians were publicly executed in Kinshasa.
• 1967 – The Nigerian Eastern Region declared independence as the Republic of Biafra, starting a civil war.
• 1968 – Charles de Gaulle reappeared publicly after flying to Germany. He then dissolved the French National Assembly, leading to a huge march of his supporters in Paris.
• 1971 – The Mariner 9 spacecraft was launched to map Mars and study its atmosphere and surface changes.
• 1974 – The Airbus A300 passenger airplane began its first service.
• 1975 – The European Space Agency was created.
• 1982 – Cold War: Spain joined NATO.
• 1989 – Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: The 10-meter (33-foot) tall "Goddess of Democracy" statue was shown in Tiananmen Square by student protesters.
• 1990 – The Croatian Parliament was formed after the first free elections. This day is now celebrated as the National Day of Croatia.
• 1998 – A strong earthquake in northern Afghanistan killed about 4,000–4,500 people.
• 1998 – Nuclear Testing: Pakistan conducted an underground nuclear test in the Kharan Desert.
• 2008 – The Convention on Cluster Munitions was adopted. This agreement bans certain types of weapons.
• 2012 – Former Liberian president Charles Taylor was sentenced to 50 years in prison for his role in the Sierra Leone Civil War.
• 2013 – Nigeria passed a law banning same-sex marriage.
• 2020 – The Crew Dragon Demo-2 launched from the Kennedy Space Center. This was the first time a crewed spacecraft launched from the United States since 2011, and the first commercial flight to the International Space Station.

People Born on This Day

Before the 1600s

• 1010 – Ren Zong, a Chinese emperor.
• 1201 – Theobald IV, a count of Champagne.
• 1423 – Georg von Peuerbach, a German mathematician and astronomer.
• 1464 – Barbara of Brandenburg, who became a Bohemian queen.
• 1580 – Fadrique de Toledo, 1st Marquis of Villanueva de Valdueza.
• 1599 – Samuel Bochart, a French Protestant scholar of the Bible.

From the 1600s to the 1900s

• 1623 – John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, an English politician.
• 1686 – Antonina Houbraken, a Dutch illustrator.
• 1718 – Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, an English politician.
• 1719 – Roger Newdigate, an English politician.
• 1757 – Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, an English politician and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• 1768 – Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty, a French general.
• 1797 – Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann, a German mineralogist and geologist.
• 1800 – Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose, a French cardinal.
• 1814 – Mikhail Bakunin, a Russian philosopher and theorist.
• 1814 – Eugène Charles Catalan, a Belgian-French mathematician.
• 1819 – William McMurdo, an English general.
• 1820 – Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, a Canadian lawyer and the first Premier of Quebec.
• 1835 – Alfred Austin, an English author and poet.
• 1844 – Félix Arnaudin, a French poet and photographer.
• 1845 – Amadeo I, a Spanish king.
• 1846 – Peter Carl Fabergé, a famous Russian goldsmith and jeweler.
• 1862 – Mirza Alakbar Sabir, an Azerbaijani philosopher and poet.
• 1869 – Grace Andrews, an American mathematician.
• 1874 – Ernest Duchesne, a French physician.
• 1875 – Giovanni Gentile, an Italian philosopher.
• 1879 – Colin Blythe, an English cricketer and soldier.
• 1879 – Konstantin Ramul, an Estonian psychologist.
• 1881 – Georg von Küchler, a German field marshal.
• 1882 – Wyndham Halswelle, an English runner and soldier.
• 1883 – Sandy Pearce, an Australian rugby league player.
• 1884 – Siegmund Glücksmann, a German soldier and politician.
• 1885 – Villem Grünthal-Ridala, an Estonian poet and linguist.
• 1886 – Laurent Barré, a Canadian lawyer and politician.
• 1886 – Randolph Bourne, an American writer.
• 1887 – Alexander Archipenko, a Ukrainian-American sculptor.
• 1887 – Emil Reesen, a Danish pianist and composer.
• 1890 – Roger Salengro, a French soldier and politician.
• 1892 – Fernando Amorsolo, a Filipino painter.
• 1894 – Hubertus van Mook, a Dutch politician.
• 1895 – Maurice Tate, an English cricketer.
• 1896 – Howard Hawks, an American director and producer.
• 1897 – Frank Wise, an Australian politician.
• 1898 – John Gilroy, an English artist.
• 1899 – Irving Thalberg, an American screenwriter and producer.

From 1901 to Today

• 1901 – Alfred Karindi, an Estonian pianist and composer.
• 1901 – Cornelia Otis Skinner, an American actress and author.
• 1902 – Stepin Fetchit, an American actor and dancer.
• 1903 – Countee Cullen, an American poet.
• 1906 – Bruno Gröning, a German mystic.
• 1907 – Germaine Tillion, a French anthropologist.
• 1908 – Hannes Alfvén, a Swedish physicist and Nobel Prize winner.
• 1908 – Mel Blanc, a famous American voice actor.
• 1909 – Jacques Canetti, a French music executive.
• 1909 – Freddie Frith, an English motorcycle racer.
• 1909 – Benny Goodman, a famous American clarinet player and bandleader.
• 1910 – Harry Bernstein, an English-American journalist and author.
• 1912 – Julius Axelrod, an American biochemist and Nobel Prize winner.
• 1912 – Erich Bagge, a German physicist.
• 1912 – Hugh Griffith, a Welsh actor.
• 1912 – Millicent Selsam, an American author.
• 1912 – Joseph Stein, an American playwright.
• 1914 – Akinoumi Setsuo, a Japanese sumo wrestler.
• 1915 – Len Carney, an English footballer and soldier.
• 1916 – Justin Catayée, a French soldier and politician.
• 1916 – Mort Meskin, an American illustrator.
• 1918 – Pita Amor, a Mexican poet.
• 1918 – Bob Evans, an American businessman who founded restaurants.
• 1919 – René Barrientos, a Bolivian general and former President of Bolivia.
• 1920 – Franklin J. Schaffner, a Japanese-American director.
• 1922 – Hal Clement, an American author.
• 1924 – Anthony Dryden Marshall, an American CIA officer and diplomat.
• 1925 – John Henry Marks, an English physician.
• 1926 – Johnny Gimble, an American country musician.
• 1927 – Joan Birman, an American mathematician.
• 1927 – Clint Walker, an American actor and singer.
• 1927 – Billy Wilson, an Australian rugby league player.
• 1928 – Pro Hart, an Australian painter.
• 1928 – Agnès Varda, a Belgian-French director.
• 1929 – Georges Gilson, a French archbishop.
• 1930 – Mark Birley, an English businessman.
• 1930 – Robert Ryman, an American painter.
• 1931 – Larry Silverstein, an American real estate magnate.
• 1932 – Ray Cooney, an English actor and playwright.
• 1932 – Pauline Oliveros, an American accordion player and composer.
• 1932 – Ivor Richard, Baron Richard, a Welsh politician and diplomat.
• 1934 – Alexei Leonov, a Russian cosmonaut.
• 1934 – Alketas Panagoulias, a Greek footballer and manager.
• 1935 – Ruta Lee, a Canadian-American actress.
• 1935 – Guy Tardif, a Canadian academic and politician.
• 1936 – Keir Dullea, an American actor.
• 1937 – Christopher Haskins, an Anglo-Irish businessman and politician.
• 1937 – Rick Mather, an American-English architect.
• 1938 – Billie Letts, an American author.
• 1939 – Michael J. Pollard, an American actor.
• 1939 – Dieter Quester, an Austrian race car driver.
• 1939 – Tim Waterstone, a Scottish businessman who founded Waterstones bookstores.
• 1940 – Jagmohan Dalmiya, an Indian cricket administrator.
• 1940 – Gilles Villemure, a Canadian-American ice hockey player.
• 1942 – John Gladwin, an English bishop.
• 1942 – Carole Stone, an English journalist.
• 1943 – James Chaney, an American civil rights activist.
• 1943 – Anders Michanek, a Swedish motorcycle racer.
• 1943 – Gale Sayers, an American football player.
• 1944 – Lenny Davidson, an English guitarist.
• 1944 – Meredith MacRae, an American actress.
• 1944 – Stav Prodromou, a Greek-American engineer and businessman.
• 1945 – Gladys Horton, an American singer.
• 1946 – Allan Chapman, an English historian.
• 1946 – Dragan Džajić, a Serbian and Yugoslav footballer.
• 1947 – Jocelyne Bourassa, a Canadian golfer.
• 1948 – Johan De Muynck, a Belgian professional road racing cyclist.
• 1948 – Michael Piller, an American screenwriter.
• 1948 – David Thorpe, an Australian rules footballer.
• 1949 – P.J. Carlesimo, an American basketball coach.
• 1949 – Paul Coleridge, an English lawyer and judge.
• 1949 – Bob Willis, an English cricketer.
• 1950 – Bertrand Delanoë, a French politician and former Mayor of Paris.
• 1950 – Paresh Rawal, an Indian actor and politician.
• 1950 – Joshua Rozenberg, an English lawyer and journalist.
• 1951 – Zdravko Čolić, a Bosnian Serb singer.
• 1951 – Fernando Lugo, a Paraguayan bishop and former President of Paraguay.
• 1951 – Stephen Tobolowsky, an American actor.
• 1952 – Daniel Grodnik, an American screenwriter.
• 1952 – Kerry Fraser, a Canadian ice hockey referee.
• 1953 – Jim Hunter, a Canadian skier.
• 1953 – Colm Meaney, an Irish actor.
• 1954 – Jake Roberts, an American wrestler.
• 1955 – Topper Headon, an English drummer.
• 1955 – Jacqueline McGlade, an English-Canadian biologist.
• 1955 – Caroline Swift, an English lawyer and judge.
• 1955 – Colm Tóibín, an Irish novelist and poet.
• 1956 – Tim Lucas, an American author.
• 1957 – Mike Clayton, an Australian golfer.
• 1958 – Eugene Belliveau, a Canadian football player.
• 1958 – Marie Fredriksson, a Swedish singer.
• 1958 – Steve Israel, an American lawyer and politician.
• 1958 – Michael López-Alegría, a Spanish-American astronaut.
• 1958 – Ted McGinley, an American actor.
• 1959 – Phil Brown, an English footballer and manager.
• 1959 – Randy Ferbey, a Canadian curler.
• 1959 – Frank Vanhecke, a Belgian politician.
• 1961 – Harry Enfield, an English actor and director.
• 1961 – Bob Yari, an Iranian-American director.
• 1962 – Kevin Eastman, an American author who co-created the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
• 1962 – Richard Fuller, an English lawyer and politician.
• 1962 – Tim Loughton, an English businessman and politician.
• 1962 – Tonya Pinkins, an American actress and singer.
• 1963 – Michel Langevin, a Canadian drummer.
• 1963 – Élise Lucet, a French journalist.
• 1963 – Helen Sharman, an English chemist and astronaut.
• 1964 – Wynonna Judd, an American singer.
• 1964 – Andrea Montermini, an Italian race car driver.
• 1964 – Tom Morello, an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
• 1965 – Troy Coker, an Australian rugby player.
• 1965 – Billy Donovan, an American basketball coach.
• 1965 – Iginio Straffi, an Italian animator who founded Rainbow S.r.l.
• 1966 – Thomas Häßler, a German footballer.
• 1966 – Stephen Malkmus, an American singer-songwriter.
• 1967 – Tim Burgess, an English singer.
• 1967 – Rechelle Hawkes, an Australian hockey player.
• 1967 – Sven Pipien, a German-American bass player.
• 1968 – Jason Kenney, a Canadian lawyer and former Premier of Alberta.
• 1969 – Naomi Kawase, a Japanese director.
• 1969 – Ryuhei Kitamura, a Japanese director.
• 1971 – Paul Grayson, an English rugby player.
• 1971 – Duncan Jones, an English director.
• 1971 – Idina Menzel, an American singer and actress.
• 1971 – Jiří Šlégr, a Czech ice hockey player and politician.
• 1971 – Adrian Vowles, an Australian rugby league player.
• 1972 – Manny Ramirez, a Dominican-American baseball player.
• 1974 – Big L, an American rapper.
• 1974 – Kostas Chalkias, a Greek footballer.
• 1974 – David Wilkie, an American ice hockey player.
• 1975 – Evan Eschmeyer, an American basketball player.
• 1975 – Brian Fair, an American singer.
• 1975 – Andy Farrell, an English rugby player and coach.
• 1975 – CeeLo Green, an American singer.
• 1975 – Marissa Mayer, an American computer scientist and businesswoman.
• 1976 – Rasho Nesterović, a basketball player.
• 1976 – Magnus Norman, a Swedish tennis player.
• 1976 &Margaret Okayo, a Kenyan runner.
• 1977 – Rachael Stirling, an English actress.
• 1977 – Federico Vilar, an Argentinian-Italian footballer.
• 1979 – Mike Bishai, a Canadian ice hockey player.
• 1979 – Clint Bowyer, an American race car driver.
• 1979 – Francis Lessard, a Canadian ice hockey player.
• 1980 – Steven Gerrard, an English international footballer and manager.
• 1980 – Ilona Korstin, a Russian basketball player.
• 1980 – Ryōgo Narita, a Japanese author.
• 1981 – Devendra Banhart, an American singer.
• 1981 – Gianmaria Bruni, an Italian race car driver.
• 1981 – Ahmad Elrich, an Australian footballer.
• 1981 – Remy Ma, an American rapper.
• 1981 – Lars Møller Madsen, a Danish handball player.
• 1981 – Hisanori Takada, a Japanese footballer.
• 1982 – Eddie Griffin, an American basketball player.
• 1982 – James Simpson-Daniel, an English rugby player.
• 1984 – Sham Kwok Fai, a Hong Kong footballer.
• 1984 – Matt Maguire, an Australian footballer.
• 1984 – Alexander Sulzer, a German ice hockey player.
• 1985 – Igor Kurnosov, a Russian chess player.
• 1985 – Igor Lewczuk, a Polish footballer.
• 1985 – Aaron Volpatti, a Canadian ice hockey player.
• 1986 – Nikolay Bodurov, a Bulgarian international footballer.
• 1989 – Ailee, a Korean-American singer.
• 1989 – Lesia Tsurenko, a Ukrainian tennis player.
• 1990 – Im Yoon-ah, a South Korean singer and actress.
• 1990 – Andrei Loktionov, a Russian ice hockey player.
• 1990 – Zack Wheeler, an American baseball player.
• 1991 – Jonathan Fox, an English swimmer.
• 1992 – Harrison Barnes, an American basketball player.
• 1992 – Danielle Harold, an English actress.
• 1994 – Scott Laughton, a Canadian ice hockey player.
• 1996 – Beatriz Haddad Maia, a Brazilian tennis player.
• 1997 – Jung Eun-bi, a South Korean singer and actress.
• 1999 – Eddie Nketiah, an English footballer.
• 1999 – Guanyu Zhou, a Chinese race car driver.

Notable People Who Passed Away on This Day

Before the 1600s

• 531 – Xiao Tong, a prince of the Liang Dynasty.
• 727 – Hubertus, a bishop.
• 947 – Ma Xifan, a king of Chu.
• 1035 – Baldwin IV, a count of Flanders.
• 1159 – Władysław II the Exile, a High Duke of Poland.
• 1252 – Ferdinand III, a king of Castile and León.
• 1347 – John Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy de Knayth, an English nobleman.
• 1376 – Joan of Ponthieu, Dame of Epernon, a French noblewoman.
• 1416 – Jerome of Prague, a Czech martyr and theologian.
• 1431 – Joan of Arc, a French martyr and saint.
• 1434 – Prokop the Great, a Czech general.
• 1469 – Lope de Barrientos, a Castilian bishop.
• 1472 – Jacquetta of Luxembourg, a noblewoman.
• 1574 – Charles IX of France, a French king.
• 1593 – Christopher Marlowe, an English poet and playwright.

From the 1600s to the 1900s

• 1606 – Guru Arjan Dev, the fifth of the Sikh gurus.
• 1640 – Peter Paul Rubens, a famous German-Belgian painter.
• 1670 – John Davenport, an English minister who helped found the New Haven Colony.
• 1696 – Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Tewkesbury, an English politician.
• 1712 – Andrea Lanzani, an Italian painter.
• 1718 – Arnold van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle, a Dutch-English general.
• 1744 – Alexander Pope, a famous English poet.
• 1770 – François Boucher, a French painter.
• 1778 – Voltaire, a very famous French philosopher and writer.
• 1778 – José de la Borda, a French/Spanish mining leader in colonial Mexico.
• 1829 – Philibert Jean-Baptiste Curial, a French general.
• 1832 – James Mackintosh, a Scottish historian and politician.
• 1855 – Mary Reibey, an Australian businesswoman.
• 1873 – Karamat Ali Jaunpuri, an Indian Muslim scholar.
• 1892 – Mary Hannah Gray Clarke, an American author and poet.
• 1865 – John Catron, an American lawyer and judge.
• 1867 – Ramón Castilla, a Peruvian military leader and President of Peru.

From 1901 to Today

• 1901 – Victor D'Hondt, a Belgian mathematician.
• 1911 – Milton Bradley, an American businessman who founded the Milton Bradley Company (a toy company).
• 1912 – Wilbur Wright, an American pilot who co-founded the Wright Company (famous for inventing airplanes).
• 1918 – Georgi Plekhanov, a Russian philosopher.
• 1920 – Mirza Muhammad Yusuf Ali, a Bengali writer.
• 1925 – Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, a German historian.
• 1926 – Vladimir Steklov, a Russian mathematician and physicist.
• 1934 – Tōgō Heihachirō, a Japanese admiral.
• 1939 – Floyd Roberts, an American race car driver.
• 1941 – Prajadhipok, a Thai king.
• 1946 – Louis Slotin, a Canadian physicist.
• 1947 – Georg von Trapp, an Austrian captain (whose family inspired The Sound of Music).
• 1948 – József Klekl, a Slovene-Hungarian priest and politician.
• 1949 – Emmanuel Célestin Suhard, a French cardinal.
• 1951 – Hermann Broch, an Austrian-American author.
• 1953 – Dooley Wilson, an American actor and singer.
• 1955 – Bill Vukovich, an American race car driver.
• 1957 – Piero Carini, an Italian race car driver.
• 1960 – Boris Pasternak, a Russian poet and novelist who won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
• 1961 – Rafael Trujillo, a Dominican soldier and former President of the Dominican Republic.
• 1964 – Isaac Babalola Akinyele, a Nigerian king.
• 1964 – Eddie Sachs, an American race car driver.
• 1964 – Leó Szilárd, a Hungarian-American physicist and engineer.
• 1965 – Louis Hjelmslev, a Danish linguist.
• 1967 – Claude Rains, an English-American actor.
• 1971 – Marcel Dupré, a French organist and composer.
• 1975 – Steve Prefontaine, an American runner.
• 1975 – Tatsuo Shimabuku, a Japanese martial artist.
• 1975 – Michel Simon, a Swiss-born French actor.
• 1976 – Max Carey, an American baseball player.
• 1976 – Mitsuo Fuchida, a Japanese captain.
• 1978 – Jean Deslauriers, a Canadian violinist and composer.
• 1980 – Carl Radle, an American bass player.
• 1981 – Don Ashby, a Canadian ice hockey player.
• 1981 – Ziaur Rahman, a Bangladeshi general and former President of Bangladesh.
• 1982 – Albert Norden, a German journalist and politician.
• 1986 – Perry Ellis, an American fashion designer.
• 1993 – Sun Ra, an American pianist and bandleader.
• 1994 – Ezra Taft Benson, an American religious leader.
• 1994 – Marcel Bich, a French businessman who co-founded Bic.
• 1994 – Agostino Di Bartolomei, an Italian footballer.
• 1995 – Ted Drake, an English footballer and manager.
• 1995 – Lofty England, an English-Austrian engineer.
• 1995 – Bobby Stokes, an English footballer.
• 1996 – Léon-Étienne Duval, a French cardinal.
• 1996 – Alo Mattiisen, an Estonian composer.
• 1999 – Kalju Lepik, an Estonian poet.
• 2000 – Tex Beneke, an American saxophonist and bandleader.
• 2001 – Denis Whitaker, a Canadian general and historian.
• 2005 – Gérald Leblanc, an Acadian poet.
• 2005 – Tomasz Pacyński, a Polish journalist and author.
• 2005 – Alma Ziegler, an American baseball player.
• 2006 – Shohei Imamura, a Japanese director.
• 2006 – David Lloyd, a New Zealand biologist.
• 2006 – Robert Sterling, an American actor.
• 2007 – Jean-Claude Brialy, an Algerian-French actor.
• 2007 – Birgit Dalland, a Norwegian politician.
• 2007 – Gunturu Seshendra Sarma, an Indian poet.
• 2009 – Torsten Andersson, a Swedish painter.
• 2009 – Susanna Haapoja, a Finnish politician.
• 2009 – Ephraim Katzir, an Israeli biophysicist and former President of Israel.
• 2010 – Yuri Chesnokov, a Russian volleyball player.
• 2010 – Dufferin Roblin, a Canadian politician.
• 2011 – Isikia Savua, a Fijian police officer and diplomat.
• 2011 – Saleem Shahzad, a Pakistani journalist.
• 2011 – Marek Siemek, a Polish philosopher.
• 2011 – Clarice Taylor, an American actress.
• 2011 – Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, an American physicist and Nobel Prize winner.
• 2012 – John Fox, an American comedian.
• 2012 – Andrew Huxley, an English physiologist and Nobel Prize winner.
• 2012 – Gerhard Pohl, a German economist and politician.
• 2012 – Jack Twyman, an American basketball player.
• 2013 – Jayalath Jayawardena, a Sri Lankan physician and politician.
• 2013 – Larry Jones, an American football coach.
• 2014 – Hienadz Buraukin, a Belarusian poet and diplomat.
• 2014 – Henning Carlsen, a Danish director.
• 2014 – Joan Lorring, a British actress.
• 2014 – Leonidas Vasilikopoulos, a Greek admiral.
• 2015 – Beau Biden, an American soldier, lawyer, and politician.
• 2015 – Joël Champetier, a Canadian author.
• 2015 – L. Tom Perry, an American religious leader.
• 2016 – Tom Lysiak, a Polish-Canadian ice hockey player.
• 2016 – Rick MacLeish, a Canadian ice hockey player.
• 2019 – Thad Cochran, an American lawyer and politician.
• 2019 – Jason Marcano, a Trinidadian footballer.
• 2020 – Michael Angelis, a British actor.
• 2021 – Jason Dupasquier, a Swiss motorcycle road racer.

Holidays and Celebrations

• Anguilla Day, celebrates the start of the Anguillian Revolution in 1967. (Anguilla)
• Canary Islands Day (Spain)
• Christian feast day:
  • Ferdinand III of Castile
  • Isaac of Dalmatia
  • Joan of Arc
  • Joseph Marello
  • May 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Indian Arrival Day (Trinidad and Tobago)
• Lod Massacre Remembrance Day
• Mother's Day (Nicaragua)
• Statehood Day (Croatia)