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| May 30th, 2008 (May 30 2008) | Death | Lorenzo Odone, American medical figure (born in 1978) | |
| May 30th, 2007 (May 30 2007) | Death | Jean-Claude Brialy, French actor and author (born in 1933) | |
| May 30th, 2006 (May 30 2006) | Death | Shohei Imamura, Japanese film director (born in 1926) | |
| May 30th, 2006 (May 30 2006) | Death | Robert Sterling, American actor (born in 1917) | |
| May 30th, 2006 (May 30 2006) | Death | David Lloyd, New Zealand biologist (born in 1938) | |
| May 30th, 2005 (May 30 2005) | Death | Fazal Mahmood, Pakistani cricketer (born in 1927) | |
| May 30th, 2005 (May 30 2005) | Death | Tomasz Pacynski, Polish writer (born in 1958) | |
| May 30th, 2003 (May 30 2003) | Death | Mickie Most, English record producer (born in 1938) | |
| May 30th, 2000 (May 30 2000) | Death | Tex Beneke, American bandleader and musician (born in 1914) | |
| May 30th, 2000 (May 30 2000) | Death | Doris Hare, Welsh actress (born in 1905) | |
| May 30th, 1998 (May 30 1998) | Event | A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, killing up to 5,000. | |
| May 30th, 1995 (May 30 1995) | Death | Ted Drake, English footballer (born in 1912) | |
| May 30th, 1995 (May 30 1995) | Death | Lofty England, English automotive engineer and race team manager (b.1911) | |
| May 30th, 1995 (May 30 1995) | Death | Bobby Stokes, former English footballer (born in 1951) | |
| May 30th, 1994 (May 30 1994) | Death | Ezra Taft Benson, American religious leader | |
| May 30th, 1994 (May 30 1994) | Death | Marcel Bich, French industrialist (born in 1914) | |
| May 30th, 1993 (May 30 1993) | Death | Sun Ra, American musician (born in 1914) | |
| May 30th, 1990 (May 30 1990) | Birth | Dean Collins, American actor | |
| May 30th, 1989 (May 30 1989) | Event | Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: the 33-foot high "Goddess of Democracy" statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators. | |
| May 30th, 1989 (May 30 1989) | Birth | Kevin Covais, American singer | |
| May 30th, 1986 (May 30 1986) | Death | Perry Ellis, American fashion designer (born in 1940) | |
| May 30th, 1984 (May 30 1984) | Birth | Matt Maguire, Australian rules footballer | |
| May 30th, 1984 (May 30 1984) | Birth | Jordan Palmer, American football player | |
| May 30th, 1982 (May 30 1982) | Event | Spain becomes the 16th member of NATO and the first nation to enter the alliance since West Germany s admission in 1955. | |
| May 30th, 1982 (May 30 1982) | Birth | Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (died in 2007) | |
| May 30th, 1981 (May 30 1981) | Birth | Devendra Banhart, American singer and songwriter | Devendra Banhart Quotes |
| May 30th, 1981 (May 30 1981) | Birth | Andrey Arshavin, Russian Footballer | |
| May 30th, 1981 (May 30 1981) | Birth | Blake Bashoff, American actor | |
| May 30th, 1981 (May 30 1981) | Birth | Gianmaria Bruni, Italian racing driver | |
| May 30th, 1981 (May 30 1981) | Birth | Ahmad Elrich, Australian footballer | |
| May 30th, 1981 (May 30 1981) | Death | Don Ashby, Canadian ice hockey player (born in 1955) | |
| May 30th, 1981 (May 30 1981) | Death | Ziaur Rahman, President of Bangladesh (born in 1936) | |
| May 30th, 1980 (May 30 1980) | Birth | Steven Gerrard, English footballer | |
| May 30th, 1980 (May 30 1980) | Death | Carl Radle, American bass guitarist (born in 1942) | |
| May 30th, 1979 (May 30 1979) | Birth | Mike Bishai, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| May 30th, 1979 (May 30 1979) | Birth | Kugimiya Rie, Japanese seiyuu (voice actress) | |
| May 30th, 1978 (May 30 1978) | Birth | Lyoto Machida, Brazilian mixed martial artist | Martial Quotes |
| May 30th, 1977 (May 30 1977) | Birth | Akwa, Angolan footballer | |
| May 30th, 1977 (May 30 1977) | Birth | Rachael Stirling, British actress | |
| May 30th, 1976 (May 30 1976) | Birth | Radoslav Nesterovic, Slovenian basketball player | |
| May 30th, 1976 (May 30 1976) | Birth | Magnus Norman, Swedish tennis player | |
| May 30th, 1976 (May 30 1976) | Death | Max Carey, American baseball player (born in 1890) | |
| May 30th, 1975 (May 30 1975) | Birth | Andrew Farrell, English rugby league and union footballer | |
| May 30th, 1975 (May 30 1975) | Death | Steve Prefontaine, American runner (born in 1951) | Steve Prefontaine Quotes |
| May 30th, 1975 (May 30 1975) | Death | Michel Simon, French actor (born in 1895) | |
| May 30th, 1975 (May 30 1975) | Death | Tatsuo Shimabuku, Japanese martial artist (born in 1908) | Martial Quotes |
| May 30th, 1974 (May 30 1974) | Birth | Cee-Lo, American musician | |
| May 30th, 1974 (May 30 1974) | Birth | Big L, American rapper (died in 1999) | |
| May 30th, 1974 (May 30 1974) | Birth | Konstantinos Chalkias, Greek footballer | |
| May 30th, 1974 (May 30 1974) | Birth | Shin Ha-kyun, South Korean actor | |
| May 30th, 1974 (May 30 1974) | Birth | David Wilkie, American ice hockey player | |
| May 30th, 1973 (May 30 1973) | Birth | Leigh Francis, British comedian | |
| May 30th, 1972 (May 30 1972) | Event | The Angry Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout Britain. | |
| May 30th, 1972 (May 30 1972) | Event | In Tel Aviv members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport Massacre, killing 24 people and injuring 78 others. | |
| May 30th, 1972 (May 30 1972) | Birth | Manny Ramirez, Major League Baseball player | |
| May 30th, 1972 (May 30 1972) | Birth | Soichiro Hoshi, Japanese seiyuu | |
| May 30th, 1971 (May 30 1971) | Event | Mariner program: Mariner 9 is launched to map 70% of the surface, and to study temporal changes in the atmosphere and surface, of Mars. | |
| May 30th, 1971 (May 30 1971) | Birth | Idina Menzel, American actress and singer | |
| May 30th, 1971 (May 30 1971) | Death | Marcel Dupre, French organist and composer (born in 1886) | |
| May 30th, 1970 (May 30 1970) | Birth | Flora Chan, Hong Kong television actress | |
| May 30th, 1970 (May 30 1970) | Birth | Ness Wadia, Indian industrialist | |
| May 30th, 1969 (May 30 1969) | Event | Riots on the Caribbean island of Curacao | Cao Cao Quotes |
| May 30th, 1968 (May 30 1968) | Birth | Zacarias Moussaoui, French citizen found guilty relating to September 11, 2001 attacks | |
| May 30th, 1968 (May 30 1968) | Birth | Kelley Armstrong, Novelist | |
| May 30th, 1967 (May 30 1967) | Event | At the Ascot Park in Gardena, California, daredevil Evel Knievel jumps his motorcycle over 16 cars lined up in a row. | |
| May 30th, 1967 (May 30 1967) | Event | The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war. | |
| May 30th, 1967 (May 30 1967) | Birth | Tim Burgess, English singer (The Charlatans) | |
| May 30th, 1967 (May 30 1967) | Death | Claude Rains, English actor (born in 1889) | Claude Rains Quotes |
| May 30th, 1966 (May 30 1966) | Event | Former Congolese Prime Minister Evariste Kimba and several other politicians are publicly executed in Kinshasa on the orders of President Joseph Mobutu. | |
| May 30th, 1966 (May 30 1966) | Birth | Stephen Malkmus, American musician (Pavement) | |
| May 30th, 1964 (May 30 1964) | Birth | Wynonna Judd, American Country/Bluegrass Singer | |
| May 30th, 1964 (May 30 1964) | Birth | Tom Morello, American guitarist (Audioslave, Rage Against the Machine) | |
| May 30th, 1964 (May 30 1964) | Birth | Andrea Montermini, Italian racing driver | |
| May 30th, 1964 (May 30 1964) | Death | Leo Szilard, Hungarian nuclear physicist (born in 1898) | Leo Szilard Quotes |
| May 30th, 1964 (May 30 1964) | Death | Eddie Sachs, American auto racer (born in 1927) | |
| May 30th, 1964 (May 30 1964) | Death | Dave MacDonald, American auto racer (born in 1936) | |
| May 30th, 1962 (May 30 1962) | Birth | Kevin Eastman, American comic book creator | |
| May 30th, 1962 (May 30 1962) | Birth | Tonya Pinkins, American actress | |
| May 30th, 1961 (May 30 1961) | Birth | Harry Enfield, British comedian | |
| May 30th, 1961 (May 30 1961) | Death | Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, dictator of the Dominican Republic (born in 1891) | |
| May 30th, 1960 (May 30 1960) | Death | Boris Pasternak, Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (declined) (born in 1890) | |
| May 30th, 1959 (May 30 1959) | Event | The Auckland Harbour Bridge is officially opened today in Auckland, New Zealand. | |
| May 30th, 1959 (May 30 1959) | Birth | Frank Vanhecke, Belgian politician | |
| May 30th, 1958 (May 30 1958) | Event | Memorial Day: the remains of two unidentified American servicemen, killed in action during World War II and the Korean War respectively, are buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. | |
| May 30th, 1958 (May 30 1958) | Birth | Marie Fredriksson, Swedish singer and songwriter (Roxette) | |
| May 30th, 1958 (May 30 1958) | Birth | Steve Israel, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (D-New York) | |
| May 30th, 1958 (May 30 1958) | Birth | Ted McGinley, American actor | |
| May 30th, 1956 (May 30 1956) | Birth | Robert F. Newmyer, American film producer (died in 2005) | |
| May 30th, 1955 (May 30 1955) | Birth | Topper Headon, British musician (The Clash) | |
| May 30th, 1955 (May 30 1955) | Death | Bill Vukovich, Auto racer, killed during 1955 Indianapolis 500 (born in 1918) | |
| May 30th, 1953 (May 30 1953) | Birth | Colm Meaney, Irish actor | |
| May 30th, 1953 (May 30 1953) | Death | Dooley Wilson, American musician and actor (born in 1886) | |
| May 30th, 1951 (May 30 1951) | Birth | Stephen Tobolowsky, American actor | |
| May 30th, 1951 (May 30 1951) | Birth | Zdravko Colic, Yugoslav-Bosnian singer | |
| May 30th, 1951 (May 30 1951) | Birth | Fernando Lugo, Paraguayan politician | |
| May 30th, 1951 (May 30 1951) | Death | Hermann Broch, Austrian author (born in 1886) | |
| May 30th, 1950 (May 30 1950) | Birth | Bertrand Delanoe, French politician | |
| May 30th, 1950 (May 30 1950) | Birth | Paresh Rawal, Indian actor | |
| May 30th, 1949 (May 30 1949) | Birth | P.J. Carlesimo, American basketball coach | |
| May 30th, 1948 (May 30 1948) | Event | A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless. | |
| May 30th, 1948 (May 30 1948) | Birth | Michael Piller, American screenwriter (died in 2005) | |
| May 30th, 1947 (May 30 1947) | Birth | Jocelyne Bourassa, French Canadian LPGA golfer | |
| May 30th, 1947 (May 30 1947) | Death | Georg Ritter von Trapp, World War I Austrian submarine commander (born in 1880) | |
| May 30th, 1946 (May 30 1946) | Death | Louis Slotin, Canadian Scientist at Los Alamos (born in 1910) | |
| May 30th, 1945 (May 30 1945) | Birth | Norman Eshley, English actor | |
| May 30th, 1944 (May 30 1944) | Birth | Meredith MacRae, American actress (died in 2000) | |
| May 30th, 1943 (May 30 1943) | Birth | James Chaney, American civil rights activist (died in 1964) | |
| May 30th, 1943 (May 30 1943) | Birth | Gale Sayers, American football player | |
| May 30th, 1942 (May 30 1942) | Event | World War II: 1000 British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany. | |
| May 30th, 1941 (May 30 1941) | Event | World War II: Germany captures Crete. | |
| May 30th, 1941 (May 30 1941) | Event | World War II: Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas climb on the Athenian Acropolis, tear down the Nazi swastika and replace it with the Greek flag. | |
| May 30th, 1941 (May 30 1941) | Death | Prajadhipok, Rama VII, king of Thailand (born in 1893) | |
| May 30th, 1940 (May 30 1940) | Birth | Gilles Villemure, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| May 30th, 1939 (May 30 1939) | Birth | Michael J. Pollard, American actor | |
| May 30th, 1939 (May 30 1939) | Birth | Dieter Quester, Austrian racing driver | |
| May 30th, 1939 (May 30 1939) | Death | Floyd Roberts, Auto racer, killed during 1939 Indianapolis 500 (born in 1904) | |
| May 30th, 1937 (May 30 1937) | Birth | Harry Statham, American basketball coach | |
| May 30th, 1936 (May 30 1936) | Birth | Keir Dullea, American actor | |
| May 30th, 1936 (May 30 1936) | Birth | Ruta Lee, Canadian actress | |
| May 30th, 1934 (May 30 1934) | Birth | Aleksei Leonov, Russian cosmonaut | |
| May 30th, 1934 (May 30 1934) | Birth | Alketas Panagoulias, Greek footballer and coach | |
| May 30th, 1934 (May 30 1934) | Death | Togo Heihachiro, Japanese admiral (born in 1848) | |
| May 30th, 1932 (May 30 1932) | Birth | Pauline Oliveros, American composer and accordionist | |
| May 30th, 1930 (May 30 1930) | Birth | Mark Birley, British nightclub owner (died in 2007) | |
| May 30th, 1930 (May 30 1930) | Birth | Robert Ryman, American painter | |
| May 30th, 1928 (May 30 1928) | Birth | Agnes Varda, French director | |
| May 30th, 1928 (May 30 1928) | Birth | Pro Hart, Australian artist (died in 2006) | |
| May 30th, 1927 (May 30 1927) | Birth | Clint Walker, American actor | |
| May 30th, 1926 (May 30 1926) | Birth | Christine Jorgensen, American transsexual activist (died in 1989) | |
| May 30th, 1926 (May 30 1926) | Death | Vladimir Steklov, Russian physicist (born in 1864) | |
| May 30th, 1925 (May 30 1925) | Event | In China protests erupt against the Great Powers infringing on Chinese sovereignty. | |
| May 30th, 1925 (May 30 1925) | Death | Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian (born in 1876) | |
| May 30th, 1922 (May 30 1922) | Event | In Washington, D.C. the Lincoln Memorial is dedicated. | |
| May 30th, 1922 (May 30 1922) | Birth | Hal Clement, American writer (died in 2003) | |
| May 30th, 1920 (May 30 1920) | Birth | Franklin Schaffner, American film director (died in 1989) | |
| May 30th, 1919 (May 30 1919) | Birth | Rene Barrientos, President of Bolivia (died in 1969) | |
| May 30th, 1918 (May 30 1918) | Birth | Guadalupe "Pita" Amor, Mexican poet (died in 2000) | |
| May 30th, 1918 (May 30 1918) | Birth | Bob Evans, American restaurateur (died in 2007) | Evans Quotes |
| May 30th, 1918 (May 30 1918) | Death | Georgi Plekhanov, Russian revolutionary and Marxist theoretician (born in 1856) | |
| May 30th, 1917 (May 30 1917) | Event | Alexander I becomes king of Greece. | |
| May 30th, 1914 (May 30 1914) | Event | 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. | |
| May 30th, 1913 (May 30 1913) | Event | First Balkan War: the Treaty of London, 1913 is signed ending the war. Albania becomes an independent nation. | |
| May 30th, 1912 (May 30 1912) | Birth | Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and Nobel Prize laureate (died in 2004) | |
| May 30th, 1912 (May 30 1912) | Birth | Erich Bagge, German physicist | |
| May 30th, 1912 (May 30 1912) | Birth | Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (died in 1980) | |
| May 30th, 1912 (May 30 1912) | Death | Wilbur Wright, aviation pioneer (Wright Brothers) (born in 1867) | Wilbur Wright Quotes |
| May 30th, 1911 (May 30 1911) | Event | 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. | |
| May 30th, 1910 (May 30 1910) | Birth | Ralph Metcalfe, American athlete (died in 1978) | |
| May 30th, 1910 (May 30 1910) | Birth | Inge Meysel, German actress (died in 2004) | |
| May 30th, 1909 (May 30 1909) | Birth | Benny Goodman, American clarinetist and bandleader (died in 1986) | |
| May 30th, 1908 (May 30 1908) | Birth | Hannes Alfven, Swedish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1995) | Hannes Alfven Quotes |
| May 30th, 1908 (May 30 1908) | Birth | Mel Blanc, American voice actor (died in 1989) | Mel Blanc Quotes |
| May 30th, 1907 (May 30 1907) | Birth | Elly Beinhorn, German pilot (died in 2007) | |
| May 30th, 1907 (May 30 1907) | Birth | Germaine Tillion, French anthropologist, member of French Resistance (died in 2008) | |
| May 30th, 1906 (May 30 1906) | Birth | Bruno Groning, German faith healer (died in 1959) | |
| May 30th, 1903 (May 30 1903) | Birth | Countee Cullen, American writer (died in 1946) | |
| May 30th, 1902 (May 30 1902) | Birth | Stepin Fetchit, American dancer and actor (died in 1985) | |
| May 30th, 1901 (May 30 1901) | Birth | Cornelia Otis Skinner, American writer and actress (died in 1979) | |
| May 30th, 1901 (May 30 1901) | Death | Victor D Hondt, Belgian mathematician (born in 1841) | |
| May 30th, 1899 (May 30 1899) | Birth | Irving Thalberg, American film producer (died in 1936) | |
| May 30th, 1896 (May 30 1896) | Birth | Howard Hawks, American film director (died in 1977) | |
| May 30th, 1895 (May 30 1895) | Birth | Maurice Tate, English cricketer (died in 1956) | |
| May 30th, 1892 (May 30 1892) | Birth | Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter (died in 1972) | |
| May 30th, 1886 (May 30 1886) | Birth | Randolph Bourne, American writer (died in 1918) | |
| May 30th, 1883 (May 30 1883) | Event | In New York City, a rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse causes a stampede that crushes twelve people. | |
| May 30th, 1882 (May 30 1882) | Birth | Wyndham Halswelle, Scottish runner (died in 1915) | |
| May 30th, 1881 (May 30 1881) | Birth | Georg von Kuchler, German field marshal (died in 1968) | |
| May 30th, 1879 (May 30 1879) | Event | New York City s Gilmores Garden is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue. | |
| May 30th, 1879 (May 30 1879) | Event | An F4 tornado strikes Irving, Kansas, killing 18 and injuring 60. | |
| May 30th, 1879 (May 30 1879) | Birth | Colin Blythe, English cricketer (died in 1917) | |
| May 30th, 1878 (May 30 1878) | Birth | Mike Donlin, American baseball player (died in 1933) | |
| May 30th, 1876 (May 30 1876) | Event | Ottoman sultan Abd-ul-Aziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murat V. | |
| May 30th, 1875 (May 30 1875) | Birth | Giovanni Gentile, Italian philosopher (died in 1944) | Philo Quotes |
| May 30th, 1871 (May 30 1871) | Event | The Paris Commune falls. | |
| May 30th, 1871 (May 30 1871) | Birth | Olga Engl, Austrian actress (died in 1946) | |
| May 30th, 1868 (May 30 1868) | Event | 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). | |
| May 30th, 1868 (May 30 1868) | Death | Souji Okita, 1st Captain of the Shinsengumi (born in 1823 | |
| May 30th, 1865 (May 30 1865) | Death | John Catron, United States Supreme Court Justice | |
| May 30th, 1858 (May 30 1858) | Birth | Siegfried Alkan, German composer (died in 1941) | |
| May 30th, 1854 (May 30 1854) | Event | The Kansas-Nebraska Act becomes law establishing the US territories of Nebraska and Kansas. | |
| May 30th, 1846 (May 30 1846) | Birth | Peter Carl Faberge, Russian goldsmith and jeweler (died in 1920) | |
| May 30th, 1845 (May 30 1845) | Birth | King Amadeo I of Spain (died in 1890) | |
| May 30th, 1842 (May 30 1842) | Event | John Francis attempts to murder Queen Victoria as she drives down Constitution Hill, London with Prince Albert. | |
| May 30th, 1832 (May 30 1832) | Event | The Rideau Canal in eastern Ontario is opened. | |
| May 30th, 1820 (May 30 1820) | Birth | Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, French Canadian politician (died in 1890) | |
| May 30th, 1819 (May 30 1819) | Birth | William McMurdo, British army officer (died in 1894) | |
| May 30th, 1814 (May 30 1814) | Event | Napoleonic Wars: War of the Sixth Coalitionthe Treaty of Paris (1814) is signed returning French borders to their 1792 extent. | |
| May 30th, 1814 (May 30 1814) | Birth | Mikhail Bakunin, Russian anarchist (died in 1876) | Mikhail Bakunin Quotes |
| May 30th, 1814 (May 30 1814) | Birth | Eugene Charles Catalan, Belgian mathematician (died in 1894) | |
| May 30th, 1806 (May 30 1806) | Event | Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel after Dickinson had accused Jackson s wife of bigamy. | Andrew Jackson Quotes |
| May 30th, 1778 (May 30 1778) | Death | Voltaire, French philosopher and author (born in 1694) | Voltaire Quotes |
| May 30th, 1770 (May 30 1770) | Death | Francois Boucher, French painter (born in 1703) | |
| May 30th, 1757 (May 30 1757) | Birth | Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died in 1844) | |
| May 30th, 1744 (May 30 1744) | Death | Alexander Pope, English writer (born in 1688) | Alexander Pope Quotes |
| May 30th, 1730 (May 30 1730) | Death | Arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (born in 1648) | |
| May 30th, 1719 (May 30 1719) | Birth | Roger Newdigate, English politician (died in 1806) | |
| May 30th, 1718 (May 30 1718) | Birth | Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician (died in 1793) | |
| May 30th, 1718 (May 30 1718) | Death | Arnold Joost van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle, Dutch favorite of William III of England (born in 1670) | |
| May 30th, 1713 (May 30 1713) | Birth | Princess Caroline Elizabeth of Great Britain (died in 1757) | |
| May 30th, 1696 (May 30 1696) | Death | Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, First Lord of the British Admiralty (born in 1638) | |
| May 30th, 1653 (May 30 1653) | Birth | Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Empress consort of Germany (died in 1676) | |
| May 30th, 1642 (May 30 1642) | Event | From this date all honours granted by Charles I are retrospectively annulled by Parliament | |
| May 30th, 1640 (May 30 1640) | Death | Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter (born in 1577) | |
| May 30th, 1635 (May 30 1635) | Event | Thirty Years War: the Peace of Prague (1635) is signed. | |
| May 30th, 1623 (May 30 1623) | Birth | John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (died in 1686) | |
| May 30th, 1593 (May 30 1593) | Death | Christopher Marlowe, English playwright (born in 1564) | Christopher Marlowe Quotes |
| May 30th, 1588 (May 30 1588) | Event | The last ship of the Spanish Armada sets sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel. | |
| May 30th, 1576 (May 30 1576) | Death | Harada Naomasa, Japanese retainer and samurai | |
| May 30th, 1574 (May 30 1574) | Event | Henry III becomes King of France. | |
| May 30th, 1574 (May 30 1574) | Death | King Charles IX of France (born in 1550) | |
| May 30th, 1539 (May 30 1539) | Event | In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal of finding gold. | |
| May 30th, 1536 (May 30 1536) | Event | King Henry VIII of England marries Jane Seymour, a lady-in-waiting to his first two wives. | Henry VIII of England Quotes |
| May 30th, 1469 (May 30 1469) | Death | Lope de Barrientos, Spanish bishop | |
| May 30th, 1434 (May 30 1434) | Event | Hussite Wars (Bohemian Wars): Battle of Lipanyeffectively ending the war, Utraquist forces led by Divis Borek of Miletinek defeat and almost annihilate Taborite forces led by Prokop the Great. | |
| May 30th, 1434 (May 30 1434) | Death | Prokop the Great, Hussite general | |
| May 30th, 1431 (May 30 1431) | Event | Hundred Years War: in Rouen, France, 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal. | Joan of Arc Quotes |
| May 30th, 1431 (May 30 1431) | Death | Joan of Arc, French heroine and saint (born in 1412) | Joan of Arc Quotes |
| May 30th, 1423 (May 30 1423) | Birth | Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (died in 1461) | |
| May 30th, 1416 (May 30 1416) | Event | The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund, a supporter of Antipope John XXIII, burns Jerome of Prague following a trial for heresy. | |
| May 30th, 1416 (May 30 1416) | Death | Jerome of Prague, Czech theologian (born in 1379) | |
| May 30th, 1252 (May 30 1252) | Death | King Ferdinand III of Castile | |
| May 30th, 1159 (May 30 1159) | Death | Wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (born in 1105) | |
| May 30th, 1010 (May 30 1010) | Birth | Emperor Renzong of China (died in 1063) | |
