May 30

Sunday 30, 2004:

Buddy Rice wins a rain-shortened 88th Indianapolis 500

Friday 30, 2003:

The final flight of an Air France Concorde takes place.

Sunday 30, 1999:

Kenny Bräck wins the 83rd Indianapolis 500

Saturday 30, 1998:

A 6.6 magnitude earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, killing up to 5,000.

Tuesday 30, 1989:

Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: The 33-foot high "Goddess of Democracy" statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators.

Sunday 30, 1982:

Spain becomes the 16th member of NATO and the first nation to enter the alliance since West Germany's admission in 1955.

Tuesday 30, 1972:

In Tel Aviv, members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport Massacre, killing 24 people and injuring 78 others.

Sunday 30, 1971:

Mariner program: Mariner 9 is launched toward Mars.

Tuesday 30, 1967:

The Nigerian state of Biafra secedes, sparking a civil war.

Friday 30, 1958:

The bodies of several unidentified soldiers killed in action during World War II and the Korean War are buried at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery.

Sunday 30, 1948:

A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless.

Saturday 30, 1942:

World War II: 1000 British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany.

Friday 30, 1941:

World War II: Germany captures Crete.

Thursday 30, 1935:

Babe Ruth plays in his last baseball game, in the uniform of the Boston Braves.

Tuesday 30, 1922:

In Washington, D.C., the Lincoln Memorial is dedicated.

Friday 30, 1913:

First Balkan War: A peace treaty is signed in London ending the war. Albania becomes an independent nation.

Tuesday 30, 1911:

At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race in his Marmon Wasp.

Wednesday 30, 1883:

In New York City, a rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse causes a stampede which crushes twelve people.

Friday 30, 1879:

New York City's Gilmores Garden is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.

Tuesday 30, 1876:

Ottoman sultan Abd-ul-Aziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murat V.

Saturday 30, 1868:

Memorial Day (then known as "Decoration Day") is observed in the United States for the first time (it was proclaimed on May 5 by General John Logan).

Tuesday 30, 1871:

The Paris Commune falls.

Tuesday 30, 1854:

The Kansas-Nebraska Act becomes law establishing the US territories of Nebraska and Kansas.

Monday 30, 1814:

The First Treaty of Paris is signed returning French borders to their 1792 extent. Napoleon I of France is exiled to Elba on the same day.

Friday 30, 1806:

Andrew Jackson kills a man in a duel after the man had accused Jackson's wife of bigamy.

Wednesday 30, 1635:

Peace of Prague (30 Years War)

Monday 30, 1588:

The last ship of the Spanish Armada sets sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel.

Thursday 30, 1574:

Henry III becomes King of France.

Tuesday 30, 1539:

In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal of finding gold.

Saturday 30, 1536:

King Henry VIII of England marries Jane Seymour, a lady-in-waiting to his first two wives.

Friday 30, 1434:

Taborite forces led by Prokop the Great were defeated and almost annihilated in the Battle of Lipany, effectively ending the Hussite Wars.

Monday 30, 1431:

In Rouen, France, 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake.

Thursday 30, 1416:

The Catholic Church burns Jerome of Prague as a heretic.

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