Mark S. Farrar's Birthday Page
This page lists:
- other people who were
born on May 30
- people who have
died on May 30
-
events that have taken place on May 30.
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As it says on
another page,
I was born on 30 May 1959, which was a Saturday. To see what day of the week you
were born on, enter your Day, Month and Year of birth in the boxes below and press the Calculate
button.
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The following people were also born on May 30:
- Peter I (The Great), Tsar of Russia (1672)
- Howard Hawks (1896)
- Mel Blanc (1908)
- Benny Goodman (1909)
- Joseph Stein (1912)
- Clint Walker (1927)
- Gale Sayers (1943)
To find more famous birthdays, for all days in the year, have a look at the
Famous Birthdays site.
The following people died on May 30:
- Joan of Arc (1431)
- Christopher Marlowe (1593)
- Peter Paul Rubens (1640)
- Alexander Pope (1744)
- Voltaire (1778)
- William Clarke Quantrill (1865)
- Boris Pasternak (1960)
- Claude Rains (1967)
- Audie Murphy (1971)
The following events took place on May 30:
- Columbus departs with six ships for his third trip to America (1498)
- English King Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour (1536)
- Spanish Aramada, under Medina-Sidonia, departs from Lisbon to invade England (1588)
- Mahlon Loomis patents wireless telegraphy (1872)
- Brassiere is invented (1889)
- W G Grace scores his 1,000th Cricket run of the season after 22 days (1895)
- First car accident occurs when Henry Wells hits a bicyclist (1896)
- New country of Albania is formed (1913)
- World's first hovercraft (SR-N1) tested at Cowes, England (1959)
- US launches Surveyor 1 to the Moon (1966)
- Robert "Evel" Knievel's motorcycle jumps 16 automobiles (1967)
- West German Mathias Rust lands his aeroplane on Red Square (1987)
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This page is Copyright © 1998, Mark S. Farrar.
Created: Friday 21st August, 1998
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