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What happened in history on this day: May 30?
On May 30 in ...
- 1953 - First Major League Baseball TV network baseball game: ABC debuts Game of the Week on Saturday afternoons. Cleveland Indians 7, Chicago White Sox 2.
- 2003 - Buena Vista releases the film Finding Nemo to theaters.
- 2014 - Buena Vista releases the film Maleficent to theaters.
Births on May 30
- 1896 - Birth of Howard Hawks in Goshen, Indiana, USA; director/producer (Rio Bravo, Scarface).
- 1902 - Birth of Stepin Fetchit [Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry] in Key West, Florida, USA; actor (In Old Kentucky, Miracle in Harlem).
- 1908 - Birth of Melvin Jerome Blanc AKA Mel Blanc in San Francisco, California, USA; voice actor (Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Porky Pig) (dies 1989).
- 1911 - Birth of Douglas Fowley in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Grandpa - Pistols 'n' Petticoats).
- 1912 - Birth of Hugh Griffith in Anglesey, Wales; actor (Ben Hur, Mutiny on the Bounty, Oliver!).
- 1914 - Birth of Bobby Sherwood in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; orchestra leader, musical director, host (The Milton Berle Show (1952-53), The Red Buttons Show, Quick as a Flash, Stars on Parade, Masquerade Party, The Bert Parks Show).
- 1920 - Birth of John Heawood; actor/singer/choreographer (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang).
- 1923 - Birth of Jimmy Lydon in Harrington Park, New Jersey, USA; actor (Richard - Love That Jill, The First Hundred Years, The Gale Storm Show).
- 1927 - Birth of Clint Walker in Hartford, Illinois, USA; actor (Kodiak, Cheyenne, Dirty Dozen, Centennial).
- 1927 - Birth of Dick Noel in Brooklyn, New York, USA; TV host (It's a Small Wonder).
- 1928 - Birth of Agnès Varda; French photograph/director (Cléo de 5 à 7, Le bonheur).
- 1929 - Birth of Michael Mellinger in Bavaria, Germany; actor (Goldfinger).
- 1936 - Birth of Keir Dullea in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; actor (2001, 2010, David and Lisa, Guiding Light, Loving Friends and Perfect Couples).
- 1936 - Birth of Ruta Lee in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; actress (Operation Eichmann, Marjorie Morningstar, Pantomime Quiz, High Rollers, Roseanne).
- 1939 - Birth of Michael J Pollard in Passaic, New Jersey, USA; actor (Bonnie and Clyde, Roxanne, Many Loves of Dobie Gillis).
- 1940 - Birth of David Ackroyd in Orange, New Jersey, USA; actor (I Come in Peace, Memories of Me).
- 1945 - Birth of Meredith MacRae in Houston, Texas, USA; actress (Petticoat Junction, My Three Sons).
- 1950 - Birth of Stephen Tobolowsky; actor (CSI Miami, Deadwood).
- 1951 - Birth of Stephen Tobolowsky in Dallas, Texas, USA; actor (Single White Female, Thelma and Louise).
- 1953 - Birth of Colm Meaney; actor (Star Trek: Deep Space 9, Star Trek: The Next Generation).
- 1958 - Birth of Ted McGinley in Newport Beach, California, USA; actor (The Love Boat, Married With Children, Dynasty, Hope and Faith).
- 1961 - Birth of Ralph Carter in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Michael Evans - Good Times).
- 1961 - Birth of Trey Parker; rapper/actor (Newsies, Hull High).
- 1962 - Birth of Tonya Pinkins in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Livia Frye - All My Children).
- 1965 - Birth of Tammy Parks in Rockville Centre, New York, USA; actress (Attack of the 60-foot Centerfold).
- 1976 - Birth of Omri Hairi Katz in Los Angeles, California; actor (Marshall Teller - Eerie Indiana).
- 1981 - Birth of Blake Bashoff; actor (Lost, Judging Amy).
Deaths on May 30
- 1944 - Jessie Ralph, actress (Good Earth, San Francisco), dies at age 79.
- 1967 - Claude Rains, actor (Invisible Man), dies at age 77.
- 1971 - Rodd Redwing, actor (Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory), dies at age 66.
- 1975 - Michel Simon, actor (Panic, Plague, Two of Us), dies at age 80.
- 1979 - Jack Raine, actor (Quartet), dies at age 82.
- 1988 - Ella Raines, actress (Uncle Harry, Runaround, Impact), dies of throat cancer at age 66.
- 1992 - Daniel Addes, actor (Victor - Sunset Grill), dies at age 59.
- 2006 - Death of Robert Sterling at age 88 in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Topper TV show).
- 2023 - Death of John Beasley at age 79 in hospital in Omaha, Nebraska, USA; actor (Rudy, Everwood TV show).
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