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What happened in history on this day: May 30?
On May 30 in ...
- 1783 - Benjamin Tower of Philadelphia publishes first daily newspaper in US.
- 1822 - House slave betrays Denmark Vesey conspiracy (results in 37 blacks hanged).
- 1862 - Battle of Booneville, Mississippi - captured General Beauregard evacuates Corinth, Mississippi.
- 1862 - Battle of Front Royal, Virginia, CSA.
- 1864 - James Barbour Terrill, US attorney/Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at age 26.
- 1864 - Battle of Bethesda Church, Virginia.
- 1864 - Cavalry fight at Old Church (Totopotomoy Creek), Virginia.
- 1868 - Memorial Day first observed when two women in Columbus, Mississippi place flowers on both Confederate and USA graves.
- 1879 - Gilmore Garden (New York City) is renamed Madison Square Garden.
- 1883 - Rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, USA, is going to collapse causes a stampede that kills 12.
- 1896 - First car accident occurs: Henry Wells hits a bicyclist in New York City.
- 1901 - The Hall of Fame for Great Americans is dedicated on the campus of New York University.
- 1908 - The Emergency Currency Act authorizes $500, $1000, and $10000 national bank notes, and allows chartered banks to substitute other securities besides US bonds as reserves against circulating currency. The Act is to remain in effect until June 30, 1915.
- 1908 - First US federal workmen's compensation law approved.
- 1908 - US Assay Office in Salt Lake City, Utah, is authorized by Congress.
- 1912 - US Marines are sent to Nicaragua.
- 1921 - In Tulsa, Oklahoma, 19-year-old Dick Rowland is accused of assaulting 17-year-old Sarah Page. Because Rowland is black and Page is white, a mob burns the all-black Greenwood District over four days. 600 businesses destroyed, about 300 people killed, 10,000 people made homeless.
- 1922 - In Washington, D.C., the Lincoln Memorial is dedicated by Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, William Howard Taft.
- 1937 - Memorial Day Massacre - Chicago police shoot on union marchers at Republic Steel Plant in Chicago, Illinois, USA; ten die.
- 1943 - US troops reconquer Attu Aleutians.
- 1946 - United Airlines Flight 521 crashes on takeoff at LaGuardia Airport (New York), 42 die.
- 1956 - US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests).
- 1958 - US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests).
- 1958 - Unidentified American soldiers killed in WWII and Korean War buried in Arlington, Virginia, USA.
- 1959 - Iraq terminates military assistance pact with US due to neutrality.
- 1965 - Viet Cong offensive against US base Da Nang begins.
- 1966 - 300 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam.
- 1966 - US launches Surveyor 1 to the Moon.
- 1967 - Groundbreaking begins in Florida for Walt Disney World.
- 1971 - 36 hospitalized during Grateful Dead concert; after drinking LSD-laced apple juice.
- 1971 - US Mariner 9 launched (first satellite to orbit Mars).
- 1987 - North American Philips Company unveils compact disc video.
- 1991 - 64th US National Spelling Bee: Joanne Lagatta wins spelling "antipyretic".
- 1991 - US Supreme Court rules prosecutors can be sued for legal advice they give police and can be held accountable.
- 1992 - New York Lotto pays US$30 million to one winner (numbers are 12-15-30-33-40-48).
- 1996 - 69th US National Spelling Bee: Wendy Guey wins spelling "vivisepulture".
- 2020 - A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, carrying the Crew Dragon space capsule with two American astronauts, Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, destined for the International Space Station. This is the first manned spacecraft to take off from U.S. soil since the retirement of the Space Shuttle in 2011, and the world's first space launch of humans by any private company.
Births on May 30
- 1867 - Birth of Arthur Vining Davis in Sharon, Massachusetts, USA; CEO (Alcoa-1910-57).
- 1896 - Birth of Howard Hawks in Goshen, Indiana, USA; director/producer (Rio Bravo, Scarface).
- 1901 - Birth of Cornelia Otis Skinner in Chicago, Illinois, USA; writer (When Our Hearts Were Young and Gay).
- 1902 - Birth of Stepin Fetchit [Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry] in Key West, Florida, USA; actor (In Old Kentucky, Miracle in Harlem).
- 1903 - Birth of Countee Cullen in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; poet (Black Christ and Other Poems).
- 1908 - Birth of Melvin Jerome Blanc AKA Mel Blanc in San Francisco, California, USA; voice actor (Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Porky Pig) (dies 1989).
- 1909 - Birth of Benny Goodman in Chicago, Illinois, USA; jazz clarinetist and big-band leader, the "King of Swing".
- 1911 - Birth of Douglas Fowley in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Grandpa - Pistols 'n' Petticoats).
- 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).
- 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).
- 1932 - Birth of Pauline Oliveros in Houston, Texas, USA; composer (Sound Patterns).
- 1936 - Birth of Keir Dullea in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; actor (2001, 2010, David and Lisa, Guiding Light, Loving Friends and Perfect Couples).
- 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).
- 1951 - Birth of Stephen Tobolowsky in Dallas, Texas, USA; actor (Single White Female, Thelma and Louise).
- 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).
- 1962 - Birth of Tonya Pinkins in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Livia Frye - All My Children).
- 1964 - Birth of Wynonna [Christina Judd] in Ashland, Kentucky, USA; singer (Judds - "Why Not Me", "Love Can Build A Bridge").
- 1965 - Birth of Tammy Parks in Rockville Centre, New York, USA; actress (Attack of the 60-foot Centerfold).
- 1968 - Birth of Amy Fuller in Westlake, California, USA; rower (Olympics-1992, 1996).
- 1973 - Birth of Christine Pavone; Miss USA-Connecticut (1997).
- 1973 - Birth of Jennifer Darst in Dallas, Texas, USA; pairs skater (and Arthur Reid).
- 1976 - Birth of Omri Hairi Katz in Los Angeles, California; actor (Marshall Teller - Eerie Indiana).
Deaths on May 30
- 1864 - James Barbour Terrill, US attorney/Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at age 26.
- 1912 - Wilbur Wright, US aviation pioneer, dies.
- 1983 - Alfred M Gruenther, US General/NATO-commander (1953-56), dies at age 84.
- 1987 - Frank Carlson, American politician (Governor/Representative/Senator-Republican-Kansas), dies at age 94.
- 1994 - Ezra Taft Benson, US minister of Agriculture/leader of Mormon Church (1985-94), dies at age 94.
- 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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