Historical events on May 30
MAY 30, 1922
The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., featuring a sculpture of the sixteenth U.S. president Abraham Lincoln by Daniel Chester French, opened.
The Lincoln Memorial is a U.S. national memorial honoring Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, located on the western
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MAY 30, 1959
The Auckland Harbour Bridge, spanning Waitematā Harbour between the Saint Marys Bay and Northcote suburbs of Auckland, New Zealand, officially opened.
The Auckland Harbour Bridge is an eight-lane motorway bridge over Waitematā Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand. It joins St Marys Bay on
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MAY 30, 1899
Pearl Hart, one of the few female outlaws of the American Old West, committed one of the last recorded stagecoach robberies, about 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Globe, Arizona.
Pearl Hart was a Canadian-born outlaw of the American Old West. She committed one of the last recorded stagecoach robberies in the
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MAY 30, 1914
RMS Aquitania, the last surviving four-funnel ocean liner, departed from Liverpool on her maiden voyage to New York City.
RMS Aquitania was an ocean liner of the Cunard Line in service from 1914 to 1950. She was designed by Leonard Peskett
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MAY 30, 1948
A dike holding the Columbia River broke, causing a flood that destroyed Vanport, Oregon, U.S., only five years after the city was built.
A levee, dike, dyke, embankment, floodbank, or stop bank is an elevated ridge, natural or artificial, alongside the banks of a river,
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MAY 30, 1969
A demonstration by workers and activists on the Caribbean island of Curaçao escalated into a violent uprising which destroyed much of Willemstad.
Curaçao, officially the Country of Curaçao, is a constituent island country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the southern Caribbean Sea,
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MAY 30, 1854
The Kansas–Nebraska Act became law, establishing the U.S. territories of Nebraska and Kansas, and allowing their settlers to determine if slavery would be permitted.
The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 was a territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. It was drafted by
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MAY 30, 1866
Bedřich Smetana's comic opera The Bartered Bride premiered in Prague.
Bedřich Smetana was a Czech composer who pioneered the development of a musical style that became closely identified with his people's aspirations
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MAY 30, 1723
Johann Sebastian Bach (pictured) assumed the office of Thomaskantor in Leipzig, presenting the cantata Die Elenden sollen essen in St. Nicholas Church.
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across
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MAY 30, 1431
Hundred Years' War: After being convicted of heresy, Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in Rouen, France.
The Hundred Years' War was a conflict between the kingdoms of England and France and a civil war in France during the
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MAY 30, 1963
Buddhist crisis: A protest against pro-Catholic discrimination was held outside the National Assembly of South Vietnam in Saigon, the first open demonstration against President Ngô Đình Diệm.
The Buddhist crisis was a period of political and religious tension in South Vietnam between May and November 1963, characterized by a
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MAY 30, 1536
Jane Seymour, a former lady-in-waiting, married King Henry VIII, becoming the queen consort of England.
Jane Seymour was Queen of England as the third wife of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 30 May 1536 until
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MAY 30, 2008
The Convention on Cluster Munitions, prohibiting the use, transfer, and stockpiling of cluster bombs, was adopted.
The Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) is an international treaty that prohibits all use, transfer, production, and stockpiling of cluster munitions, a
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