May 30

Events

AD 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres.

1381 – Beginning of the Peasants' Revolt in England.

1416 – The Council of Constance, called by Emperor Sigismund, a supporter of Antipope John XXIII, burns Jerome of Prague following a trial for heresy.

1431 – Hundred Years' War: In Rouen, France, the 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal. The Roman Catholic Church remembers this day as the celebration of Saint Joan of Arc.

1434 – Hussite Wars: Battle of Lipany: Effectively ending the war, Utraquist forces led by Diviš Bořek of Miletínek defeat and almost annihilate Taborite forces led by Prokop the Great.

1510 – During the reign of the Zhengde Emperor, Ming dynasty rebel leader Zhu Zhifan is defeated by commander Qiu Yue, ending the Prince of Anhua rebellion.

1536 – King Henry VIII of England marries Jane Seymour, a lady-in-waiting to his first two wives.

1539 – In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal of finding gold.

1574 – Henry III becomes King of France.

1588 – The last ship of the Spanish Armada sets sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel.

1631 – Publication of Gazette de France, the first French newspaper.

1635 – Thirty Years' War: The Peace of Prague is signed.

1642 – From this date all honors granted by Charles I are retroactively annulled by Parliament.

1806 – Future U.S. President Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel.

1814 – Napoleonic Wars: War of the Sixth Coalition: The Treaty of Paris (1814) is signed returning French borders to their 1792 extent. Napoleon is exiled to Elba.

1815 – The East Indiaman Arniston is wrecked during a storm at Waenhuiskrans, near Cape Agulhas, in present-day South Africa, with the loss of 372 lives.

1834 – Minister of Justice Joaquim António de Aguiar issues a law seizing "all convents, monasteries, colleges, hospices and any other houses" from the Catholic religious orders in Portugal, earning him the nickname of "The Friar-Killer".

1842 – John Francis attempts to murder Queen Victoria as she drives down Constitution Hill in London with Prince Albert.

1845 – The Fatel Razack coming from India, lands in the Gulf of Paria in Trinidad and Tobago carrying the first Indians to the country.

1854 – The Kansas–Nebraska Act becomes law establishing the US territories of Kansas and Nebraska.

1868 – Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern "Memorial Day") is observed in the United States for the first time (by "Commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic" John A. Logan's proclamation on May 5).

1876 – Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murad V.

1883 – In New York City, a rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse causes a stampede that crushes twelve people.

1899 – Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.

1911 – At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.

1913 – The Treaty of London is signed, ending the First Balkan War; Albania becomes an independent nation.

1914 – The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.

1917 – Alexander I becomes king of Greece.

1922 – The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C..

1925 – May Thirtieth Movement: Shanghai Municipal Police Force shoot and kill 13 protesting workers.

1932 – The National Theatre of Greece is founded.

1937 – Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators.

1941 – World War II: Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas climb the Athenian Acropolis and tear down the German flag.

1942 – World War II: One thousand British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany.

1943 – The Holocaust: Josef Mengele becomes chief medical officer of the Zigeunerfamilienlager (Romani family camp) at Auschwitz concentration camp.

1948 – A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless.

1958 – Memorial Day: The remains of two unidentified American servicemen, killed in action during World War II and the Korean War respectively, are buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.

1959 – The Auckland Harbour Bridge, crossing the Waitemata Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, is officially opened by Governor-General Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham.

1961 – The long-time Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo is assassinated in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

1963 – A protest against pro-Catholic discrimination during the Buddhist crisis is held outside South Vietnam's National Assembly, the first open demonstration during the eight-year rule of Ngo Dinh Diem.

1966 – Former Congolese Prime Minister, Évariste Kimba, and several other politicians are publicly executed in Kinshasa on the orders of President Joseph Mobutu.

1967 – The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war.

1968 – Charles de Gaulle reappears publicly after his flight to Baden-Baden, Germany, and dissolves the French National Assembly by a radio appeal. Immediately after, less than one million of his supporters march on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. This is the turning point of May 1968 events in France.

1971 – Mariner program: Mariner 9 is launched to map 70% of the surface, and to study temporal changes in the atmosphere and surface, of Mars.

1972 – The Angry Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout the United Kingdom.

1972 – In Tel Aviv, Israel, members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport massacre, killing 24 people and injuring 78 others.

1974 – The Airbus A300 passenger aircraft first enters service.

1975 – European Space Agency is established.

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

1998 – The 6.5 Mw Afghanistan earthquake shook the Takhar Province of northern Afghanistan with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), killing around 4,000–4,500.

1998 – Nuclear Testing: Pakistan conducts an underground test in the Kharan Desert. It is reported to be a plutonium device with yield of 20kt TNT equivalent.

2003 – Depayin massacre: At least 70 people associated with the National League for Democracy are killed by government-sponsored mob in Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi fled the scene, but is arrested soon afterwards.

2008 – Convention on Cluster Munitions is adopted.

2012 – Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is sentenced to 50 years in prison for his role in atrocities committed during the Sierra Leone Civil War.

2013 – Nigeria passes a law banning same-sex marriage.

Births

1010 – Emperor Renzong of Song (d. 1063)

1201 – Theobald IV, Count of Champagne (d. 1253)

1423 – Georg von Peuerbach, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1461)

1464 – Barbara of Brandenburg, Bohemian queen (d. 1515)

1623 – John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (d. 1686)

1653 – Claudia Felicitas of Austria (d. 1676)

1686 – Antonina Houbraken, Dutch illustrator (d. 1736)

1718 – Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1793)

1719 – Roger Newdigate, English politician (d. 1806)

1757 – Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1844)

1768 – Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty, French general (d. 1815)

1768 – Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann, German mineralogist and geologist (d. 1873)

1800 – Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose, French cardinal (d. 1883)

1814 – Mikhail Bakunin, Russian philosopher and theorist (d. 1876)

1814 – Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian-French mathematician and academic (d. 1894)

1819 – William McMurdo, English general (d. 1894)

1820 – Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Quebec (d. 1890)

1835 – Alfred Austin, English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1913)

1844 – Félix Arnaudin, French poet and photographer (d. 1921)

1845 – Amadeo I of Spain (d. 1890)

1846 – Peter Carl Fabergé, Russian goldsmith and jeweler (d. 1920)

1862 – Mirza Alakbar Sabir, Azerbaijani philosopher and poet (d. 1911)

1869 – Grace Andrews, American mathematician (d. 1951)

1874 – Ernest Duchesne, French physician (d. 1912)

1875 – Giovanni Gentile, Italian philosopher and academic (d. 1944)

1878 – Mike Donlin, American baseball player and actor (d. 1933)

1879 – Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier (d. 1917)

1879 – Konstantin Ramul, Estonian psychologist and academic (d. 1975)

1881 – Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (d. 1968)

1882 – Wyndham Halswelle, English runner and soldier (d. 1915)

1883 – Sandy Pearce, Australian rugby league player (d. 1930)

1884 – Siegmund Glücksmann, German soldier and politician (d. 1942)

1885 – Villem Grünthal-Ridala, Estonian poet and linguist (d. 1942)

1886 – Laurent Barré, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1964)

1886 – Randolph Bourne, American theorist and author (d. 1918)

1887 – Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian-American sculptor and illustrator (d. 1964)

1887 – Emil Reesen, Danish pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1964)

1890 – Roger Salengro, French soldier and politician, French Minister of the Interior (d. 1936)

1892 – Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter (d. 1972)

1894 – Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1965)

1895 – Maurice Tate, English cricketer (d. 1956)

1896 – Howard Hawks, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1977)

1898 – John Gilroy, English artist and illustrator (d. 1985)

1899 – Irving Thalberg, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1936)

1901 – Alfred Karindi, Estonian pianist and composer (d. 1969)

1901 – Cornelia Otis Skinner, American actress and author (d. 1979)

1902 – Stepin Fetchit, American actor and dancer (d. 1985)

1903 – Countee Cullen, American poet and author (d. 1946)

1906 – Bruno Gröning, Polish-German mystic and author (d. 1959)

1907 – Sao San Tun, Burmese martyr (d. 1947)

1907 – Elly Beinhorn, German pilot (d. 2007)

1907 – Germaine Tillion, French anthropologist and academic (d. 2008)

1908 – Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)

1908 – Mel Blanc, American voice actor (d. 1989)

1909 – Freddie Frith, English motorcycle road racer (d. 1988)

1909 – Benny Goodman, American clarinet player, songwriter, and bandleader (d. 1986)

1910 – Harry Bernstein, English-American journalist and author (d. 2011)

1912 – Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)

1912 – Erich Bagge, German physicist and academic (d. 1996)

1912 – Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (d. 1980)

1912 – Millicent Selsam, American author and academic (d. 1996)

1912 – Joseph Stein, American playwright and author (d. 2010)

1914 – Akinoumi Setsuo, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 37th Yokozuna (d. 1979)

1916 – Justin Catayée, French soldier and politician (d. 1962)

1916 – Mort Meskin, American illustrator (d. 1995)

1918 – Pita Amor, Mexican poet and author (d. 2000)

1918 – Bob Evans, American businessman, founded Bob Evans Restaurants (d. 2007)

1919 – René Barrientos, Bolivian general and politician, 55th President of Bolivia (d. 1969)

1920 – Franklin J. Schaffner, Japanese-American director and producer (d. 1989)

1922 – Hal Clement, American author and educator (d. 2003)

1924 – Anthony Dryden Marshall, American CIA officer and diplomat (d. 2014)

1925 – John Henry Marks, English physician and author

1927 – Billy Wilson, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1993)

1928 – Joan Birman, American mathematician

1928 – Pro Hart, Australian painter (d. 2006)

1928 – Agnès Varda, Belgian-French director, producer, and screenwriter

1929 – Georges Gilson, French archbishop

1930 – Mark Birley, English businessman, founded Annabel's (d. 2007)

1930 – Robert Ryman, American painter

1931 – Larry Silverstein, American real estate magnate

1932 – Ray Cooney, English actor and playwright

1932 – Pauline Oliveros, American accordion player and composer (d. 2016)

1932 – Ivor Richard, Baron Richard, Welsh politician and diplomat, British Ambassador to the United Nations

1934 – Alexey Leonov, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut

1934 – Alketas Panagoulias, Greek footballer and manager (d. 2012)

1935 – Ruta Lee, Canadian-American actress and dancer

1935 – Guy Tardif, Canadian academic and politician (d. 2005)

1936 – Keir Dullea, American actor

1937 – Christopher Haskins, Anglo-Irish businessman, life peer, and British politician

1937 – Rick Mather, American-English architect (d. 2013)

1937 – Harry Statham, American basketball player and coach

1938 – Eugene Belliveau, Canadian football player

1938 – Billie Letts, American author and educator (d. 2014)

1939 – Michael J. Pollard, American actor

1939 – Dieter Quester, Austrian race car driver

1939 – Tim Waterstone, Scottish businessman, founded Waterstones

1940 – Jagmohan Dalmiya, Indian cricket administrator (d. 2015)

1940 – Gilles Villemure, Canadian-American ice hockey player

1942 – John Gladwin, English bishop

1942 – Carole Stone, English journalist and author

1943 – Anders Michanek Swedish motorcycle racer

1943 – Gale Sayers, American football player and philanthropist

1944 – Peter E. Berger, American film editor (d. 2011)

1944 – Lenny Davidson, English guitarist and songwriter

1944 – Meredith MacRae, American actress (d. 2000)

1944 – Stav Prodromou, Greek-American engineer and businessman

1946 – Allan Chapman, English historian and author

1947 – Jocelyne Bourassa, Canadian golfer

1948 – Johan De Muynck, Belgian former professional road racing cyclist

1948 – Michael Piller, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2005)

1948 – David Thorpe, Australian rules footballer

1949 – P.J. Carlesimo, American basketball player and coach

1949 – Paul Coleridge, English lawyer and judge

1949 – Bob Willis, English cricketer and sportscaster

1950 – Bertrand Delanoë, French politician, 14th Mayor of Paris

1950 – Paresh Rawal, Indian actor, producer, and politician

1950 – Joshua Rozenberg, English lawyer, journalist, and author

1951 – Zdravko Čolić, Bosnian Serb singer-songwriter

1951 – Fernando Lugo, Paraguayan bishop and politician, President of Paraguay

1951 – Stephen Tobolowsky, American actor, singer, and director

1952 – Daniel Grodnik, American screenwriter and producer

1952 – Kerry Fraser, Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and sportscaster

1953 – Colm Meaney, Irish actor

1955 – Jacqueline McGlade, English-Canadian biologist, ecologist, and academic

1955 – Michael Spencer, English businessman

1955 – Caroline Swift, English lawyer and judge

1955 – Colm Tóibín, Irish novelist, poet, playwright, and critic

1956 – Tim Lucas, American author, screenwriter, and critic

1957 – Michael Clayton, Australian golfer

1958 – Marie Fredriksson, Swedish singer-songwriter and pianist

1958 – Steve Israel, American lawyer and politician

1958 – Michael López-Alegría, Spanish-American captain, pilot, and astronaut

1958 – Ted McGinley, American actor

1959 – Phil Brown, English footballer, coach, and manager

1959 – Randy Ferbey, Canadian curler

1959 – Frank Vanhecke, Belgian politician

1960 – Stephen Duffy, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1961 – Harry Enfield, English actor, director, and screenwriter

1961 – Bob Yari, Iranian-American director and producer

1962 – Kevin Eastman, American author and illustrator, co-created the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

1962 – Richard Fuller, English lawyer and politician

1962 – Tim Loughton, English businessman and politician

1962 – Tonya Pinkins, American actress and singer

1963 – Michel Langevin, Canadian drummer and songwriter

1963 – Élise Lucet, French journalist

1963 – Helen Sharman, English chemist and astronaut

1964 – Wynonna Judd, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress

1964 – Andrea Montermini, Italian race car driver

1964 – Tom Morello, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

1965 – Troy Coker, Australian rugby player

1965 – Billy Donovan, American basketball player and coach

1965 – Iginio Straffi, Italian animator and producer, founded Rainbow S.r.l.

1966 – Thomas Häßler, German footballer and manager

1966 – Stephen Malkmus, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1967 – Tim Burgess, English singer-songwriter

1967 – Rechelle Hawkes, Australian hockey player

1967 – Sven Pipien, German-American bass player

1968 – Jason Kenney, Canadian lawyer and politician, 40th Canadian Minister of National Defence

1969 – Naomi Kawase, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter

1969 – Ryuhei Kitamura, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter

1971 – Paul Grayson, English rugby player and coach

1971 – Duncan Jones, English director, producer, and screenwriter

1971 – Idina Menzel, American singer-songwriter and actress

1971 – Jiří Šlégr, Czech ice hockey player and politician

1972 – Manny Ramirez, Dominican-American baseball player and coach

1973 – Leigh Francis, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter

1974 – Kostas Chalkias, Greek footballer

1974 – CeeLo Green, American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor

1974 – David Wilkie, American ice hockey player and coach

1974 – Big L, American rapper (d. 1999)

1975 – Evan Eschmeyer, American basketball player

1975 – Brian Fair, American singer-songwriter

1975 – Andy Farrell, English rugby player and coach

1975 – Marissa Mayer, American computer scientist and businesswoman

1976 – Radoslav Nesterović, Slovenian-Greek basketball player

1976 – Magnus Norman, Swedish tennis player and coach

1976 – Margaret Okayo, Kenyan runner

1977 – Marc Dos Santos, Canadian soccer player, coach, and manager

1977 – Rachael Stirling, English actress

1977 – Federico Vilar, Argentinian-Italian footballer

1979 – Mike Bishai, Canadian ice hockey player

1979 – Clint Bowyer, American race car driver

1979 – Fabian Ernst, German footballer

1979 – Rie Kugimiya, Japanese voice actress and singer

1979 – Francis Lessard, Canadian ice hockey player

1980 – Steven Gerrard, English footballer

1980 – Ilona Korstin, Russian basketball player

1980 – Ryōgo Narita, Japanese author

1981 – Devendra Banhart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1981 – Gianmaria Bruni, Italian race car driver

1981 – Ahmad Elrich, Australian footballer

1981 – Remy Ma, American rapper

1981 – Lars Møller Madsen, Danish handball player

1981 – Hisanori Takada, Japanese footballer

1982 – Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (d. 2007)

1982 – James Simpson-Daniel, English rugby player

1984 – Sham Kwok Fai, Hong Kong footballer

1984 – Matt Maguire, Australian footballer

1984 – Jordan Palmer, American football player

1984 – Alexander Sulzer, German ice hockey player

1985 – Igor Kurnosov, Russian chess player (d. 2013)

1985 – Igor Lewczuk, Polish footballer

1985 – Aaron Volpatti, Canadian ice hockey player

1986 – Nikolay Bodurov, Bulgarian footballer

1988 – Kelvin Etuhu, Nigerian-English footballer

1988 – Antonio Winterstein, New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player

1989 – Lesia Tsurenko, Ukrainian tennis player

1990 – Mustafa Akbaş, Turkish footballer

1990 – Im Yoona, South Korean singer and actress

1990 – Andrei Loktionov, Russian ice hockey player

1990 – Han Xinyun, Chinese tennis player

1991 – Jonathan Fox, English swimmer

1994 – Ivars Punnenovs, Latvian ice hockey player

1994 – Scott Laughton, Canadian ice hockey player

1996 – Beatriz Haddad Maia, Brazilian tennis player

1996 – Elli Norkett, Welsh rugby player (d. 2017)

Deaths

531 – Xiao Tong, prince of the Liang Dynasty (b. 501)

727 – Hubertus, bishop of Liège

1159 – Władysław II the Exile, High Duke of Poland and Duke of Silesia (b. 1105)

1252 – Ferdinand III of Castile (b. 1199)

1347 – John Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy de Knayth, English peer (b. 1290)

1416 – Jerome of Prague, Czech martyr and theologian (b. 1379)

1431 – Joan of Arc, French martyr and saint (b. 1412)

1434 – Prokop the Great, Czech general (b. 1380)

1469 – Lope de Barrientos, Castilian bishop (b. 1389)

1472 – Jacquetta of Luxembourg, daughter of Pierre de Luxembourg (b. 1416)

1574 – Charles IX of France (b. 1550)

1576 – Harada Naomasa, Japanese samurai

1593 – Christopher Marlowe, English poet and playwright (b. 1564)

1640 – Peter Paul Rubens, German-Belgian painter (b. 1577)

1696 – Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Tewkesbury, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1638)

1670 – John Davenport, English minister, co-founded the New Haven Colony (b. 1597)

1712 – Andrea Lanzani, Italian painter (b. 1645)

1718 – Arnold van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle, Dutch-English general (b. 1670)

1744 – Alexander Pope, English poet, essayist, and translator (b. 1688)

1770 – François Boucher, French painter and set designer (b. 1703)

1778 – Voltaire, French philosopher and author (b. 1694)

1778 – José de la Borda, French/Spanish mining magnate in colonial Mexico (b. ca. 1700)

1829 – Philibert Jean-Baptiste Curial, French general (b. 1774)

1832 – James Mackintosh, Scottish historian, jurist, and politician (b. 1765)

1855 – Mary Reibey, Australian businesswoman, (b. 1777)

1865 – John Catron, American lawyer and judge (b. 1786)

1901 – Victor D'Hondt, Belgian mathematician, lawyer, and jurist (b. 1841)

1911 – Milton Bradley, American businessman, founded the Milton Bradley Company (b. 1836)

1912 – Wilbur Wright, American pilot and businessman, co-founded the Wright Company (b. 1867)

1918 – Georgi Plekhanov, Russian philosopher and theorist (b. 1856)

1925 – Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author (b. 1876)

1926 – Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician and physicist (b. 1864)

1934 – Tōgō Heihachirō, Japanese admiral (b. 1848)

1939 – Floyd Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1904)

1941 – Prajadhipok, Thai king (b. 1893)

1946 – Louis Slotin, Canadian physicist and chemist (b. 1910)

1947 – Georg von Trapp, Austrian captain (b. 1880)

1948 – József Klekl, Slovene-Hungarian priest and politician (b. 1874)

1949 – Emmanuel Célestin Suhard, French cardinal (b. 1874)

1951 – Hermann Broch, Austrian-American author (b. 1886)

1953 – Dooley Wilson, American actor and singer (b. 1886)

1955 – Bill Vukovich, American race car driver (b. 1918)

1957 – Piero Carini, Italian race car driver (b. 1921)

1960 – Boris Pasternak, Russian poet, novelist, and literary translator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)

1961 – Rafael Trujillo, Dominican soldier and politician, 36th President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1891)

1964 – Isaac Babalola Akinyele, Nigerian king (b. 1882)

1964 – Eddie Sachs, American race car driver (b. 1927)

1964 – Leó Szilárd, Hungarian-American physicist and engineer (b. 1898)

1965 – Louis Hjelmslev, Danish linguist and academic (b. 1899)

1967 – Claude Rains, English-American actor (b. 1889)

1967 – Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Austrian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1885)

1971 – Marcel Dupré, French organist and composer (b. 1886)

1975 – Steve Prefontaine, American runner (b. 1951)

1975 – Tatsuo Shimabuku, Japanese martial artist, founded Isshin-ryū (b. 1908)

1976 – Max Carey, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1890)

1976 – Mitsuo Fuchida, Japanese captain (b. 1902)

1978 – Jean Deslauriers, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1909)

1980 – Carl Radle, American bass player and producer (b. 1942)

1981 – Don Ashby, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1955)

1981 – Ziaur Rahman, Bangladeshi general and politician, 7th President of Bangladesh (b. 1936)

1982 – Albert Norden, German journalist and politician (b. 1904)

1986 – Perry Ellis, American fashion designer, founded his own eponymous fashion brand (b. 1940)

1993 – Sun Ra, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1914)

1994 – Ezra Taft Benson, American religious leader, 13th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1899)

1994 – Marcel Bich, Italian-French businessman, co-founded Société Bic (b. 1914)

1994 – Agostino Di Bartolomei, Italian footballer (b. 1955)

1995 – Ted Drake, English footballer and manager (b. 1912)

1995 – Lofty England, English-Austrian engineer (b. 1911)

1995 – Bobby Stokes, English footballer (b. 1951)

1996 – Léon-Étienne Duval, French cardinal (b. 1903)

1996 – Alo Mattiisen, Estonian composer (b. 1961)

1999 – Kalju Lepik, Estonian poet and author (b. 1920)

2000 – Tex Beneke, American saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1914)

2001 – Denis Whitaker, Canadian general and historian (b. 1915)

2003 – Mickie Most, English singer and producer, founded Rak Records (b. 1938)

2005 – Tomasz Pacyński, Polish journalist and author (b. 1958)

2005 – Alma Ziegler, American baseball player and stenographer (b. 1918)

2006 – Shohei Imamura, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926)

2006 – David Lloyd, New Zealand biologist and academic (b. 1938)

2006 – Robert Sterling, American actor (b. 1917)

2007 – Jean-Claude Brialy, Algerian-French actor and director (b. 1933)

2007 – Birgit Dalland, Norwegian politician (b. 1907)

2007 – Gunturu Seshendra Sarma, Indian poet and critic (b. 1927)

2009 – Torsten Andersson, Swedish painter and illustrator (b. 1926)

2009 – Susanna Haapoja, Finnish politician (b. 1966)

2009 – Ephraim Katzir, Israeli biophysicist and politician, 4th President of Israel (b. 1916)

2010 – Yuri Chesnokov, Russian volleyball player and coach (b. 1933)

2010 – Dufferin Roblin, Canadian commander and politician, 14th Premier of Manitoba (b. 1917)

2011 – Isikia Savua, Fijian police officer and diplomat (b. 1952)

2011 – Saleem Shahzad, Pakistani journalist (b. 1970)

2011 – Marek Siemek, Polish philosopher and historian (b. 1942)

2011 – Clarice Taylor, American actress (b. 1917)

2011 – Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1921)

2012 – Pete Cosey, American guitarist (b. 1943)

2012 – John Fox, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1957)

2012 – Andrew Huxley, English physiologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)

2012 – Gerhard Pohl, German economist and politician (b. 1937)

2012 – Jack Twyman, American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1934)

2013 – Jayalath Jayawardena, Sri Lankan physician and politician (b. 1953)

2013 – Larry Jones, American football player and coach (b. 1933)

2014 – Hienadz Buraukin, Belarusian poet, journalist, and diplomat (b. 1936)

2014 – Henning Carlsen, Danish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1927)

2014 – Joan Lorring, British actress (b. 1926)

2014 – Leonidas Vasilikopoulos, Greek admiral (b. 1932)

2015 – Beau Biden, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 44th Attorney General of Delaware (b. 1969)

2015 – Joël Champetier, Canadian author and screenwriter (b. 1957)

2015 – Lennie Merullo, American baseball player and scout (b. 1917)

2015 – L. Tom Perry, American businessman and religious leader (b. 1922)

2016 – Rick MacLeish, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1950)

Holidays and observances

Anguilla Day, commemorates the beginning of the Anguillian Revolution in 1967. (Anguilla)

Canary Islands Day (Spain)

Christian feast day:

Earliest day on which Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary can fall, while July 3 is the latest; celebrated 20 days after Pentecost. (Catholic Church)

Ferdinand III of Castile

Isaac of Dalmatia

Joan of Arc

Joseph Marello

May 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Indian Arrival Day (Trinidad and Tobago)

Lod Massacre Remembrance Day (Puerto Rico)

Mother's Day (Nicaragua)

Parliament Day (Croatia)