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On This Day · The 150th day of the year

May 30

May 30's record stretches 593 years, from 1431 to 2024. Its center of gravity is the 20th century, and conflict is a recurring thread.

♊ZodiacGemini ◈BirthstoneEmerald ❀Birth flowerLily of the Valley

Gemini is the sign for May 30 — read more on the Gemini page, or see May's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on May 30?

May 30 is the 150th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1431 and 2024. Famous people born on May 30 include CeeLo Green, Emperor Renzong of Song and Marissa Mayer.

Released on May 30

Movies, games, albums & shows

2026

  • TV Reborn Rookie

2025

  • Game Elden Ring Nightreign
  • Game F1 25

2024

  • Game Skald: Against the Black Priory
  • Game Tiny Terry's Turbo Trip
  • Game Astor: Blade of the Monolith

2023

  • Game Friends vs. Friends

2022

  • TV Majhi Manasa

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1431

    Hundred Years' War

  2. 1723

    Johann Sebastian Bach

  3. 1854

    Kansas–Nebraska Act

  4. 1866

    Bedřich Smetana

  5. 1922

    Lincoln Memorial

  6. 1941

    World War II

  7. 1959

    Auckland Harbour Bridge

  8. 1963

    Buddhist crisis

  9. 2008

    Convention on Cluster Munitions

  10. 2024

    Donald Trump

Famous birthday twins

Born on May 30

CeeLo Green

b. 1975

Emperor Renzong of Song

b. 1010

Marissa Mayer

b. 1975

Mikhail Bakunin

b. 1814

Amadeo I of Spain

b. 1845

Eugène Charles Catalan

b. 1814

Tonya Pinkins

b. 1962

Benny Goodman

b. 1909

Deaths

  • 2014Joan Lorring
  • 1975Tatsuo Shimabuku
  • 1778Voltaire
  • 1640Peter Paul Rubens
  • 1431Joan of Arc

Holidays & observances

  • —Anguilla Day, commemorates the beginning of the Anguillian Revolution in 1967. (Anguilla)
  • —Canary Islands Day (Spain)
  • —Christian feast day: Basil the Elder and Emmelia of Caesarea
  • —Christian feast day: Dymphna
  • —Christian feast day: Ferdinand III of Castile and León
  • —Christian feast day: Isaac of Dalmatia
  • —Christian feast day: Joan of Arc
  • —Christian feast day: Joseph Marello

The factual record above — event titles, dates, names, and observances — is drawn from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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