41st year - Nr 150 Saturday, 30 May 2026

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41st year - Nr 150 Saturday, 30 May 2026

30 May / Today's 32 Events:

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(-) 595 years ago Monday 30th of May 1431 Heroine Jeanne d'Arc aka La Pucelle d'Orléans is executed by burning at the stake at the age of 19 in Vieux Marché, Rouen, Haute-Normendie, France. Her ashes were scattered in the Seine near Pont Mathilde by executioner Geoffroy Thérage.

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(x) 490 years ago Saturday 30th of May 1536 King of England Henry VIII of England, originally Henry Tudor is executed by burning at the stake in Palace of Whitehall, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. Henry's wedding took place 11 days after the execution of his second wife, Anne Boleyn.

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(-) 386 years ago Wednesday 30th of May 1640 Painter Peter Paul Rubens dies of chronic gout at the age of 63 in Rubenshuis, Wapper, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(+) 354 years ago Monday 30th of May 1672 Ruler of the Tsardom of Russia Peter the Great is born in Moscow, Central Federal District, Russia.

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(-) 248 years ago He Died in Peace Saturday 30th of May 1778 Writer Voltaire, originally François-Marie Arouet dies of unknown causes at the age of 84 in 27 Quai Voltaire, VIIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France. When asked on his deathbed by a priest to renounce the devil and turn to God Voltaire replied "For God's sake, let me die in peace."

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(+) 212 years ago Monday 30th of May 1814 Revolutionary anarchist Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin is born in Pryamukhino, Tver Oblast, Russia.

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(+) 181 years ago Friday 30th of May 1845 Duke of Aosta Amadeus I is born in Palazzo Reale, Torino, Piedmontese, Italy.

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(-) 145 years ago Monday 30th of May 1881 Cornelia De Hees-Van Der Linden is poisoned with arsenic by serial poisoner Maria Swanenburg aka Goeie Mie in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. Swanenburg and De Hees were sisters in law.

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(+) 139 years ago Monday 30th of May 1887 Artist Alexander Porfyrovych Archipenko is born in Kiev, Ukraine, Russia.

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(x) 130 years ago Saturday 30th of May 1896 1.389 people are trampled to death in a stampede during the festivities following the coronation of 28-year-old Emperor of Russia Nikolai II aka Nikolai the Bloody in Khodynka Field, Moscow, Central Federal District, Russia. Several thousands of people had gathered to receive free gifts of a bread roll, a piece of sausage, pretzels, gingerbread, and a mug.

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(+) 120 years ago Wednesday 30th of May 1906 Heilstrom mystic Bruno Gröning is born in Kiev, Ukraine, Russia.

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(+) 117 years ago Sunday 30th of May 1909 Musician and bandleader Benny Benjamin David Goodman aka The King of Swing is born in Maxwell Street, Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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(-) 114 years ago Thursday 30th of May 1912 Aviation pioneer Wilbur Wright dies of typhoid fever at the age of 45 in 7 Hawthorn Street, Dayton, Ohio, United States.

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(-) 99 years ago Monday 30th of May 1927 Jenny Randolph is raped and strangled by serial killer Earle Leonard Nelson aka The Gorilla Murderer in Buffalo, New York, United States.

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(+) 97 years ago Thursday 30th of May 1929 Lutheran pastor Oskar Brüsewitz known for his protest against the repression of religion in the Communist state of East Germany is born in Vilkyčiai, Šilutės Rajone, Lithuania.

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(+) 92 years ago Wednesday 30th of May 1934 Cosmonaut Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov known for the first spacewalk is born in Listvyanka, Zapadno-Sibirsky Krai, Russia.

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(+) 66 years ago Monday 30th of May 1960 Victim of Randall Woodfield aka the I-5 Killer Beth Wilmot is born in Portland, Oregon, United States.

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(-) 66 years ago Monday 30th of May 1960 Writer Boris Leonidovich Pasternak dies of lung cancer at the age of 70 in Pasternak House Museum, 3 Pavlenko str, Peredelkino, Moscow Oblast, Russia.

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(-) 65 years ago Tuesday 30th of May 1961 Politician, soldier and dictator Rafael Trujillo, originally Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina aka El Jefe is shot and killed when his blue 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air is ambushed on a road outside the city at the age of 70 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic. Trujillo was the victim of an ambush plotted by a number of men, among them General Juan Tomás Díaz, Pedro Livio Cedeño, Antonio de la Maza, Amado García Guerrero and General Antonio Imbert Barrera.

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(x) 65 years ago Tuesday 30th of May 1961 61 die in Viasa Douglas DC-8-53 Flight 897 crash in Portela Airport, Lisboa, Lisboa e Vale do Tejo, Portugal.

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(+) 63 years ago Thursday 30th of May 1963 Nude model and pornographic performer Shauna Grant, originally Colleen Marie Applegate aka Callie Aimes is born in Bellflower, California, United States.

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(x) 54 years ago Tuesday 30th of May 1972 Start of the trial against Anarchist group The Angry Brigade in Old Bailey Criminal Court, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(x) 54 years ago Tuesday 30th of May 1972 26 Die and 80 are injured when Okamoto, Tsuyoshi Okudaira, and Yasuyuki Yasuda from the Communist militant group the Japanese Red Army open fire in the passenger terminal in Lod International Airport, Tel Aviv, Gush Dan, Israel. The members of the Japanese Red Army were recruited by the Palestinian Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). The attackers arrived at the airport aboard an Air France flight from Rome. Dressed conservatively and carrying slim violin cases, they attracted little attention. As they entered the waiting area, they opened up their violin cases and extracted Czech Vz 58 assault rifles with the butt stocks removed. Immediately afterwards, they bega n to fire indiscriminately at airport staff and visitors, which included a group of pilgrims from Puerto Rico, tossing grenades as they changed magazines. Yasuda was shot dead by one of the other attackers, and Okudaira moved from the airport building into the landing area, firing at passengers disembarking from an El Al aircraft before being killed by a prematurely exploding grenade. Okamoto was shot by security, brought to the ground by an El Al employee, and arrested as he attempted to leave the terminal.

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(x) 44 years ago Sunday 30th of May 1982 44-year-old Wiener Aktionist Hermann Nitsch performs his 74. Aktion for Pfingsfest in Schloss Prinzendorf, Schloss Straße 1, Prinzendorf an der Zaya, Niederösterreich, Austria. Nitsch' 74. Aktion for Pfingsfest lasted 12 hours.

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(x) 41 years ago Thursday 30th of May 1985 Carol Kyle is attacked and raped by serial killer Richard Ramirez aka The Night Stalker in Burbank, California, United States. Kyle survived. Ramirez simply told her that she looked 'pretty good' for her age and that he would let her live.

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(-) 33 years ago Sunday 30th of May 1993 Musician Sun Ra, originally Herman Poole Blount, legally Le Sony'r Ra dies of pneumonia at the age of 79 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.

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(-) 32 years ago Monday 30th of May 1994 Manufacturer of the 'Bic' Marcel Bich dies of unknown causes at the age of 80 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France.

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(x) 27 years ago Sunday 30th of May 1999 36-year-old Mass murderer Zhao Lianrong stabs eight migrant women workers to death in Beijing, Hebei, China. Lianrong's victims were 24-year-old Limei Qi, 22-year-old Jiang Xue Jin, 17-year-old MA Yu Wang, 20-year-old Wusheng Dan, 20-year-old Xu Huijuan, 22-year-old Xiaomei Fang, 21-year-old Sui Flower and 24-year-old Xue Chu Ying.

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(-) 24 years ago Thursday 30th of May 2002 Murderer Stanley Allison Baker is executed by lethal injection at the age of 36 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

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(-) 20 years ago Tuesday 30th of May 2006 Serial killer Metod Trobec aka The Monster of Dolenja Vas commits suicide by hanging in his cell at the age of 58 in Dob pri Mirni Prison, Slovenska Vas, Dolenjska, Slovenia.

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17 years ago The Eyes had it Saturday 30th of May 2009 Chris Burden descending a staircase during his performance 'Beam Drop' in Middelheimmuseum, Wilrijk, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(-) 1 years ago Friday 30th of May 2025 Actress Loretta Jane Swit known for her portrayal of Major Margaret ‘Hot Lips’ Houlihan on M*A*S*H dies of natural causes at the age of 88 in New York City, New York, United States.

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