May 30th Almanac

Santo Domingo.- The historical events of May 30th, which encompass important historical events and international celebrations that left their mark on world history. Below are the main historical events of May 30th, 2025.

• International Potato Day
• World Multiple Sclerosis Day​
• International Prader-Willi Syndrome Day
• Freedom Day

Saint’s Day: Saint Ferdinand III of Castile, Saint Joan of Arc and Saint Lorena.

National: May 30th Anniversaries

• The dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, who exercised absolute power for 31 years (1930-1961), is executed.

International: May 30th Anniversaries

• 1416: the Catholic Church burns Jan Hus alive for defending the religious reformer Jan Hus.
• 1431: in Rouen (France), the English burn the young French saint Joan of Arc alive on charges of heresy.
• 1498: from Spain, Christopher Columbus and his sailors begin their third voyage to the American continent.
• 1837: in Valparaíso (Chile), the priest Juan Crisóstomo Liausú founds the Colegio de los Sagrados Corazones de Valparaíso, currently the oldest private educational establishment in Latin America.
• 1879: the City’s Gilmores Garden in New York is renamed Madison Square Garden by the millionaire William Vanderbilt and is opened to the public on 26th Street and Madison Avenue.
• 1906: the Simplon Tunnel in the Alps is inaugurated, which facilitates communication between Italy and Switzerland.
• 1922: in Washington the Lincoln Memorial is inaugurated.
• 1928: the Nicaraguan Academy of the Language is founded in Nicaragua.
• 1934: The United States eliminates the Platt Amendment and grants full independence to Cuba.
• 1969: in Ecuador the television channel TC Televisión is founded, the third television channel in that country.
• 1971: The United States launches the Mariner 9 spacecraft bound for Mars.
• 2002: the removal of debris caused by the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York officially concludes.
• 2018: in Nicaragua, the Mother’s Day Massacre occurs.

Births: May 30th Anniversaries

• 1672: Peter the Great, Russian emperor.
• 1859: Pierre Janet, French psychologist and psychiatrist.
• 1868: Camille du Gast, French pioneer in Feminism and aeronautics.
• 1896: Howard Hawks, American producer and filmmaker.
• 1908: Mel Blanc, American voice actor.
• 1912: Julius Axelrod, American neurochemist, Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1970.
• 1951: Fernando Lugo, Paraguayan politician, former Catholic bishop and sociologist, President of Paraguay between 2008 and 2012.
• 1982: Eddie Griffin, American basketball player.
• 1994: Leticia Torres, Chilean soccer player.
• 2000: Luis Rodríguez Chacón, Spanish soccer player.
• 2004: Marcos Navarro Blázquez, Spanish soccer player.

Deaths: May 30th Anniversaries

• 1431: Joan of Arc, French revolutionary leader.
• 1469: Lope de Barrientos, Spanish cleric.
• 1778: Voltaire (François-Marié Arouet), French writer, philosopher, historian, and lawyer.
• 1995: Antonio Flores, Spanish singer and songwriter (b. 1961).
• 2020: Yawovi Agboyibo, Togolese politician (b. 1943).
• 2021: Jason Dupasquier, Swiss motorcyclist (b. 2001).
• 2022: Boris Pahor, Slovenian writer (b. 1913).
• 2024: Tom Bower, American actor (b. 1938).