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What happened in history on this day: May 30?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On May 30 in ...
- 1983 - The first Babbage's electronics store opens in Dallas, Texas. The store is named after Charles Babbage, 19th century British mathematician.
- 1997 - Cyrix introduces the Cyrix 6x86MX processor with MMX instructions. Price is US$190 to US$320 in 1000-unit quantities. Code-name during development was M2.
- 1997 - Lotus Development releases SmartSuite 4.5, including Word Pro 97, Lotus 1-2-3, Freelance Graphics, Approach, Organizer, and ScreenCam. Full price is US$399; upgrade price is US$149.
- 2000 - Palm grants a license to 3Com for the Palm handheld operating system.
- 2001 - Turbolinux announces the Turbolinux Operating System 7 for the Intel Itanium processor.
- 2007 - The conference D: All Things Digital is held in Carlsbad, California. Jeff Hawkins reveals the Palm Foleo handheld device. It features 10-inch screen, keyboard, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, runs Linux OS. Weight is 2.5 pounds; battery life last about 5 hours; price about US$600. Apple's Steve Jobs and Microsoft's Bill Gates appear on stage together.
- 1927 - Film Booking Offices releases the Alice Comedy film Alice's Picnic to theaters.
- 1927 - The Paramount Theater in New York City premieres the 51st Alice Comedy film, Alice's Channel Swim.
- 1936 - The Mickey Mouse film Thru the Mirror is released to theaters.
- 1941 - The Pluto film Canine Caddy is released. Mickey Mouse also appears.
- 1947 - Disney releases the Figaro film Figaro and Frankie to theaters.
- 1953 - Disney releases the Donald Duck film Don's Fountain of Youth to theaters. Huey, Dewey, and Louie also appear.
- 1956 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, entitled Behind the Scenes with Fess Parker, showing the making of the film The Great Locomotive Chase.
- 1967 - Groundbreaking begins in Florida for Walt Disney World.
- 1984 - Stanley Gold (representing Roy Disney) meets with Saul Steinberg in New York to discuss teaming up to combine their 17 percent in a takeover bid of Disney. Gold proposes buying Disney's film studio, copyrights, and merchandising rights for US$350 million, if the takeover is successful. Steinberg refuses the offer.
- 1986 - The Disneyana shop on Main Street in Disneyland switches location with the Jewelry Shop.
- 1996 - Palau issues seventeen postage stamps depicting Disney sweethearts.
- 1997 - The name of the Festival of Foods restaurant at Big Thunder Ranch at Disneyland changes back to Big Thunder Barbecue.
- 1998 - The Festival of Foods area in Disneyland is renamed back to Big Thunder Ranch.
- 2003 - Disney releases the animated Disney-Pixar feature film Finding Nemo to theaters in the US.
- 2005 - Disney begins testing its Virtual Magic Kingdom online gaming community. The free service is scheduled for launch in the summer.
- 1960 - At Bridgehampton, New York, a car race is held. Finishing 2nd overall is the Sting Ray racer, driven by Richard Thompson.
- 1976 - At the Nelson Ledges Road Course, in Warren, Ohio, the Fifty Grand SCCA Trans-American Challenge Series Round Two race is held.
- Finishing 2nd in category I and 7th overall is the Babe's Garage #78 Corvette 427, driven by Babe Headley.
- Finishing 6th in category I and 11th overall is the Moly Black Gold #93 Corvette 427, driven by Michael Oleyar.
- Finishing 9th in category I and 14th overall is the Yankee Silicones #1776 Corvette 350, driven by Allan Anderson.
- Finishing 12th in category I and 19th overall is the Automotive Interests #17 Corvette 454, driven by Charles West.
- Finishing 13th in category I and 20th overall is The Big Apple #9 Corvette 427, driven by John Huber.
- Finishing 14th in category I and 21st overall is the Darry Ruble #68 Corvette 427, driven by Greg Pastoric.
- In 16th place in category I and 24th place overall, but not finishing the race, is the Schott Racing #20 Corvette 460, driven by Dan Schott.
- In 17th place in category I and 25th place overall, but not finishing the race, is the King Engine #80 Corvette 454, driven by Nick Engels.
- In 18th place in category I and 26th place overall, but not finishing the race, is the Panzarella Racing #55 Corvette 454, driven by Frank Panzarella.
- In 21st place in category I and 29th place overall, but not finishing the race, is the Old Gold Racing #71 Corvette 350, driven by Tom Fiscus.
- In 22nd place in category I and 30th place overall, but not finishing the race, is the Ciracing #85 Corvette 427, driven by Peter Cirba.
- In 23rd place in category I and 31st place overall, but not finishing the race, is the Port City Racing #61 Corvette 427, driven by Mickey Agee.
- 1977 - At the Seattle International Raceway in Kent, Washington, the Wrangler NW Challenge SCCA Trans-Am Championship - Round 1 race is held.
- Finishing 2nd in category I and 5th overall is the Vic Hubbard Mocko #3 Corvette, driven by David Mock.
- Finishing 3rd in category I and 6th overall is the Carlen #74 Corvette, driven by Gary Carlen.
- Finishing 5th in category I and 9th overall is the Phantom #43 Corvette 454, driven by Frank Joyce.
- Finishing 6th in category I and 12th overall is the Klain-Weaver Racing #10 Corvette 454, driven by Ron Weaver.
- Finishing 7th in category I and 13th overall is the Brandt Racing #60 Corvette, driven by John Brandt.
- Finishing 12th in category I and 18th overall is the Rick Stark Enterprises #17 Corvette, driven by Rick Stark.
- Finishing 13th in category I and 20th overall is the Mr. Plywood #04 Corvette, driven by Bob Henkel.
- Finishing 14th in category I and 21st overall is the Wrangler Wracing Team #47 Corvette, driven by Jim Neighbor.
- Finishing 15th in category I and 22nd overall is the Rockwood Auto Body #35 Corvette, driven by Ted Mathey.
- Finishing 8th in category II and 25th overall is the Automotive Enterprise #27 Corvette, driven by Rich Sloma.
- In 20th place in category I and 29th place overall, but not finishing the race, is the El Camino Auto Parts #22 Corvette, driven by Bob Matkovich.
- In 21st place in category I and 30th place overall, but not finishing the race, is the Bryant Kennedy Drilling #91 Corvette, driven by Gene Bothello.
- Finishing 22nd in category I and 31st overall is the Ruiz #15 Corvette, driven by Edward Ruiz.
- Finishing 23rd in category I and 32nd overall is the Little Foreign Car Shop, Inc. #93 Corvette, driven by Michael Oleyar.
- Finishing 24th in category I and 33rd overall is the MCM Leasing Corp. #56 Corvette, driven by Michael Kirk.
- In 25th place in category I and 34th place overall, but not finishing the race, is the Search #28 Corvette, driven by Frank Search.
- In 26th place in category I and 35th place overall, but not finishing the race, is the Tognotti's Auto World #89 Corvette, driven by Richard Colombo.
- 1938 - Adolf Hitler issues a directive for Fall Grün (Case Green), for the occupation of Czechoslovakia.
- 1940 - Belgian Ministers hold a Cabinet meeting in Limoges, France. They declare that it is impossible for the King to reign, due to being under the power of German invaders.
- 1940 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill orders that British and French soldiers be evacuated from Dunkirk in equal numbers.
- 1941 - British forces reach Baghdad, Iraq, forcing Prime Minister Rashid Ali and the grand mufti to flee to Persia.
- 1942 - (morning) British Deputy Chief of Air Staff Arthur Travers Harris decides an evening attack on Cologne, Germany is a go.
- 1942 - Operation Millennium begins, the first British 1000 bomber attack on a German city. British Deputy Air Chief of Staff Arthur Harris gambles all available aircraft in his command: front line, reserves, and much of the training organization. 95 fighters and Blenheim bombers begin with attacks on airfields, losing three aircraft in the process. Then 1047 bombers attack Cologne, dropping 915 tons of incendiaries and 840 tons of high explosives. Total loss of British planes is 41 aircraft. Over 600 acres are devastated, including 328 large factories, hundreds more smaller factories, some 2500 fires started, 469 people killed, 12,840 buildings destroyed, and 45,132 people made homeless. This is the first bombing/reconnaissance mission of the Mosquito aircraft.
- 1942 - The aircraft carrier Yorktown leaves Pearl Harbor.
- 1944 - The US 36th Division pierces the Caesar line of German defenses at Velletri, Italy, on Route 7.
- 1944 - The USSR issues two postage stamps promoting the Day of the Nations United Against Germany, June 14, 1944.
- 1985 - Saint Lucia issues four postage stamps depicting World War II aircraft.
- 2014 - Nintendo releases the Mario Kart 8 video game for the Wii U in the USA.
- 1814 - In Paris, France, the Treaty of Paris is signed, bringing peace between Great Britain and her Allies (including Sweden) and France. France recognizes the Union of Norway and Sweden. The King of Sweden and Norway restores Guadeloupe to France, with England paying 24 million francs to Sweden as compensation. Most of the money goes toward Sweden's foreign debt.
- 1995 - Bill C-82, the legislation to create a circulating $2 coin, passes second reading in the House of Commons.
- 1852 - Robert Patterson III becomes acting U.S. Mint director for the second time.
- 1894 - Bobby Lowe is first to hit four homeruns in one baseball game.
- 1895 - W G Grace scores his 1,000th Cricket run of the season after 22 days.
- 1899 - 24th Preakness: R Clawson aboard Half Time wins in 1:47.
- 1903 - 28th Preakness: W Gannon aboard Flocarline wins in 1:44.8.
- 1904 - Frank Chance gets hit by pitch five times in a doubleheader.
- 1906 - 40th Belmont Stakes: Lucien Lyne aboard Burgomaster wins in 2:20.
- 1907 - 41st Belmont Stakes: G Mountain aboard Peter Pan wins.
- 1908 - 42nd Belmont Stakes: Joe Notter aboard Colin wins.
- 1910 - 44th Belmont Stakes: James Butwell aboard Sweep wins in 2:22.
- 1913 - John McGraw joins Fred Clarke, Cap Anson, Frank Selee, and Connie Mack as Major League Baseball managers who have won 1,000 games.
- 1922 - Chicago Cubs swap Max Flack for Saint Louis Cardinals Cliff Heathcote during the middle of a doubleheader. Both play for both teams that day.
- 1925 - Peter DePaolo becomes first man to average over 100 mph at Indianapolis 500.
- 1925 - Roger Hornsby replaces Branch Rickey as manager of Saint Louis Cardinals.
- 1927 - Walter Johnson records 113th and last shutout of his career.
- 1930 - Bill Arnold wins Indianapolis 500 car race (average 161.6 kph).
- 1931 - Philadelphia Phillies' Chuck Klein homers off Ben Cantwell (Boston Braves) in both ends designated hitter.
- 1932 - New York Yankees dedicate a plaque to Miller Huggins.
- 1935 - Babe Ruth's final Major League Baseball game, goes hitless for Boston Braves against Philadelphia Phillies. Ruth played 22 seasons, winning ten World Series tournaments, and scoring 714 home runs.
- 1937 - 20th PGA Championship: Denny Shute at Pittsburgh FC Aspinwall Pennsylvania.
- 1937 - 61,756, second-largest crowd in Polo Grounds history, sees Brooklyn Dodgers end Carl Hubbell's consecutive-game winning streak at 24 over two seasons.
- 1938 - New York Yankees sweep Boston Red Sox 10-0 and 5-4 in front of 83,533 at Yankee Stadium.
- 1942 - Satchel Paige pitches five innings to defeat Dizzy Dean All-Stars 8-1.
- 1946 - Boston Braves' Bernard Malamud's homerun shatters Bulova clock in Ebbets Field.
- 1950 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open.
- 1951 - Ezzard Charles beats Joey Maxim in 15 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1952 - Charlie Grimm succeeds Tommy Holmes as manager of Boston Braves.
- 1953 - First Major League Baseball TV network baseball game: ABC debuts Game of the Week on Saturday afternoons. Cleveland Indians 7, Chicago White Sox 2.
- 1953 - 23rd French Men's Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats Vic Seixas (6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2).
- 1953 - 23rd French Women's Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (6-2, 6-4).
- 1954 - Dutch bishops forbid membership to non-catholic sporting clubs.
- 1954 - Emile Zatopek runs world record 5km (13:57.2).
- 1957 - Real Madrid wins second Europe Cup 1 in Madrid, Spain.
- 1957 - Test Cricket debut for Rohan Kanhai versus England at Edgbaston.
- 1964 - San Francisco Giants sweep New York Mets 5-3 and 8-6 in 23 innings, records include elapsed time of 9:50, 47 strikeouts, 7:22 for second game and New York's 22 K's in second games.
- 1965 - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open.
- 1966 - Graham Hill wins Indianapolis 500 car race (232.2 kph).
- 1967 - New York Yankees' Whitey Ford, nearing 41, announces his retirement from baseball.
- 1969 - Derek Clayton runs world record marathon (2:08:33.6) at Antwerp, Belgium.
- 1971 - Willie Mays hits his 638th homerun, sets National League record of 1,950 runs scored.
- 1973 - Ajax wins third Europe Cup.
- 1974 - 10th Mayor's Trophy Game, New York Yankees beat New York Mets 9-4.
- 1976 - 22nd LPGA Championship won by Betty Burfeindt.
- 1976 - Bobby Unser sets world record for the fastest pit stop (4 seconds).
- 1977 - Cleveland Indians' Dennis Eckersley no-hits California Angels, 2-0.
- 1979 - Nottingham Forrest wins 24th Europe Cup 1 at Munich, Germany.
- 1979 - Pat Underwood makes his pitching debut for Detroit Tigers, beats brother Tom.
- 1980 - Detroit Tigers' relief pitcher John Hiller, 37, (who had a 1971 heart attack), retires.
- 1980 - Minnesota Twins' Ken Landreaux ends his hitting streak after 31 games.
- 1981 - Los Angeles Dodgers are quickest to get 1,000,000 attendence (22 games).
- 1982 - Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic.
- 1982 - Indianapolis 500: 1973 winner Gordon Johncock wins his second race over 1979 winner Rick Mears by 0.16 seconds, the closest finish to date.
- 1983 - American League president Lee MacPhail suspends New York Yankees' owner George Steinbrenner for one week, for his public criticism of umpires.
- 1983 - Surrey all out for 14 versus Essex, their lowest score ever.
- 1984 - Liverpool wins 29th Europe Cup 1 in Rome, Italy.
- 1984 - National League suspends Mario Soto five days for Cincinnati Reds - Chicago Cubs fight on May 27th.
- 1985 - NHL Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 1.
- 1986 - Bobby Rahal is first to average over 170mph in the Indianapolis 500.
- 1987 - Mike Tyson TKOs Pinklon Thomas in six rounds for World Boxing Council heavyweight boxing title.
- 1987 - Tony Tucker TKOs Buster Douglas in ten rounds for International Boxing Federation heavyweight boxing title.
- 1991 - Arturo Barrios runs world record one-hour distance (21,096 km).
- 1992 - New York Yankees' pitcher Scott Sanderson becomes 9th to beat all 26 teams.
- 1993 - Betsy King wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Game Golf Tournament.
- 1993 - Kelly Robbins wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic.
- 1996 - Albert Belle uses a forearm to break up a double play and nearly breaks Milwaukee Brewers' second baseman Fernando Vina's nose. Belle gets a two-game suspension.
- 1997 - Ken Dryden becomes president of NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs.
- 2008 - The Boston Celtics advance to the NBA finals with their 89-81 Game 6 win over the Detroit Pistons.
- 2010 - Roy Halladay of the Philadelphia Phillies pitches the 20th perfect game in Major League Baseball history, defeating the Florida Marlins 1-0.
- 2010 - Dario Franchitti of Scotland wins his second Indianapolis 500 race.
- 2019 - (to July 14) The 2019 Cricket World Cup is held in England and Wales; the series is won by England.
- 2022 - At PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, NHL Eastern Conference 2nd Round, game 7: New York Rangers defeats Carolina Hurricanes by score 6-2, winning series 4-3.
- 2022 - At Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Pittsburgh Pirates beats Los Angeles Dodgers by score 6-5.
- 2022 - At Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Arizona Diamondbacks beats Atlanta Braves by score 6-2.
- 2022 - At Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Texas Rangers beats Tampa Bay Rays by score 9-5.
- 2022 - At Citi Field in New York City, New York, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Mets beats Washington Nationals by score 13-5.
- 2022 - At Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Baltimore Orioles beats Boston Red Sox by score 10-0.
- 2022 - At Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Cleveland Guardians beats Kansas City Royals by score 7-3.
- 2022 - At Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Colorado Rockies beats Miami Marlins by score 7-1.
- 2022 - At RingCentral Coliseum, Oakland, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Houston Astros beats Oakland Athletics by score 5-1.
- 2022 - At Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: San Francisco Giants beats Philadelphia Phillies by score 5-4.
- 2022 - At Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Saint Louis Cardinals beats San Diego Padres by score 6-3.
- 2022 - At Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Detroit Tigers beats Minnesota Twins by score 7-5.
- 2022 - At Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Major League Baseball regular season doubleheader game 1: Milwaukee Brewers beats Chicago Cubs by score 7-6.
- 2022 - At Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Major League Baseball regular season doubleheader game 2: Milwaukee Brewers beats Chicago Cubs by score 3-1.
- 1966 - US launches Surveyor 1 to the Moon.
- 1971 - US Mariner 9 launched (first satellite to orbit Mars).
- 1975 - European Space Agency (ESA) forms.
- 1986 - Ariane-2 (ESA) launched.
- 2020 - A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, carrying the Crew Dragon space capsule with two American astronauts, Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, destined for the International Space Station. This is the first manned spacecraft to take off from U.S. soil since the retirement of the Space Shuttle in 2011, and the world's first space launch of humans by any private company.
- 1783 - Benjamin Tower of Philadelphia publishes first daily newspaper in US.
- 1822 - House slave betrays Denmark Vesey conspiracy (results in 37 blacks hanged).
- 1862 - Battle of Booneville, Mississippi - captured General Beauregard evacuates Corinth, Mississippi.
- 1862 - Battle of Front Royal, Virginia, CSA.
- 1864 - James Barbour Terrill, US attorney/Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at age 26.
- 1864 - Battle of Bethesda Church, Virginia.
- 1864 - Cavalry fight at Old Church (Totopotomoy Creek), Virginia.
- 1868 - Memorial Day first observed when two women in Columbus, Mississippi place flowers on both Confederate and USA graves.
- 1879 - Gilmore Garden (New York City) is renamed Madison Square Garden.
- 1883 - Rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, USA, is going to collapse causes a stampede that kills 12.
- 1896 - First car accident occurs: Henry Wells hits a bicyclist in New York City.
- 1901 - The Hall of Fame for Great Americans is dedicated on the campus of New York University.
- 1908 - The Emergency Currency Act authorizes $500, $1000, and $10000 national bank notes, and allows chartered banks to substitute other securities besides US bonds as reserves against circulating currency. The Act is to remain in effect until June 30, 1915.
- 1908 - First US federal workmen's compensation law approved.
- 1908 - US Assay Office in Salt Lake City, Utah, is authorized by Congress.
- 1912 - US Marines are sent to Nicaragua.
- 1921 - In Tulsa, Oklahoma, 19-year-old Dick Rowland is accused of assaulting 17-year-old Sarah Page. Because Rowland is black and Page is white, a mob burns the all-black Greenwood District over four days. 600 businesses destroyed, about 300 people killed, 10,000 people made homeless.
- 1922 - In Washington, D.C., the Lincoln Memorial is dedicated by Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, William Howard Taft.
- 1937 - Memorial Day Massacre - Chicago police shoot on union marchers at Republic Steel Plant in Chicago, Illinois, USA; ten die.
- 1943 - US troops reconquer Attu Aleutians.
- 1946 - United Airlines Flight 521 crashes on takeoff at LaGuardia Airport (New York), 42 die.
- 1956 - US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests).
- 1958 - US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests).
- 1958 - Unidentified American soldiers killed in WWII and Korean War buried in Arlington, Virginia, USA.
- 1959 - Iraq terminates military assistance pact with US due to neutrality.
- 1965 - Viet Cong offensive against US base Da Nang begins.
- 1966 - 300 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam.
- 1966 - US launches Surveyor 1 to the Moon.
- 1967 - Groundbreaking begins in Florida for Walt Disney World.
- 1971 - 36 hospitalized during Grateful Dead concert; after drinking LSD-laced apple juice.
- 1971 - US Mariner 9 launched (first satellite to orbit Mars).
- 1987 - North American Philips Company unveils compact disc video.
- 1991 - 64th US National Spelling Bee: Joanne Lagatta wins spelling "antipyretic".
- 1991 - US Supreme Court rules prosecutors can be sued for legal advice they give police and can be held accountable.
- 1992 - New York Lotto pays US$30 million to one winner (numbers are 12-15-30-33-40-48).
- 1996 - 69th US National Spelling Bee: Wendy Guey wins spelling "vivisepulture".
- 2020 - A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, carrying the Crew Dragon space capsule with two American astronauts, Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, destined for the International Space Station. This is the first manned spacecraft to take off from U.S. soil since the retirement of the Space Shuttle in 2011, and the world's first space launch of humans by any private company.
Other history:
- 1987 - North American Philips Company unveils compact disc video.
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