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30 May 2024
Donald Trump was found guilty of 34 felony counts of falsified business records.
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30 May 2020
SpaceX's Crew Dragon Demo-2 launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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30 May 2014
Seth MacFarlane's 'A Million Ways to Die in the West' was released to theaters.
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30 May 2011
Germany abandons nuclear energy.
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30 May 2003
Finding Nemo, directed by Andrew Stanton, was released in the US & Canada.
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30 May 1998
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit northern Afghanistan, which killed around 5,000 people.
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30 May 1987
Mike Tyson won a technical knockout against Pinklon Thomas, winning the heavyweight boxing title.
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30 May 1982
Spain officially became the 16th member of NATO.
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30 May 1972
The Angry Brigade went to trial.
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30 May 1971
The US Mariner 9 was launched – it went on to become the first satellite to orbit Mars.
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30 May 1967
The Republic of Biafra is proclaimed.
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30 May 1964
Love Me Do by The Beatles hit number one on US charts.
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30 May 1962
Benjamin Britten's War Requiem is premiered.
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30 May 1961
The Dominican dictator, Rafael Trujillo, is assassinated.
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30 May 1942
The first 1,000 Royal Air force bomber raid dropped 38 thousand tons of bombs on Cologne, Germany.
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30 May 1913
The First Balkan War came to an end with the signing of the Treaty of London.
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30 May 1911
The first Indianapolis 500 is held.
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30 May 1806
Andrew Jackson killed Charles Dickinson in a duel.
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30 May 1574
Henry III became the King of France.
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30 May 1431
Joan of Arc was burned at the stake.
