1600s / 17th century history on the 30th of May
1631 : The first French newspaper, Gazette de France, was published.
1800s / 19th century history on the 30th of May
1806 : The future U.S. President Andrew Jackson killed Charles Dickinson in a duel.
1900s / 20th century history on the 30th of May
1908 : MEL BLANC the American voice actor was born in San Francisco, California, USA (died in 1989 aged 81). He is best known for the voices of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and many of the other characters in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons during the popular golden age of American animation from the 1930s to the 1960s.
1912 : Wilbur Wright the American aviation pioneer died from typhoid fever, aged 45 (born 16th April 1867).
1971 : MARiNER 9 was launched by NASA on a mission to Mars, to study and map 70% of the surface, and also study changes in the Mars atmosphere.
1974 : The Airbus A300 passenger aircraft first started service.
1974 : CeeLo Green the American singer was born Thomas DeCarlo Callaway in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Official website : CeeLoGreen.com
1998 : Earthquake in the Takhar Province of northern Afghanistan hit with a very strong maximum intensity, resulting in the death of 4,000 to 4,500 people.
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