On This Day: May 30

Updated May 29, 2012, 2:28 pm

On May 30, 1958, unidentified soldiers killed in World War II and the Korean conflict were buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

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On May 30, 1909, Benny Goodman, the American jazz clarinetist and orchestra leader, was born. Following his death on June 13, 1986, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

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1431 Joan of Arc, condemned as a heretic, was burned at the stake in Rouen, France.

1539 Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto landed in Florida.

1854 The territories of Nebraska and Kansas were established.

1911 The Indianapolis 500 was run for the first time.

1922 The Lincoln Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C.

1982 Spain became NATO’s 16th member.

1982 Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles played in the first of a record 2,632 consecutive major league baseball games.

1996 Britain’s Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson were granted an uncontested decree ending their 10-year marriage.

1997 Child molester Jesse K. Timmendequas was convicted in Trenton, N.J., of raping and strangling a 7-year-old neighbor, Megan Kanka. (The case inspired “Megan’s Law,” which requires that communities be notified when sex offenders move in.)

2002 A solemn, wordless ceremony marked the end of the cleanup at Ground Zero in New York, 8 1/2 months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

2005 Vice President Dick Cheney predicted the Iraq war would end before the Bush administration left office, saying “I think they’re in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency,” on CNN’s “Larry King Live.”.

2006 A jury in Rockville, Md., convicted John Allen Muhammad of six of the Washington-area sniper killings.

2011 Germany announced plans to abandon nuclear power over the next 11 years, outlining an ambitious strategy in the wake of Japan’s Fukushima disaster to replace atomic power with renewable energy sources.

Current Birthdays

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Rapper and TV judge Cee Lo Green (“The Voice”) turns 38 years old today.

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Country singer Wynonna Judd turns 48 years old today.

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1943 Gale Sayers, Football Hall of Famer, turns 69

1951 Stephen Tobolowsky, Actor, turns 61

1953 Colm Meaney, Actor, turns 59

1958 Ted McGinley, Actor, turns 54

1964 Tom Morello, Rock musician (Rage Against the Machine), turns 48

1965 Antoine Fuqua, Director, turns 47

1971 Idina Menzel, Actress (“Rent,” “Wicked”), turns 41

1972 Trey Parker, Actor, turns 40

1972 Manny Ramirez, Baseball player, turns 40

Historic Birthdays

Benny Goodman 5/30/1909 – 6/13/1986 American clarinetist and orchestra leader.Go to obituary »

81 Alice Stopford Green 5/30/1847 – 5/28/1929
Irish historian and strong supporter of Irish independence

68 Giovanni Gentile 5/30/1875 – 4/15/1944
Italian philosopher, politician, educator and editor

88 James Farley 5/30/1888 – 6/9/1976
American businessman; managed Franklin Roosevelt’s first two presidential campaigns

81 Howard Hawks 5/30/1896 – 12/26/1977
American film director

37 Irving Thalberg 5/30/1899 – 9/14/1936
American movie executive

78 Cornelia Otis Skinner 5/30/1901 – 7/9/1979
American actress and author of light verse, monologues and sketches

86 Hannes Alfven 5/30/1908 – 4/2/1995
Swedish astrophysicist awared Nobel Prize in 1970

81 Mel Blanc 5/30/1908 – 7/10/1989
American entertainer; created voices for radio, television and film characters

40 Joseph Wm. Kennedy 5/30/1916 – 5/5/1957
American scientist; one of four co-discoverers of plutonium

1431	Joan of Arc, condemned as a heretic, was burned at the stake in Rouen, France.
1539	Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto landed in Florida.
1854	The territories of Nebraska and Kansas were established.
1911	The Indianapolis 500 was run for the first time.
1922	The Lincoln Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C.
1982	Spain became NATO’s 16th member.
1982	Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles played in the first of a record 2,632 consecutive major league baseball games.
1996	Britain’s Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson were granted an uncontested decree ending their 10-year marriage.
1997	Child molester Jesse K. Timmendequas was convicted in Trenton, N.J., of raping and strangling a 7-year-old neighbor, Megan Kanka. (The case inspired “Megan’s Law,” which requires that communities be notified when sex offenders move in.)
2002	A solemn, wordless ceremony marked the end of the cleanup at Ground Zero in New York, 8 1/2 months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
2005	Vice President Dick Cheney predicted the Iraq war would end before the Bush administration left office, saying “I think they’re in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency,” on CNN’s “Larry King Live.”.
2006	A jury in Rockville, Md., convicted John Allen Muhammad of six of the Washington-area sniper killings.
2011	Germany announced plans to abandon nuclear power over the next 11 years, outlining an ambitious strategy in the wake of Japan’s Fukushima disaster to replace atomic power with renewable energy sources.

1943	Gale Sayers, Football Hall of Famer, turns 69
1951	Stephen Tobolowsky, Actor, turns 61
1953	Colm Meaney, Actor, turns 59
1958	Ted McGinley, Actor, turns 54
1964	Tom Morello, Rock musician (Rage Against the Machine), turns 48
1965	Antoine Fuqua, Director, turns 47
1971	Idina Menzel, Actress (“Rent,” “Wicked”), turns 41
1972	Trey Parker, Actor, turns 40
1972	Manny Ramirez, Baseball player, turns 40

81	Alice Stopford Green 5/30/1847 – 5/28/1929 Irish historian and strong supporter of Irish independence
68	Giovanni Gentile 5/30/1875 – 4/15/1944 Italian philosopher, politician, educator and editor
88	James Farley 5/30/1888 – 6/9/1976 American businessman; managed Franklin Roosevelt’s first two presidential campaigns
81	Howard Hawks 5/30/1896 – 12/26/1977 American film director
37	Irving Thalberg 5/30/1899 – 9/14/1936 American movie executive
78	Cornelia Otis Skinner 5/30/1901 – 7/9/1979 American actress and author of light verse, monologues and sketches
86	Hannes Alfven 5/30/1908 – 4/2/1995 Swedish astrophysicist awared Nobel Prize in 1970
81	Mel Blanc 5/30/1908 – 7/10/1989 American entertainer; created voices for radio, television and film characters
40	Joseph Wm. Kennedy 5/30/1916 – 5/5/1957 American scientist; one of four co-discoverers of plutonium