May 30

This day in history:

• 1937 – Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators.
• 1723 – Johann Sebastian Bach assumed the office of Thomaskantor in Leipzig, presenting his first new cantata, Die Elenden sollen essen, BWV 75, in the St. Nicholas Church on the first Sunday after Trinity.
• 1431 – Hundred Years' War: In Rouen, France, the 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal.
• 1971 – Mariner program: Mariner 9 is launched to map 70% of the surface, and to study temporal changes in the atmosphere and surface, of Mars.

Births:

• 1909 – Jacques Canetti, French music executive and talent agent (died 1997)
• 1977 – Rachael Stirling, English actress
• 1965 – Billy Donovan, American basketball player and coach

Deaths:

• 1948 – József Klekl, Slovene-Hungarian priest and politician (born 1874)
• 1947 – Georg von Trapp, Austrian captain (born 1880)
• 1994 – Ezra Taft Benson, American religious leader, 13th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1899)

Holidays:

• Kaamatan, harvest festival in the state of Sabah and the federal territory of Labuan (Malaysia)
• *Christian feast day:*
• Statehood Day (Croatia)

Random Article of the day:

Norman Evill

Russia-Ukraine war: Frontline update as of May 30

https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/russia-ukraine-war-frontline-update-as-of-1748585505.html

#WarOfAggression #Europa #Ukraine #May30 #army #update #Frontline #war #Russia #WarCriminal #occupiers #defenders
#перемогаYкраїни

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RIVERS OF NIHIL's BRODY UTTLEY Reflects On Changing Sound & The Underwhelming Monarchy Album Cycle

https://metalinjection.net/editorials/artist-of-the-month-april-2025/rivers-of-nihils-brody-uttley-reflects-on-changing-sound-the-underwhelming-monarchy-album-cycle

#RiversOfNihil #BrodyUttley #Monarchy #Owls #TechDeath #ProgMetal #May30 #AggressiveProgressiveTour #HolyFawn #InterArma

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RIVERS OF NIHIL's ANDY THOMAS Shows You His Clean Vocal Warm Ups

https://metalinjection.net/video/rivers-of-nihils-andy-thomas-shows-you-his-clean-vocal-warm-ups

#RiversOfNihil #AndyThomas #VocalWarmUps #MetalInjection #ArtistOfTheMonth #May30 #AggressiveProgressiveTour #PhiladelphiaPA #TorontoON #MetalBlade

Mistigram: you remember those flowers from Tulip Day a week and a half ago? Yeah, well the weather has been sunny and they’re getting pretty thirsty. Would you consider moistening them a little on Water a Flower Day? This #ANSIart screen (animated on some platforms) was drawn by AdeptApril.

https://mistfunk.wordpress.com/2024/05/30/adeptapril-may30/

#30May #AdeptApril #ANSIArt #flowers #May30 #wateringCan

May 30

This day in history:

• 1922 – The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C..
• 1913 – The Treaty of London is signed, ending the First Balkan War; Albania becomes an independent nation.
• 2003 – Depayin massacre: At least 70 people associated with the National League for Democracy are killed by government-sponsored mob in Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi flees the scene, but is arrested soon afterwards.
• 2008 – Convention on Cluster Munitions is adopted.

Births:

• 1936 – Keir Dullea, American actor
• 1890 – Roger Salengro, French soldier and politician, French Minister of the Interior (d. 1936)
• 1994 – Scott Laughton, Canadian ice hockey player

Deaths:

• 2011 – Clarice Taylor, American actress (b. 1917)
• 1892 – Mary Hannah Gray Clarke, American author, correspondent, and poet (b. 1835)
• 1416 – Jerome of Prague, Czech martyr and theologian (b. 1379)

Holidays:

• *Christian feast day:*
• Mother's Day (Nicaragua)
• Statehood Day (Croatia)

Random Article of the day:

Sandro Campagna

Alessandro "Sandro" Campagna (born 26 June 1963) is an Italian former water polo player who competed at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics. He is now the head coach of the Italy men's national water polo team.

Am finding out I can't hold my breath very long.

#May30