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Saturday, 30 May 2026

Day 150 of 2026 · 215 days remaining in the year · Week 22

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18 Births

16 Events

1 Reminders

35 Total entries

★ Born on this day 18 entries

1265

Dante Alighieri, Italian poet

IT Arts & Culture 761 yrs ago

1672

Peter I (the Great) czar of Russia

RU 354 yrs ago

1908

Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs, Elmer, Porky, and Daffy.

US 118 yrs ago

1909

Benny Goodman, swinger.

US 117 yrs ago

1916

Dr. Joseph W. Kennedy, scientist, discoverer of plutonium.

US Science & Technology 110 yrs ago

1926

Johnny Gimble, Country musician.

US Arts & Culture 100 yrs ago

1927

Clint Walker, Actor.

US Arts & Culture 99 yrs ago

1936

Ruta Lee, Actress.

US Arts & Culture 90 yrs ago

1939

Michael J. Pollard, Actor.

US Arts & Culture 87 yrs ago

1951

Stephen Tobolowsky, Actor.

US Arts & Culture 75 yrs ago

1953

Colm Meaney, Actor (Chief O'Brien).

US Arts & Culture 73 yrs ago

1958

Ted McGinley, Actor.

US Arts & Culture 68 yrs ago

1961

Ralph Carter, Actor.

US Arts & Culture 65 yrs ago

1964

Country singer Wynonna.

US Arts & Culture 62 yrs ago

1964

Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine), musician.

US Arts & Culture 62 yrs ago

1971

Patrick Dahlheimer, musician.

US Arts & Culture 55 yrs ago

1972

Trey Parker, Actor.

US Arts & Culture 54 yrs ago

1974

Cee-Lo (Goodie Mob), rapper.

US 52 yrs ago

► Events on this day 16 entries

1431

Joan of Arc burned at the stake for being a heretic.

US 595 yrs ago

1539

Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto landed in Florida.

ES Geography & Exploration 487 yrs ago

1854

The territories of Nebraska and Kansas were established.

US 172 yrs ago

1883

12 people were trampled when rumors that the Brooklyn Bridge was in danger of collapsing.

US Geography & Exploration 143 yrs ago

1911

Indianapolis 500 car race run for first time. Winning driver Ray Harroun takes it with a blazing 75 mph.

IN Sport 115 yrs ago

1922

The Lincoln Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C., by Chief Justice William Howard Taft.

US Military & War 104 yrs ago

1937

10 people were killed when police fired on steelworkers demonstrating near the Republic Steel plant in South Chicago.

US Politics & Government 89 yrs ago

1943

American forces secured the Aleutian island of Attu from the Japanese during World War II.

JP Military & War 83 yrs ago

1958

Unidentified soldiers killed in World War II and the Korean conflict were buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

US Military & War 68 yrs ago

1971

The American space probe Mariner IX blasted off from Cape Kennedy, Fla., on a journey to Mars.

US Space & Astronomy 55 yrs ago

1980

Pope John Paul II arrived in France on the first visit by the head of the Roman Catholic Church since the early 19th century.

FR Religion 46 yrs ago

1981

The compact disk is introduced.

US Politics & Government 45 yrs ago

1981

Tommy Lee Jones marries Kimberlea Gayle Cloughley.

US 45 yrs ago

1982

Spain became NATO's 16th member.

ES 44 yrs ago

1982

Kelsey Grammer marries Doreen Alderman.

US 44 yrs ago

1996

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

US Politics & Government 30 yrs ago

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