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29th year - N° 150 Friday, 30 May 2014
30 May / Today's 26 Events:
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583 years ago
Tuesday 30th of May 1431
Heroine Jeanne d'Arc aka La Pucelle d'Orléans is executed by burning at the stake at the age of 19 in Vieux Marché, Rouen, France.
Her ashes were scattered in the Seine near Pont Mathilde by executioner Geoffroy Thérage.
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479 years ago
Friday 30th of May 1535
44-year-old King of England Henry VIII of England, originally Henry Tudor marries his third wife Jane Seymour in Palace of Whitehall, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.
Henry's wedding took place only 11 days after the execution of his second wife, Anne Boleyn.
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374 years ago
Wednesday 30th of May 1640
Painter Peter Paul Rubens dies of chronic gout at the age of 63 in Rubenshuis, Wapper, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.
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342 years ago
Monday 30th of May 1672
Ruler of the Tsardom of Russia Peter the Great is born in Moscow, Central Federal District, Russia.
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236 years ago He Died in Peace
Saturday 30th of May 1778
Writer Voltaire, originally François-Marie Arouet dies of unknown causes at the age of 84 in 27 Quai Voltaire, VIIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.
When asked on his deathbed by a priest to renounce the devil and turn to God Voltaire replied "For God's sake, let me die in peace."
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200 years ago
Monday 30th of May 1814
Revolutionary anarchist Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin is born in Pryamukhino, Tver Oblast, Russia.
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133 years ago
Monday 30th of May 1881
Cornelia De Hees-Van Der Linden is poisoned with arsenic by serial poisoner Maria Swanenburg aka Goeie Mie in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
Swanenburg and De Hees were sisters in law.
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127 years ago
Monday 30th of May 1887
Artist Alexander Porfyrovych Archipenko is born in Kiev, Ukraine, Russia.
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108 years ago
Wednesday 30th of May 1906
Heilstrom mystic Bruno Gröning is born in Kiev, Ukraine, Russia.
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105 years ago
Sunday 30th of May 1909
Musician and bandleader Benny Benjamin David Goodman aka The King of Swing is born in Maxwell Street, Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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102 years ago
Thursday 30th of May 1912
Wilbur Wright dies of typhoid fever at the age of 45 in 7 Hawthorn Street, Dayton, Ohio, United States.
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87 years ago
Monday 30th of May 1927
Jenny Randolph is raped and strangled by serial killer Earle Leonard Nelson aka The Gorilla Murderer in Buffalo, New York, United States.
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85 years ago
Thursday 30th of May 1929
Lutheran pastor Oskar Brüsewitz known for his protest against the repression of religion in the Communist state of East Germany is born in Vilkyčiai, Šilutės Rajone, Lithuania.
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54 years ago
Monday 30th of May 1960
Writer Boris Leonidovich Pasternak dies of lung cancer at the age of 70 in Pasternak House Museum, 3 Pavlenko str, Peredelkino, Moscow Oblast, Russia.
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54 years ago
Monday 30th of May 1960
Victim of Randall Woodfield aka the I-5 Killer Beth Wilmot is born in Portland, Oregon, United States.
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53 years ago
Tuesday 30th of May 1961
61 die in Viasa Douglas DC-8-53 Flight 897 crash in Portela Airport, Lisboa, Lisboa e Vale do Tejo, Portugal.
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51 years ago
Thursday 30th of May 1963
Nude model and pornographic performer Shauna Grant, originally Colleen Marie Applegate aka Callie Aimes is born in Bellflower, California, United States.
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42 years ago
Tuesday 30th of May 1972
Start of the trial against Anarchist group The Angry Brigade in Old Bailey Criminal Court, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.
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42 years ago
Tuesday 30th of May 1972
26 Die and 80 are injured when Okamoto, Tsuyoshi Okudaira, and Yasuyuki Yasuda from the Communist militant group the Japanese Red Army open fire in the passenger terminal in Lod International Airport, Tel Aviv, Gush Dan, Israel.
The members of the Japanese Red Army were recruited by the Palestinian Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). The attackers arrived at the airport aboard an Air France flight from Rome. Dressed conservatively and carrying slim violin cases, they attracted little attention. As they entered the waiting area, they opened up their violin cases and extracted Czech Vz 58 assault rifles with the butt stocks removed. Immediately afterwards, t hey began to fire indiscriminately at airport staff and visitors, which included a group of pilgrims from Puerto Rico, tossing grenades as they changed magazines. Yasuda was shot dead by one of the other attackers, and Okudaira moved from the airport building into the landing area, firing at passengers disembarking from an El Al aircraft before being killed by a prematurely exploding grenade. Okamoto was shot by security, brought to the ground by an El Al employee, and arrested as he attempted to leave the terminal.
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29 years ago
Thursday 30th of May 1985
Carol Kyle is attacked and raped by serial killer Richard Ramirez aka The Night Stalker in Burbank, California, United States.
Kyle survived. Ramirez simply told her that she looked 'pretty good' for her age and that he would let her live.
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21 years ago
Sunday 30th of May 1993
Musician Sun Ra, originally Herman Poole Blount, legally Le Sony'r Ra dies of pneumonia at the age of 79 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.
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20 years ago
Monday 30th of May 1994
Manufacturer of the 'Bic' Marcel Bich dies of unknown causes at the age of 80 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France.
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15 years ago
Sunday 30th of May 1999
36-year-old Mass murderer Zhao Lianrong stabs eight migrant women workers to death in Beijing, Hebei, China.
Lianrong's victims were 24-year-old Limei Qi, 22-year-old Jiang Xue Jin, 17-year-old MA Yu Wang, 20-year-old Wusheng Dan, 20-year-old Xu Huijuan, 22-year-old Xiaomei Fang, 21-year-old Sui Flower and 24-year-old Xue Chu Ying.
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12 years ago
Thursday 30th of May 2002
Murderer Stanley Allison Baker is executed by lethal injection at the age of 36 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.
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8 years ago
Tuesday 30th of May 2006
Serial killer Metod Trobec aka The Monster of Dolenja Vas commits suicide by hanging in his cell at the age of 58 in Dob pri Mirni Prison, Slovenska Vas, Dolenjska, Slovenia.
5 years ago The Eyes had it
Saturday 30th of May 2009
Chris Burden descending a staircase during his performance 'Beam Drop' in Middelheimmuseum, Wilrijk, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.