Today in History, English
Today in History, English


IDTimeCategoryEvent
62251May.30Death2015 – Jim Bailey, American actor and singer (b. 1938)
62252May.30Death2015 – Beau Biden, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 44th Attorney General of Delaware (b. 1969)
62253May.30Death2015 – Joël Champetier, Canadian author and screenwriter (b. 1957)
62254May.30Death2015 – Lennie Merullo, American baseball player and scout (b. 1917)
62255May.30Death2015 – L. Tom Perry, American businessman and religious leader (b. 1922)
62256May.30Holiday and observanceAnguilla Day, commemorates the beginning of the Anguillian Revolution in 1967. (Anguilla)
62257May.30Holiday and observanceCanary Islands Day (Spain)
62258May.30Holiday and observanceChristian feast day:Earliest day on which Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary can fall, while July 3 is the latest celebrated 20 days after Pentecost. (Catholic Church)Ferdinand III of CastileIsaac of DalmatiaJoan of ArcJoseph MarelloMay 30 (Eastern Ort
62259May.30Holiday and observanceIndian Arrival Day (Trinidad and Tobago)
62260May.30Holiday and observanceLod Massacre Remembrance Day (Puerto Rico)
62261May.30Holiday and observanceMother's Day (Nicaragua)
62262May.30Holiday and observanceParliament Day (Croatia)
62263May.31Event1279 BC – Ramesses II (The Great) (19th dynasty) becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt.
62264May.31Event455 – Emperor Petronius Maximus is stoned to death by an angry mob while fleeing Rome.
62265May.31Event526 – A devastating earthquake strikes Antioch killing 250,000.
62266May.31Event1223 – Mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River: Mongol armies of Genghis Khan led by Subutai defeat Kievan Rus' and Cumans.
62267May.31Event1578 – Martin Frobisher sails from Harwich in England to Frobisher Bay in Canada, eventually to mine fool's gold, used to pave streets in London.
62268May.31Event1578 – King Henry III lays the first stone of the Pont Neuf (New Bridge), the oldest bridge of Paris, France.
62269May.31Event1669 – Citing poor eyesight, Samuel Pepys records the last event in his diary.
62270May.31Event1775 – American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolves are allegedly adopted in the Province of North Carolina.
62271May.31Event1790 – Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
62272May.31Event1790 – The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790.
62273May.31Event1795 – French Revolution: The Revolutionary Tribunal is suppressed.
62274May.31Event1805 – French and Spanish forces begin the assault against British forces occupying Diamond Rock.
62275May.31Event1813 – In Australia, William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth reach Mount Blaxland, effectively marking the end of a route across the Blue Mountains.
62276May.31Event1854 – The civil death procedure is abolished in France.
62277May.31Event1859 – The clock tower at the Houses of Parliament, which houses Big Ben, starts keeping time.
62278May.31Event1862 – American Civil War Peninsula Campaign: Battle of Seven Pines or (Battle of Fair Oaks): Confederate forces under Joseph E. Johnston & G.W. Smith engage Union forces under George B. McClellan outside Richmond, Virginia.
62279May.31Event1864 – American Civil War Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: The Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee engages the Army of the Potomac under Ulysses S. Grant and George Meade.
62280May.31Event1866 – In the Fenian Invasion of Canada, John O'Neill leads 850 Fenian raiders across the Niagara River at Buffalo, New York/Fort Erie, Ontario, as part of an effort to free Ireland from the United Kingdom. Canadian militia and British regulars repulse th

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