So you want to have a drink but you aren't sure why? Here are some GREAT reasons to call your friends over and have a party.

May 30th


- Anguilla Day, commemorates the beginning of the Anguillian Revolution in 1967. (Anguilla)
- Canary Islands Day (Canary Islands)
- Christian Feast Day
- Indian Arrival Day (Trinidad and Tobago)
- Lod Massacre Remembrance Day (Puerto Rico)
- Mother's Day (Nicaragua)
- Parliament Day (Croatia)
- The first day of the Kaamatan harvest festival (Labuan, Sabah)

May 30th


- 2003 - Depayin massacre: at least 70 people associated with the National League for Democracy were killed by government-sponsored mob in Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi fled the scene, but was arrested soon afterwards.
- 2002 - 272 days after the September 11 attacks, closing ceremonies are held for the clean up/recovery efforts at the World Trade Center site in New York City. The last remaining steel beam is removed and transported to the Fresh Kills Landfill in Staten Island.
- 1998 - A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, killing up to 5,000.
- 1989 - Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: the 33-foot high "Goddess of Democracy" statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators.
- 1972 - The Angry Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout Britain.
- 1972 - In Tel Aviv members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport Massacre, killing 24 people and injuring 78 others.
- 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.
- 1968 - Charles De Gaulle reappears publicly after his flight to Baden-Baden, Germany, and dissolves the French National Assembly by a radio appeal. Immediately after, less than one million of his supporters march on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. This is the turning point of May 1968 in France.
- 1967 - The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war.
- 1966 - Former Congolese Prime Minister Evariste Kimba and several other politicians are publicly executed in Kinshasa on the orders of President Joseph Mobutu.
- 1966 - launch of Surveyor 1 the first US spacecraft to achieve landing on an extraterrestrial body.
- 1963 - A protest against pro-Catholic discrimination during the Buddhist crisis is held outside South Vietnam's National Assembly, the first open demonstration during the eight-year rule of Ngo Dinh Diem.
- 1961 - Long time Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo is assassinated in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
- 1959 - The Auckland Harbour Bridge, crossing the Waitemata Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, is officially opened by Governor-General Lord Cobham.
- 1958 - Memorial Day: the remains of two unidentified American servicemen, killed in action during World War II and the Korean War respectively, are buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.
- 1948 - A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless.
- 1942 - World War II: 1000 British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany.
- 1941 - World War II: Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas climb on the Athenian Acropolis, tear down the Nazi swastika.
- 1925 - May 30 Movement: Shanghai Municipal Police Force shot 13 protesting workers to death.
- 1922 - In Washington, D.C. the Lincoln Memorial is dedicated.
- 1917 - Alexander I becomes king of Greece.
- 1914 - The new and then largest Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City.
- 1913 - First Balkan War: the Treaty of London, 1913 is signed ending the war. Albania becomes an independent nation.
- 1911 - At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
- 1883 - In New York City, a rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse causes a stampede that crushes twelve people.
- 1879 - New York City's Gilmores Garden is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.
- 1876 - Ottoman sultan Abd-ul-Aziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murat V.
- 1871 - The Paris Commune falls.
- 1868 - Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern "Memorial Day") is observed in the United States for the first time (By "Commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic" John A. Logan's proclamation on May 5).
- 1859 - Westminster's Big Ben rang for the first time in London.
- 1854 - The Kansas-Nebraska Act becomes law establishing the US territories of Nebraska and Kansas.
- 1842 - John Francis attempts to murder Queen Victoria as she drives down Constitution Hill, London with Prince Albert.
- 1834 - Joaquim António de Aguiar issue a law extinguishing "all convents, monasteries, colleges, hospices and any other houses of the regular religious orders", earning him the nickname of "The Friar-Killer".
- 1832 - End of the Hambach Festival in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- 1832 - The Rideau Canal in eastern Ontario is opened.
- 1815 - The East Indiaman ship Arniston is wrecked during a storm at Waenhuiskrans, near Cape Agulhas, present-day South Africa, with the loss of 372 lives.
- 1814 - Napoleonic Wars: War of the Sixth Coalition – the Treaty of Paris (1814) is signed returning French borders to their 1792 extent. Napoleon Bonaparte is exiled to Elba.
- 1806 - Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel after Dickinson had accused Jackson's wife of bigamy.
- 1642 - From this date all honours granted by Charles I are retrospectively annulled by Parliament.
- 1635 - Thirty Years' War: the Peace of Prague (1635) is signed.
- 1631 - Publication of La Gazette, first French newspaper.
- 1588 - The last ship of the Spanish Armada sets sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel.
- 1574 - Henry III becomes King of France.
- 1539 - In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal of finding gold.
- 1536 - King Henry VIII of England marries Jane Seymour, a lady-in-waiting to his first two wives.
- 1434 - Hussite Wars (Bohemian Wars): Battle of Lipany – effectively ending the war, Utraquist forces led by Diviš Bo?ek of Miletínek defeat and almost annihilate Taborite forces led by Prokop the Great.
- 1431 - Hundred Years' War: in Rouen, France, 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal. Because of this the Catholic Church remember this day as the celebration of Saint Joan of Arc.
- 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund, a supporter of Antipope John XXIII, burns Jerome of Prague following a trial for heresy.
- 70 - Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. The Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres.

May 30th


- 1990 - Dean Collins, American actor
- 1990 - Yoona, Korean singer (Girls' Generation)
- 1989 - Kevin Covais, American singer
- 1988 - Antonio Winterstein, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1987 - Joyce Cheng, Hong Kong musician, writer, actress and performer
- 1984 - Matt Maguire, Australian rules footballer
- 1984 - Jordan Palmer, American football player
- 1984 - Sham Kwok Fai, Hong Kong footballer
- 1983 - Jennifer Ellison, English actress, model, singer
- 1982 - Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (d. 2007)
- 1982 - James Simpson-Daniel, English rugby player
- 1981 - Devendra Banhart, American singer and songwriter
- 1981 - Blake Bashoff, American actor
- 1981 - Gianmaria Bruni, Italian racing driver
- 1981 - Ahmad Elrich, Australian footballer
- 1981 - Remy Ma, American rapper
- 1981 - Lars Møller Madsen, Danish handball player
- 1981 - Hisanori Takada, Japanese footballer
- 1980 - Steven Gerrard, English footballer
- 1979 - Mike Bishai, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979 - Kugimiya Rie, Japanese seiyuu (voice actress)
- 1979 - Clint Bowyer, American NASCAR driver
- 1978 - Eric Searle American Musician
- 1978 - Lyoto Machida, Brazilian mixed martial artist
- 1977 - Akwá, Angolan footballer
- 1977 - Rachael Stirling, British actress
- 1976 - Rasho Nesterovi?, Slovenian basketball player
- 1976 - Magnus Norman, Swedish tennis player
- 1976 - Margaret Okayo, Kenyan athlete
- 1975 - Andrew Farrell, English rugby league and union footballer
- 1975 - Evan Eschmeyer, American basketball player
- 1975 - Brian Fair, American singer
- 1974 - Cee-Lo, American musician
- 1974 - Big L, American rapper (d. 1999)
- 1974 - Konstantinos Chalkias, Greek footballer
- 1974 - Shin Ha-kyun, South Korean actor
- 1974 - David Wilkie, American ice hockey player
- 1973 - Leigh Francis, British comedian
- 1972 - Manny Ramírez, Dominican Republic baseball player
- 1972 - Soichiro Hoshi, Japanese seiyuu
- 1971 - Idina Menzel, American actress and singer
- 1970 - Flora Chan, Hong Kong television actress
- 1970 - Ness Wadia, Indian industrialist
- 1969 - Ryuhei Kitamura, Japanese filmmaker
- 1969 - Naomi Kawase, Japanese film director
- 1968 - Zacarias Moussaoui, French convicted terrorist
- 1968 - Kelley Armstrong, Canadian author
- 1967 - Tim Burgess, English singer (The Charlatans)
- 1966 - Stephen Malkmus, American musician (Pavement)
- 1965 - Billy Donovan, American college basketball coach
- 1964 - Wynonna Judd, American country singer
- 1964 - Tom Morello, American guitarist (Audioslave, Rage Against the Machine)
- 1964 - Andrea Montermini, Italian racing driver
- 1963 - Élise Lucet, French journalist and television host
- 1963 - Helen Sharman, British chemist, the first Briton in space
- 1962 - Kevin Eastman, American comic book creator (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- 1962 - Tonya Pinkins, American actress
- 1961 - Harry Enfield, British comedian
- 1961 - Ralph Carter, American actor
- 1961 - Bob Yari, Iranian-born American film producer
- 1959 - Frank Vanhecke, Belgian politician
- 1959 - Phil Brown, English football manager (Hull City)
- 1958 - Marie Fredriksson, Swedish singer and songwriter (Roxette)
- 1958 - Steve Israel, American politician
- 1958 - Ted McGinley, American actor
- 1958 - Michael Lopez-Alegria, Spanish American astronaut
- 1955 - Jake "The Snake" Roberts, American wrestler
- 1955 - Topper Headon, British musician (The Clash)
- 1953 - Colm Meaney, Irish actor
- 1951 - Stephen Tobolowsky, American actor
- 1951 - Zdravko ?oli?, Yugoslav-Bosnian singer
- 1951 - Fernando Lugo, Paraguayan politician
- 1950 - Bertrand Delanoë, French politician
- 1950 - Dann Glenn, American Guitarist and Composer
- 1950 - Paresh Rawal, Indian actor
- 1949 - P.J. Carlesimo, American basketball coach
- 1948 - Michael Piller, American screenwriter (d. 2005)
- 1947 - Jocelyne Bourassa, French Canadian golfer
- 1946 - Allan Chapman, English historian of science
- 1945 - Norman Eshley, English actor
- 1944 - Meredith MacRae, American actress (d. 2000)
- 1944 - Stav Prodromou, American technology executive
- 1943 - James Chaney, American civil rights activist (d. 1964)
- 1943 - Gale Sayers, American football player
- 1940 - Gilles Villemure, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1939 - Michael J. Pollard, American actor
- 1939 - Dieter Quester, Austrian racing driver
- 1937 - Harry Statham, American basketball coach
- 1936 - Keir Dullea, American actor
- 1936 - Ruta Lee, Canadian actress
- 1935 - Lee Gunther, American television producer and editor (d. 1998)
- 1934 - Aleksei Leonov, Russian cosmonaut
- 1934 - Alketas Panagoulias, Greek footballer and coach
- 1932 - Pauline Oliveros, American composer and accordionist
- 1930 - Mark Birley, British nightclub owner (d. 2007)
- 1930 - Robert Ryman, American painter
- 1929 - Georges Gilson, French Catholic bishop
- 1928 - Agnès Varda, French director
- 1928 - Pro Hart, Australian artist (d. 2006)
- 1927 - Clint Walker, American actor
- 1926 - Christine Jorgensen, American transsexual activist (d. 1989)
- 1922 - Hal Clement, American writer (d. 2003)
- 1920 - Franklin Schaffner, American film director (d. 1989)
- 1919 - René Barrientos, President of Bolivia (d. 1969)
- 1918 - Guadalupe "Pita" Amor, Mexican poet (d. 2000)
- 1918 - Bob Evans, American restaurateur (d. 2007)
- 1916 - Justin Catayée, French politician (d. 1962)
- 1914 - Akinoumi Setsuo, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 37th Yokozuna (d. 1979)
- 1912 - Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
- 1912 - Erich Bagge, German physicist (d. 1996)
- 1912 - Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (d. 1980)
- 1912 - Joseph Stein, American playwright (d. 2010)
- 1910 - Ralph Metcalfe, American athlete (d. 1978)
- 1910 - Inge Meysel, German actress (d. 2004)
- 1910 - Harry Bernstein, British-born American writer
- 1909 - Benny Goodman, American clarinetist and bandleader (d. 1986)
- 1909 - Jacques Canetti, French talent-spotter (d. 1997)
- 1908 - Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
- 1908 - Mel Blanc, American voice actor (d. 1989)
- 1907 - Elly Beinhorn, German pilot (d. 2007)
- 1907 - Germaine Tillion, French anthropologist, member of French Resistance (d. 2008)
- 1906 - Bruno Gröning, German mystic (d. 1959)
- 1902 - Stepin Fetchit, American dancer and actor (d. 1985)
- 1901 - Cornelia Otis Skinner, American writer and actress (d. 1979)
- 1899 - Irving Thalberg, American film producer (d. 1936)
- 1896 - Howard Hawks, American film director (d. 1977)
- 1895 - Maurice Tate, English cricketer (d. 1956)
- 1892 - Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter (d. 1972)
- 1890 - Roger Salengro, French politician (d. 1936)
- 1887 - Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian artist (d. 1964)
- 1886 - Randolph Bourne, American writer (d. 1918)
- 1882 - Wyndham Halswelle, Scottish runner (d. 1915)
- 1881 - Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (d. 1968)
- 1879 - Colin Blythe, English cricketer (d. 1917)
- 1878 - Mike Donlin, American baseball player (d. 1933)
- 1875 - Giovanni Gentile, Italian philosopher (d. 1944)
- 1874 - Ernest Duchesne, French physician (d. 1912)
- 1871 - Olga Engl, Austrian actress (d. 1946)
- 1858 - Siegfried Alkan, German composer (d. 1941)
- 1846 - Peter Carl Fabergé, Russian goldsmith and jeweler (d. 1920)
- 1845 - King Amadeo I of Spain (d. 1890)
- 1844 - Félix Arnaudin, French poet and folklorist (d. 1921)
- 1820 - Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, French Canadian politician (d. 1890)
- 1819 - William McMurdo, British army officer (d. 1894)
- 1814 - Mikhail Bakunin, Russian anarchist (d. 1876)
- 1814 - Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian mathematician (d. 1894)
- 1800 - Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose French archbishop of Rouen and senator (d. 1883)
- 1768 - Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty, French cavalry commander (d. 1815)
- 1768 - Karl Friedrich Naumann, German mineralogist and geologist (d. 1873)
- 1757 - Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, British statesman (d. 1844)
- 1719 - Roger Newdigate, English politician (d. 1806)
- 1718 - Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician (d. 1793)
- 1713 - Princess Caroline Elizabeth of Great Britain (d. 1757)
- 1653 - Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Empress consort of Germany (d. 1676)
- 1623 - John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (d. 1686)
- 1423 - Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1461)
- 1010 - Emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063)