Public Holidays on May 30

• 🌍 Day of the Canary Islands (Spain)
• 🌍 Kurban Bayramı (Turkey)

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Religious Observances on May 30

• Islamic: Hajj

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On This Day in History — May 30

• 2013 — Nigeria passes a law banning same-sex marriage.
• 2012 — Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is sentenced to 50 years in prison for his role in atrocities committed during the Sierra Leone Civil War.
• 2008 — Convention on Cluster Munitions is adopted.
• 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 fled the scene, but is arrested soon afterwards.
• 1998 — The 6.5 Mw Afghanistan earthquake shook the Takhar Province of northern Afghanistan with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), killing around 4,000-4,500.
• 1998 — Nuclear Testing: Pakistan conducts an underground test in the Kharan Desert. It is reported to be a plutonium device with yield of 20kt TNT equivalent.

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Notable Births on May 30

• 1996 — Beatriz Haddad Maia, Brazilian tennis player
• 1994 — Ivars Punnenovs, Latvian ice hockey player
• 1994 — Scott Laughton, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1991 — Jonathan Fox, English swimmer
• 1990 — Mustafa Akbaş, Turkish footballer
• 1990 — Im Yoona, South Korean singer and actress

Notable Deaths on May 30

• 2016 — Tom Lysiak, Polish-Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1953)
• 2016 — Rick MacLeish, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1950)
• 2015 — Beau Biden, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 44th Attorney General of Delaware (b. 1969)
• 2015 — Joël Champetier, Canadian author and screenwriter (b. 1957)
• 2014 — Hienadz Buraukin, Belarusian poet, journalist, and diplomat (b. 1936)
• 2014 — Henning Carlsen, Danish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1927)

Sports on May 30

• MLB: Kansas City Royals @ Texas Rangers — 00:05 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Milwaukee Brewers @ Houston Astros — 00:10 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Chicago Cubs @ St. Louis Cardinals — 00:15 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: San Francisco Giants @ Colorado Rockies — 00:40 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: New York Yankees @ Athletics — 01:40 UTC Scheduled
• WNBA: Atlanta Dream @ Portland Fire — 02:00 UTC Scheduled

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Public Holidays on May 31

• 🌍 Pentecost (Greece, Ukraine)
• 🌍 Day of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain)
• 🌍 Hari Raya Waisak (perkiraan) (Indonesia)
• 🌍 Hari Wesak (Malaysia)
• 🌍 Vesak Day (Singapore)
• 🌍 عطلة عيد الأضحى (يوم تعويضي) (Saudi Arabia)
• 🌍 วันวิสาขบูชา (Thailand)

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Religious Observances on May 31

• Chinese: Dragon Boat Festival

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On This Day in History — May 31

• 2017 — A car bomb exploded in a crowded intersection in Kabul near the German embassy during rush hour, killing over 90 and injuring 463.
• 2013 — The asteroid 1998 QE2 and its moon make their closest approach to Earth for the next two centuries.
• 2010 — Israeli Shayetet 13 commandos boarded the Gaza Freedom Flotilla while still in international waters trying to break the ongoing blockade of the Gaza Strip; nine Turkish civilians on the flotilla were killed in the...
• 2005 — Vanity Fair reveals that Mark Felt was "Deep Throat".
• 1991 — Bicesse Accords in Angola lay out a transition to multi-party democracy under the supervision of the United Nations' UNAVEM II mission.
• 1989 — A group of six members of the Peruvian guerrilla group Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement shoot dead eight transsexuals in Tarapoto.

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Notable Births on May 31

• 1992 — Michaël Bournival, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1992 — Laura Ikauniece, Latvian heptathlete
• 1991 — Azealia Banks, American rapper
• 1990 — Erik Karlsson, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1989 — Bas Dost, Dutch footballer
• 1989 — Marco Reus, German footballer

Notable Deaths on May 31

• 2016 — Mohamed Abdelaziz, President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (1976-2016) (b. 1947)
• 2016 — Jan Crouch, American televangelist, co-founder of the Trinity Broadcasting Network (b. 1938)
• 2016 — Carla Lane, English television writer (b. 1928)
• 2016 — Rupert Neudeck, German journalist and humanitarian (b. 1939)
• 2015 — Gladys Taylor, Canadian author and publisher (b. 1917)
• 2014 — Marilyn Beck, American journalist (b. 1928)

Sports on May 31

• NHL: Colorado Avalanche @ Vegas Golden Knights — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NBA: San Antonio Spurs @ Oklahoma City Thunder — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• WNBA: Indiana Fever @ Portland Fire — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: San Francisco Giants @ Colorado Rockies — 01:10 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: New York Yankees @ Athletics — 02:05 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Arizona Diamondbacks @ Seattle Mariners — 02:10 UTC Scheduled

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