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Historical events & facts — May 30
What happened on May 30?
On May 30, 1431, Joan of Arc — the 19-year-old French peasant who claimed to hear divine voices and had led French armies against the English — was burned alive at the stake in Rouen, accused of witchcraft and heresy by an ecclesiastical tribunal controlled by the English. She was canonised in 1920. Joan of Arc is the patron saint of France and one of the most fascinating figures in medieval history.
On May 30, 1593, English playwright Christopher Marlowe was killed in a tavern in Deptford, possibly as the result of a dispute over the bill, though some historians believe it was a political murder. Marlowe, who rivalled Shakespeare and had decisively influenced him, was only 29 years old. His premature death was an immense loss for Elizabethan theatre and English literature.
On May 30, 1967, Nigerian colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu proclaimed the Republic of Biafra, breaking away from Nigeria in the name of the Igbo people. The civil war that followed, with the federal blockade of the region and a terrible famine, caused between 1 and 3 million deaths and was the first conflict broadcast live on television to the Western world, raising global awareness of famine as a weapon of war.
Notable birthdays — May 30
Famous people born on May 30
Eugène Charles Catalan
Eugène Charles Catalan was a French and Belgian mathematician who worked on continued fractions, descriptive geometry, number theory and combinatorics. His notable contributions included discovering a periodic minimal surface in the space ; stating the famous Catalan's conjecture, which was eventually proved in 2002; and introducing the Catalan numbers to solve a combinatorial problem.
Benny Goodman
Benjamin David Goodman was an American jazz clarinetist and bandleader, known as the "King of Swing".
Rick Mather
Rick Mather was an American-born architect working in England. Born in Portland, Oregon and awarded a B.arch. at the University of Oregon in 1961, he came to London in 1963 and worked at the architectural firm Lyons Israel Ellis for two years. He became a leading figure at the Architectural Association in the 1970s, and in 1973 founded his own practice, Rick Mather Architects.
Stav Prodromou
Stavro Evangelo "Stav" Prodromou is a Palestinian Greek American businessman, and the founder and former chief executive officer of Poqet Computer Corporation. Prodromou has been CEO of Alien Technology, Peregrine Semiconductor, and Integrated Circuit Systems and Executive Vice President of Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation.
Fernando Lugo
Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez is a Paraguayan politician and laicized Catholic bishop who was President of Paraguay from 2008 to 2012. Previously, he was a Roman Catholic priest and bishop, serving as Bishop of the Diocese of San Pedro from 1994 to 2005. He was elected as president in 2008, an election that ended 61 years of rule by the Colorado Party.
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