WHAT HAPPENED ON 30. MAY
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The Kansas–Nebraska Act becomes law establishing the US territories of Nebraska and Kansas. (30. May 1854)
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). (30. May 1868)
Ottoman sultan AbdĂĽlaziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murad V. (30. May 1876)
In New York City, a rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse causes a stampede that crushes twelve people. (30. May 1883)
Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona. (30. May 1899)
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. (30. May 1911)
First Balkan War: the Treaty of London (1913), is signed ending the war. Albania becomes an independent nation. (30. May 1913)
The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York, New York. (30. May 1914)
Alexander I becomes king of Greece. (30. May 1917)
The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.. (30. May 1922)
May Thirtieth Movement: Shanghai Municipal Police Force shoot and kill 13 protesting workers. (30. May 1925)
The National Theatre of Greece is founded. (30. May 1932)
Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill 10 labor demonstrators. (30. May 1937)
World War II: Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas climb the Athenian Acropolis and tear down the Nazi swastika. (30. May 1941)
World War II: 1000 British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany. (30. May 1942)
A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon, within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless. (30. May 1948)
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. (30. May 1958)
The Auckland Harbour Bridge, crossing the Waitemata Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, is officially opened by Governor-General Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham. (30. May 1959)
The long-time Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo is assassinated in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. (30. May 1961)
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. (30. May 1963)