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The former Congolese Prime Minister, Évariste Kimba, and several other politicians are publicly executed in Kinshasa on the orders of President Joseph Mobutu. (30. May 1966)
Launch of Surveyor 1 the first US spacecraft to land on an extraterrestrial body. (30. May 1966)
The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war. (30. May 1967)
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 events in France. (30. May 1968)
Mariner program: Mariner 9 is launched to map 70% of the surface, and to study temporal changes in the atmosphere and surface, of Mars. (30. May 1971)
The Angry Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout the United Kingdom. (30. May 1972)
In Tel Aviv, Israel, members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport massacre, killing 24 people and injuring 78 others. (30. May 1972)
The Airbus A300 passenger aircraft first enters service. (30. May 1974)
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: the 33-foot high "Goddess of Democracy" statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators. (30. May 1989)
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, killing up to 5,000. (30. May 1998)
Nuclear Testing: Pakistan conducts an underground test in the Kharan Desert. It is reported to be a plutonium device with yield of 20kt. (30. May 1998)
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. (30. May 2003)
The former Liberian president, Charles Taylor, is sentenced to 50 years in prison for his role in atrocities committed during the Sierra Leone Civil War. (30. May 2012)
Nigeria passes a law banning same-sex marriage. (30. May 2013)
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