Today in History
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2011 Germany abandons nuclear energy
The government's decision followed the nuclear meltdown at Japan's Fukushima power plant and years o
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1967 The Republic of Biafra is proclaimed
The short-lived state consisted of Nigeria's Eastern Region. Its secession sparked the Nigerian Civi
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1962 Benjamin Britten's War Requiem is premiered
The work was performed for the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral, which had been destroyed
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1961 The Dominican dictator, Rafael Trujillo, is assassinated
El Jefe had been the Dominican Republic's President for 31 years. Despite the assassination, the int
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1911 The first Indianapolis 500 is held
Ray Harroun won the first running of the 500-mile automobile race, which is today one of the world's
Births On This Day,
May, 30
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1980 Steven Gerrard
English footballer
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1971 Idina Menzel
American singer-songwriter, actress
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1949 Bob Willis
English cricketer
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1846 Peter Carl Fabergé
Russian goldsmith, jeweler
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1814 Mikhail Bakunin
Russian philosopher, theorist
Deaths On This Day,
May, 30
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1993 Sun Ra
American pianist, composer, bandleader, poet
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1960 Boris Pasternak
Russian author, poet, Nobel Prize laureate
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1778 Voltaire
French philosopher
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1640 Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish painter
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1431 Joan of Arc
