May 30

Today in History
• 1381 - English boer uprising begins in Essex
• 1416 - Jerome of Prague burned as a heretic by Church
• 1431 - Hundred Years' War: 19 year old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake
• 1539 - Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto's expedition lands in Florida
• 1635 - Emperor Ferdinand II and Saksen sign Peace of Prague
• 1714 - 1st Treaty of Paris, after Napoleon's 1st abdication
• 1821 - James Boyd patents Rubber Fire Hose
• 1868 - "Decoration Day", later called Memorial Day is first observed in Northern US


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Fakesgiving
• International Hug Your Cat Day
• Loomis Day
• National Creativity Day
• National Hole In My Bucket Day
• National Mint Julep Day
• National Water a Flower Day
• World Multiple Sclerosis Day

Birthdays
• 1010 - Emperor Renzong of China, Emperor of the Song dynasty
• 1220 - Alexander Nevski, Aleksandr, Russian great ruler, 1252-63
• 1423 - Georg von Purbach, Austrian mathematician and astronomer
• 1524 - Selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey, 1566-74
• 1757 - Henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth, C, British Prime Minister, 1801-04
• 1820 - Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, politician (1st Premier of Quebec)
• 1845 - Amadeus/Amadeo I, duke of Aosta and King of Spain (1870-73)
• 1867 - Arthur Vining Davis, American industrialist and CEO (Alcoa-1910-57)