Daily Calendar for May 30th, 2021

The Old Farmer's Almanac daily calendar gives you quick reference for the significant events on any day throughout the year.

1820s

• Born 1820: Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau (first premier of Quebec after Confederation)

1840s

• 1848: U.S. and Mexico ratifications of Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo exchanged at Queretaro. (Treaty was originally signed on Feb. 2, 1848.)

1860s

• 1868: First U.S. national celebration of Memorial (Decoration) Day took place in the Arlington National Cemetery of Virginia

1890s

• Born 1893: Norman Cota (U.S. brigadier general)

• Born 1896: Howard Hawks (director of film)

1900s

• Born 1908: Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny and other characters)

• Born 1909: Benny Goodman (musician & bandleader)

1910s

• 1911: First 500 mile automobile race at Indianapolis Speedway was held

• Died 1912: Wilbur Wright (aviator)

1920s

• 1922: Lincoln Memorial dedicated in Washington, D.C.

1960s

• Died 1960: Boris Pasternak (writer)

• Born 1964: Wynonna Judd (country music singer)

1970s

• 1971: From Cape Kennedy, Florida, the U.S. launched Mariner 9, first spacecraft to orbit another planet50 Years Ago

• Died 1971: Marcel Dupré (composer)

• Born 1972: Manny Ramirez (baseball player)

1980s

• Died 1986: Perry Ellis (fashion designer)

2000s

• Died 2007: Gus Wickstrom (retired farmer who used pig spleens to forecast the weather [claimed 90% accuracy])

2010s

• 2013: Thirteen-year-old Arvind Mahankali, of Bayside Hills, New York, correctly spelled "knaidel" to become the champion of the 2013 Scripps National Spelling Bee, in Oxon Hill, Maryland

• 2013: Boston Red Sox outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury stole five bases during his team's 9-2 win against the Philadelphia Phillies. It was a club record.

• 2019: May 30-31: 8 co-champions were declared for the Scripps Spelling Bee