Academic Kids:Selected anniversaries/May 30
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May 30: Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day in Fiji, Memorial Day in the United States (2005)
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Queen Jane
- 1431 - Hundred Years' War: Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in Rouen, France.
- 1434 - Taborite forces led by Prokop the Great were decisively defeated in the Battle of Lipany, effectively ending the Hussite Wars in Bohemia.
- 1536 - Henry VIII of England married Jane Seymour, a lady-in-waiting to his first two queen consorts.
- 1911 - The first Indianapolis 500 open-wheel automobile race was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana.
- 1967 - Chief Emeka Ojukwu took office as the first President of Biafra, a secessionist state in southeastern Nigeria.