What happened on May 30 ?

1010 - Emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063)

1423 - Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1461)

1623 - John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (d. 1686)

1672 (O.S.) - Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia (d. 1725)

1718 - Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician (d. 1793)

1719 - Roger Newdigate, English politician (d. 1806)

1814 - Michael Bakunin, Russian anarchist (d. 1876)

1814 - Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian mathematician (d. 1894)

1858 - Siegfried Alkan, German composer (d. 1941)

1879 - Colin Blythe, English cricketer (d. 1917)

1881 - Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (d. 1968)

1882 - Wyndham Halswelle, Scottish runner (d. 1915)

1895 - Maurice Tate, English cricketer (d. 1956)

1896 - Howard Hawks, American film director (d. 1977)

1899 - Irving Thalberg, American film producer (d. 1936)

1901 - Cornelia Otis Skinner, American writer and actress (d. 1979)

1902 - Stepin Fetchit, American dancer and actor (d. 1985)

1906 - Bruno Gröning, a faith healer in Germany (d. 1959)

1908 - Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)

1908 - Mel Blanc, American voice actor (d. 1989)

1909 - Benny Goodman, American clarinetist and bandleader (d. 1986)

1910 - Inge Meysel, German actress (d. 2004)

1912 - Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and Nobel laureate (d. 2004)

1912 - Erich Bagge, German physicist

1912 - Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (d. 1980)

1918 - Guadalupe "Pita" Amor, Mexican poet (d. 2000)

1920 - Ralph Metcalfe, American athlete (d. 1978)

1920 - Franklin Schaffner, American film director (d. 1989)

1922 - Hal Clement, American writer (d. 2003)

1926 - Christine Jorgensen, activist (d. 1989)

1927 - Clint Walker, American actor

1928 - Agnès Varda, French director

1934 - Aleksei Leonov, cosmonaut

1936 - Keir Dullea, American actor

1939 - Michael J. Pollard, American actor

1943 - James Chaney, American civil rights activist (d. 1964)

1943 - Gale Sayers, American football player

1944 - Meredith MacRae, American actress (d. 2000)

1947 - Vashti Murphy McKenzie, bishop

1951 - Stephen Tobolowsky, American actor

1951 - Zdravko ?oli?, Bosnian singer

1953 - Colm Meaney, Irish actor

1955 - Topper Headon, British musician (The Clash)

1958 - Marie Fredriksson, Swedish singer and songwriter (Roxette)

1961 - Harry Enfield, British comedian

1964 - Wynonna Judd, American singer

1964 - Tom Morello, American musician (Audioslave, Rage Against The Machine)

1966 - Stephen Malkmus, American musician (Pavement)

1971 - Idina Menzel, American actress and singer

1972 - Manny Ramirez, Dominican Major League Baseball player

1973 - Leigh Francis, British comedian

1974 - Cee-Lo, American musician

1977 - Rachael Stirling, British actress

1979 - Rie Kugimiya, Japanese seiyuu (voice actress)

1980 - Steven Gerrard, English footballer

1981 - Devendra Banhart, American singer and songwriter