May 30 is the 151th day of the year.
There are 215 days remaining until the end of the year.
The sun rose at at 5:50 am and sunset will be at 8:26 pm.
Today we will have 14 hours and 36 minutes of sun. Mid-day will be at 1:08 pm.
The first low tide was at 1:08 am
and the next low tide will be at 12:51 pm.
The first high tide will be at 6:52 am
and the next high tide at 7:58 pm.
The Moon is 39.0% illuminated
It is a Waning Crescent
Moonrise Today: 2:15 AM↑ 95° East
Moonset Today: 2:22 PM↑ 268° West
Memorial Day
National Mint Julep Day
Loomis Day
National Water A Flower Day
My Bucket’s Got A Hole In It Day
Anguilla Day, commemorates the beginning of the Anguillian Revolution in 1967.
Canary Islands Day in Spain
Indian Arrival Day in Trinidad and Tobago
Lod Massacre Remembrance Day in Puerto Rico
Mother's Day in Nicaragua
Parliament Day in Croatia
if today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! Happy Birthday also to:
1908 – Mel Blanc, American voice actor. Let's all do Bugs Bunny and Barney Rubble voices today.
1909 – Benny Goodman, American clarinet player, songwriter, and bandleader (d. 1986)
1926 – Christine Jorgensen, American trans woman, singer and entertainer, activist(d. 1989)
1932 – Pauline Oliveros, American accordion player and composer. She taught at Mills College. Deep Listening is her ongoing project.
1949 – Klaus Flouride, American bass player, songwriter, and producer, best known for his work with the SF band, the Dead Kennedys
1953 – Colm Meaney, Irish actor; He plays the part of Miles O'Brien in the 1990's TV Series, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
1955 – Topper Headon, English drummer and songwriter. He's best known for drumming for The Clash.
1964 – Wynonna Judd, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress. She sings with her mother in the country music group, The Judds.
1964 – Tom Morello, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor. You may know him best for his work with the band Rage Against the Machine, as well as other projects.
1981 – Devendra Banhart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
on this day in history...
1431 – Hundred Years' War: In Rouen, France, the 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal. The Roman Catholic Church remembers this day as the celebration of Saint Joan of Arc.
1868 – Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern "Memorial Day") is observed in the United States for the first time (by "Commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic" John A. Logan's proclamation on May 5).
1922 – The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C..
1958 – Memorial Day: The remains of two unidentified American servicemen, killed in action during World War II and the Korean War respectively, are buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.
1961 – The long-time Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo is assassinated in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
1982Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles played in the first of a record 2,632 consecutive major league baseball games.
1989 – Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: The 33-foot high "Goddess of Democracy" statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators.
2005Vice President Dick Cheney predicted the Iraq war would end before the Bush administration left office, saying "I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency," on CNN's "Larry King Live.".
2011Germany announced plans to abandon nuclear power over the next 11 years, outlining an ambitious strategy in the wake of Japan's Fukushima disaster to replace atomic power with renewable energy sources.