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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_30" title="May 30">May 30</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statehood_Day_(Croatia)" title="Statehood Day (Croatia)">Statehood Day</a></b> in Croatia (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990" title="1990">1990</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1431" title="1431">1431</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Years%27_War" title="Hundred Years' War">Hundred Years' War</a>: After being convicted of heresy, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_of_Arc" title="Joan of Arc">Joan of Arc</a></b> was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_by_burning" title="Death by burning">burned at the stake</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rouen" title="Rouen">Rouen</a>, France.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1723" title="1723">1723</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach" title="Johann Sebastian Bach">Johann Sebastian Bach</a> assumed the office of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomaskantor" title="Thomaskantor">Thomaskantor</a> in Leipzig, presenting the cantata, <b><span title="German-language text"><span lang="de"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Elenden_sollen_essen,_BWV_75" title="Die Elenden sollen essen, BWV 75"><i>Die Elenden sollen essen</i>, BWV 75</a></span></span></b>, in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Nicholas_Church,_Leipzig" title="St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig">St. Nicholas Church</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943" title="1943">1943</a> – The first game of the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-American_Girls_Professional_Baseball_League" title="All-American Girls Professional Baseball League">All-American Girls Professional Baseball League</a></b>, the forerunner of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_professional_sports#United_States" title="Women's professional sports">women's professional league sports in the United States</a>, was played.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963" title="1963">1963</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_crisis" title="Buddhist crisis">Buddhist crisis</a></b>: A protest against pro-Catholic discrimination was held outside <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Vietnam" title="South Vietnam">South Vietnam</a>'s National Assembly, the first open demonstration against President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngo_Dinh_Diem" title="Ngo Dinh Diem">Ngô Đình Diệm</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998" title="1998">1998</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1998_Afghanistan_earthquake" title="May 1998 Afghanistan earthquake">An earthquake</a></b> registering 6.5 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment_magnitude_scale" title="Moment magnitude scale">M<sub>w</sub></a> struck northern Afghanistan, killing at least 4,000 people, destroying more than 30 villages, and leaving 45,000 people homeless.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonina_Houbraken" title="Antonina Houbraken">Antonina Houbraken</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1686); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyndham_Halswelle" title="Wyndham Halswelle">Wyndham Halswelle</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1882); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Bich" title="Marcel Bich">Marcel Bich</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1994)</p>
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