Born on 30 May 1956

At A Glance

30 May 1956 at a glance

Day of the week

30 May 1956 was a Wednesday.

Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)

“Mack the Knife” by Louis Armstrong was No. 1 on David Kent's retrospective Australian chart. This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.

Top Film of 1956

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1956 was The Ten Commandments.

Star sign

The star sign for 30 May is Gemini.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 30 May 1956 fell in the Year of the Monkey.

Birthstone

The birthstone for May is Emerald.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 30 May 1956 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 30 May

• 1943 The Holocaust: Josef Mengele becomes chief medical officer of the Zigeunerfamilienlager (Romani family camp) at Auschwitz concentration camp.
• 1959 The Auckland Harbour Bridge, crossing the Waitemata Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, is officially opened by Governor-General Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham.
• 1963 A protest against pro-Catholic discrimination during the Buddhist crisis is held outside South Vietnam's National Assembly, the first open demonstration during the eight-year presidency of Ngo Dinh Diem.
• 1967 The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war.
• 1968 Charles de Gaulle reappears publicly after his flight to Baden-Baden, West Germany, and dissolves the French National Assembly by a radio appeal. Immediately after, less than one million of his supporters march on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. This is the turning point of the May 1968 events in France.

Famous people born on 30 May

• Larry Silverstein, American real estate magnate (born 1931)
• Tom Morello, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1964)
• Mel Blanc, American voice actor (1908–1989)
• Idina Menzel, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1971)

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