📅 May 30 in the Time Tunnel
What happened on May 30? Travel back in time and find out — then test yourself with the quiz.
⏳ On this day in history
- 1631The "Gazette de France," France’s first newspaper, was published
- 1911Ray Harroun won the first Indianapolis 500
- 1922The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., was dedicated
- 1971NASA launched Mariner 9, which became the first spacecraft to orbit Mars
- 1975The European Space Agency was founded
- 2020SpaceX’s Crew Dragon launched with astronauts — the first crewed flight to orbit from the US since 2011
🎂 Born on May 30
- 👨🚀 Alexei Leonov (1934) — first person to walk in space
May 30 quiz
In what year? 📰 The "Gazette de France," France’s first newspaper, was published
In what year? 🏎️ Ray Harroun won the first Indianapolis 500
In what year? 🏛️ The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., was dedicated
Which famous person was born on May 30?