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May 30th, 1998	Event	A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, killing up to 5,000.
May 30th, 1989	Event	Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: the 33-foot high "Goddess of Democracy" statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators.
May 30th, 1982	Event	Spain becomes the 16th member of NATO and the first nation to enter the alliance since West Germany s admission in 1955.
May 30th, 1972	Event	The Angry Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout Britain.
May 30th, 1972	Event	In Tel Aviv members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport Massacre, killing 24 people and injuring 78 others.
May 30th, 1971	Event	Mariner program: Mariner 9 is launched to map 70% of the surface, and to study temporal changes in the atmosphere and surface, of Mars.
May 30th, 1969	Event	Riots on the Caribbean island of Curacao
May 30th, 1967	Event	At the Ascot Park in Gardena, California, daredevil Evel Knievel jumps his motorcycle over 16 cars lined up in a row.
May 30th, 1967	Event	The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war.
May 30th, 1966	Event	Former Congolese Prime Minister Evariste Kimba and several other politicians are publicly executed in Kinshasa on the orders of President Joseph Mobutu.

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