Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
On the night of May 30, 1942, the RAF scraped together more than a thousand aircraft to overwhelm a single German city in 90 minutes.
On May 30, 1911, Ray Harroun won America's inaugural 500-mile race in a single-seater fitted with what may be the first rear-view mirror.
On 30 May 1431, the teenage French heroine was condemned as a heretic and burned in the marketplace at Rouen.
