Wednesday, 30 May 2012
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May 31: World No Tobacco Day; Feast of the Visitation (Roman Catholicism and Anglicanism)
455 – Emperor Petronius Maximus of the Western Roman Empire was stoned to death by an angry mob after only 78 days upon the throne.
1669 – Citing poor eyesight, English naval administrator and Member of Parliament Samuel Pepys recorded his last entry in his diary, one of the most important primary sources for the English Restoration period.
1916 – The German Kaiserliche Marine and British Royal Navy clashed in the Battle of Jutland, the largest naval battle of the First World War.
1921 – A large-scale race riot began in Tulsa, Oklahoma, US, in which the wealthiest African-American community in the United States, the Greenwood District, was destroyed by fire.
1941 – The United Kingdom completed its re-occupation of Iraq, returning 'Abd al-Ilah to power as regent for Faisal II
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