05/30/1961
Dominican Republic – Assassination of Trujillo ending a thirty-year personal dictatorship.

05/30/1972
Israel – Japanese Red Army Massacre at Lod Airport killed twenty-six.

05/30/1967
Nigeria – Biafra Declares Independence

05/31/1967
Israel – East Jerusalem Captured by Israel in the Six-Day War.

05/31/1961
South Africa – Establishment of the Republic

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