Event:
Concerns over security in the Asia-Pacific region are raised after a U.S. surveillance flight identifies artillery on one of the man-made islands under development by China in the South China Sea
More Notable Events on May 30:
1975 European Space Agency, ESA, forms
1971 U.S. Mariner 9, 1st satellite to orbit Mars launched
1966 U.S. launches Surveyor 1 to Moon
1901 Memorial Day 1st observed in U.S.
1848 William G. Young patents ice cream freezer
