Unix Timestamp: 1085875200
Sunday, May 30. 2004, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Sasebo slashing: Satomi Mitarai, a 12-year-old Japanese schoolgirl attending Okubo Elementary School in Sasebo, Japan, is murdered. Her killer is an 11-year-old classmate identified by Japanese authorities as Girl A.

All outgoing flights from the UK are temporarily grounded following an air traffic control computer failure. //news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3772077.stm BBC NEWS

Salvadoran presidential election, 2004: Antonio Saca is inaugurated as the President of El Salvador

Central Intelligence Agency director George Tenet tenders his resignation, citing personal reasons. John E. McLaughlin, CIA Deputy Director, becomes the acting Director until a permanent Director is chosen and confirmed by Congress.

Thousands of people in Hong Kong take to the streets to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.