Historical Events In May - 30

1908  On May - 30 1st federal workmen's compensation law approved   

1908  Mel[vin J] Blanc, voice (Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd & Porky Pig) on this day in history.   

1909  On May - 30 national Conference on the Negro is held   

1909  Reuben Siegel laid cornerstone of first home in Tel-Aviv on this day in history.   

1909  The birth of Benny Goodman, American bandleader on this day in history.   

1909  On this day in history benny Goodman, Chicago, clarinetist/bandleader (King of Swing)   

1910  44th Belmont: James Butwell aboard Sweep wins in 2:22 on this day in history.   

1911  1st Indianapolis 500 car race, Ray Harroun wins at 74.59 MPH (120 KPH) on May - 30.   

1911  Douglas Fowley, NYC, actor (Grandpa-Pistols 'n' Petticoats) on May - 30.   

1912  On this day in history uS Marines sent to Nicaragua   

1912  Alexander Langsdorf, physicist on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history wilbur Wright, US aviation pioneer, dies   

1913  On this day in history first Balkan War ends with the, Treaty of London   

1913  On May - 30 new country of Albania is formed   

1913  1st Balkan War ends, Treaty of London on May - 30.   

1913  On this day in history cedric Thorpe Davie, composer   

1914  The new and then largest Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City on May - 30.   

1914  On May - 30 bobby Sherwood, Indianapolis Ind, orch leader (Milton Berle Show)   

1915  Jerome Bert Weisner, military scientist/disarmer on May - 30.   

1916  On May - 30 joseph W Kennedy, scientist (1 of 4 discoverers of plutonium)   

1917  On May - 30 alexander I becomes king of Greece.   

1918  On this day in history georgi V Plechanov, Russian revolutionary theorist, dies   

1919  Lord John WS Raleigh, British physicist (Nobel 1904), dies on May - 30.   

1920  John Heawood, actor/singer/choreographer (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) on this day in history.   

1921  On May - 30 memorial to Captain Eddie Grant, killed in WWI, unveiled at Polo Grounds   

1921  On this day in history salzburg Austria votes to join Germany   

1921  Lord Dunsany's "If," premieres in London on this day in history.   

1922  On this day in history latvia & Vatican sign accord   

1922  On May - 30 the Lincoln Memorial is dedicated today in Washington, D C , by Chief Justice William Howard Taft   

1922  Harry Clement Stubbs, US, sci-fi author (Needle, Iceworld) on this day in history.   

1922  On May - 30 david Mendes Chumaceiro, Curacaos poet (Adelfas), dies at 45   

1923  Howard Hanson's 1st Symphony "Nordic," premieres on May - 30.   

1923  Jimmy Lydon, Harrington Pk NJ, actor (Richard-Love That Jill) on May - 30.   

1923  On May - 30 camille Chevillard, composer, dies at 63   

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1010  On May - 30 birth of emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063)   

1220  Alexander Nevski, [Aleksandr], Russian great ruler (1252-63) was born on this day in history.   

1423  Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1461) was born on this day in history.   

1524  Selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74) was born on this day in history.   

1578  Valentin Dretzel, composer was born on May - 30.   

1623  On this day in history birth of wallerand Vaillant, painter/engraver, baptized   

1623  On May - 30 birth of john Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (d. 1686)   

1653  Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Empress consort of Germany (d. 1676) was born on this day in history.   

0727  On May - 30 hubertus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht/saint, dies at about 72   

1035  On May - 30 boudouin IV, count of Flanders (988-1035), dies   

1159  Death of Wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (b. 1105) on May - 30.   

1252  On this day in history ferdinand III the holy, King of Castile/Leon, dies   

1416  Death of Jerome of Prague, burned as a heretic by Church on this day in history.   

1431  Death of Joan of Arc, French heroine and saint (b. 1412) on this day in history.   

1434  Death of Prokop the Great, Hussite general on May - 30.   

1469  On this day in history death of lope de Barrientos, Spanish bishop