Historical Events In May - 30

1945  On this day in history irma Laplasse, Flemish farmer/nazi collaborator, executed   

1946  United flight 521 crashes on takeoff at LaGuardia Airport (New York) 42 die on May - 30.   

1947  Sidney Hugo Nicholson, composer, dies at 72 on May - 30.   

1949  East Germans constitution approved on this day in history.   

1949  On May - 30 nPS/VHP win first general election in Suriname   

1951  On May - 30 hermann Broch, writer, dies at 64   

1953  George Barnes, cinematographer, dies at 60 on May - 30.   

1954  Dutch bishops forbid membership to non-catholic sporting clubs on May - 30.   

1954  Ahmad Amin, Egyptian historian/author, dies at 67 on May - 30.   

1955  On May - 30 said el-Mufti forms Jordan Government   

1955  Tunisia begins domestic self governing on May - 30.   

1956  On May - 30 bus boycott begins in Tallahassee FL   

1956  US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests) on this day in history.   

1957  Real Madrid wins 2nd Europe Cup 1 in Madrid on this day in history.   

1957  On May - 30 toivo R Pekkanen, Finnish writer (Black Ecstacy), dies   

1958  On May - 30 unidentified soldiers killed in WWII & Korean War buried in Arlington   

1958  US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests) on this day in history.   

1959  Iraq terminates military assistance pact with US due to neutrality on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history president Somoza ends emergency crisis in Nicaragua   

1959  On this day in history world's first hovercraft (SR-N1) tested at Cowes England   

1959  Thomas Carl Whitmer, composer, dies at 85 on May - 30.   

1960  Boris Pasternak, Russian poet (Dr Zhivago), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1961  On May - 30 dutch DC-8 crashes after takeoff at Lisbon, 62 die   

1961  On May - 30 rafael L Trujillo Molina, dictator Dom Rep (1930-61), murdered at 69   

1962  On May - 30 69 killed in bus crash (Ahmedabad India)   

1962  On this day in history benjamin Britten's "War Requiem" premieres   

1964  On May - 30 beatles' "Love Me Do" single goes #1   

1964  Leo Szilard, Hungarians/US nuclear physicst, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1965  France performs nuclear test at Ecker Algeria (Underground) on this day in history.   

1965  Viet Cong offensive against US base Da Nang, begins on May - 30.   

1965  On this day in history vivian Malone, is first black to graduate from University of Alabama   

1966  On this day in history 300 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam   

1966  US launches Surveyor 1 to the Moon on May - 30.   

1967  On May - 30 biafra declares independence from Nigeria   

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1010  On this day in history birth of emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063)   

1220  On May - 30 birth of alexander Nevski, [Aleksandr], Russian great ruler (1252-63)   

1423  On this day in history birth of georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1461)   

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

1578  On May - 30 birth of valentin Dretzel, composer   

1623  Wallerand Vaillant, painter/engraver, baptized was born on May - 30.   

1623  John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (d. 1686) was born on May - 30.   

1653  Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Empress consort of Germany (d. 1676) was born on May - 30.   

0727  Hubertus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht/saint, dies at about 72 on May - 30.   

1035  Boudouin IV, count of Flanders (988-1035), dies on May - 30.   

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

1252  On May - 30 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 this day in history.   

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