Historical Events In May - 30

1967  King Hussein of Jordan visits Cairo on May - 30.   

1967  Robert "Evel" Knievel's motorcycle jumps 16 automobiles on this day in history.   

1967  On May - 30 yankee Whitey Ford, nearing 41, announces his retirement from baseball   

1967  Claude Rains, actor (Invisible Man), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1968  On May - 30 beatles begin work on their only double album "The Beatles"   

1968  President De Gaulle disbands French parliament on May - 30.   

1968  University church in Leipzig German Democratic Republic, blown up on this day in history.   

1968  On May - 30 west German Parliament accepts emergency crisis law   

1969  On this day in history gibraltar adopts constitution   

1969  On May - 30 people revolt in Willemstad, Curaçao   

1969  On May - 30 gaston Brenta, composer, dies at 66   

1971  36 hospitalized during Grateful Dead concert; after drinking LSD apple juice on May - 30.   

1971  On this day in history train crash at Duivendrecht Netherlands, 5 die   

1971  US Mariner 9 first satellite to orbit Mars launched on May - 30.   

1971  Audie Murphy, WW II hero/actor (Sierra), killed in plane crash at 46 on May - 30.   

1972  On May - 30 3 Japanese PFL terrorists kill 24, wound 72 at Tel Aviv's Lod International Airport   

1972  On May - 30 margaret Ruthven Lang, composer, dies at 104   

1973  Ajax wins 3rd Europe Cup on this day in history.   

1973  On May - 30 hal Hastings, orch leader (Chevrolet on Broadway), dies at 66   

1975  European Space Agency (ESA) forms on this day in history.   

1975  Wings release "Venus & Mars" album on May - 30.   

1975  On this day in history michel Simon, actor (Panic, Plague, Two of Us), dies at 80   

1976  Bobby Unser sets world record for the fastest pit stop (4 seconds) on May - 30.   

1977  Claire Goll, writer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1979  Nottingham Forrest wins 24th Europe Cup 1 at Munich on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history percom Data Company Inc release Microdos for Radio Shack's TRS-80   

1979  Jack Raine, actor (Quartet), dies at 82 on May - 30.   

1980  On this day in history the first papal visit to France since 1814   

1980  Turner's painting "Juliet & Her Nurse" sells for $6.4 million on this day in history.   

1980  Carl Radle, bassist (Derek & Dominoes), dies of a kidney ailment on May - 30.   

1981  On May - 30 "Nightline" extends from 4 nights to 5 nights a week (Friday)   

1981  Bangladesh President Ziaur Rahman is shot by group of rebel officers on this day in history.   

1981  Ziaur Rahmen, pres of Bangladesh, is assassinated on this day in history.   

1982  Spain becomes 16th member of NATO on May - 30.   

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1010  Emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 May - 30.   

1578  Valentin Dretzel, composer was born on this day in history.   

1623  Wallerand Vaillant, painter/engraver, baptized was born on this day in history.   

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

1653  On this day in history birth of claudia Felicitas of Austria, Empress consort of Germany (d. 1676)   

0727  Hubertus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht/saint, dies at about 72 on this day in history.   

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

1159  On this day in history death of wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (b. 1105)   

1252  On May - 30 ferdinand III the holy, King of Castile/Leon, dies   

1416  On this day in history death of jerome of Prague, burned as a heretic by Church   

1431  Death of Joan of Arc, French heroine and saint (b. 1412) on May - 30.   

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

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