Page 4: Historical Events In May - 30

1879  Colin Blythe, cricketer (outstanding English slow lefty pre-WW I) on this day in history.   

1883  On May - 30 a rumor that the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge is in danger of collapsing triggers a stampede that kills 12   

1883  On May - 30 rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse caused a stampede that kills 12   

1883  Riccardo Zandonai, composer on May - 30.   

1887  On May - 30 alexander Archipenko, Ukraine sculptor/lithographer   

1888  James A Farley, postmaster general (1932-38) on this day in history.   

1889  On May - 30 the brassiere is invented (good or bad?)   

1889  On May - 30 brassier invented   

1890  On May - 30 1st Dodger home run (Dave Foutz)   

1891  Iman J van den Bosch, Belgian resistance fighter on May - 30.   

1894  On May - 30 bobby Lowe is 1st to hit 4 HRs in 1 baseball game   

1894  On May - 30 hubertus J van Mook, Dutch minister of Colonies (1942-45)   

1895  On May - 30 w G Grace scores his 1,000th Cricket run of the season after 22 days   

1895  On this day in history maurice Tate, cricketer (great England pace bowler of 20's)   

1896  On this day in history first car accident occurs, Henry Wells hit a bicyclist (NYC)   

1896  On this day in history the birth of Howard Hawks, American film director   

1896  1st car accident occurs, Henry Wells hit a bicyclist (NYC) on this day in history.   

1896  On May - 30 howard Hawks, Goshen Ind, director/producer (Rio Bravo, Scarface)   

1899  24th Preakness: R Clawson aboard Half Time wins in 1:47 on May - 30.   

1901  Hall of Fame for Great American on NYU campus dedicated on May - 30.   

1901  On May - 30 cornelia Otis Skinner, Chic, writer (When Our Hearts Were Young & Gay)   

1902  Seton Howard Frederick Lloyd, archaeologist on May - 30.   

1903  28th Preakness: W Gannon aboard Flocarline wins in 1:44.8 on May - 30.   

1903  Countee Cullen, Balt Md, poet (Black Christ & Other Poems) on this day in history.   

1904  Frank Chance gets hit by pitch 5 times in a doubleheader on this day in history.   

1904  Ernesto de la Guardia Jr, President of Panama (1956-60) on this day in history.   

1906  On May - 30 40th Belmont: Lucien Lyne aboard Burgomaster wins in 2:20   

1906  On May - 30 william Yeates Hurlstone, composer, dies at 30   

1907  On this day in history 41st Belmont: G Mountain aboard Peter Pan wins   

1908  Aldrich Vineland Currency Act forerunner to Federal Reserve System on this day in history.   

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

1908  Paris advocate E Archdeacon is first passenger in a airplane on this day in history.   

1908  On May - 30 the birth of Mel Blanc, Provided many cartoon voices for Warner Brothers   

1908  On this day in history uS Assay Office in Salt Lake City UT authorized   

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

1220  On this day in history birth of alexander Nevski, [Aleksandr], Russian great ruler (1252-63)   

1423  On May - 30 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 this day in history birth of valentin Dretzel, composer   

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

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 this day in history.   

1035  On this day in history 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  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  Death of Lope de Barrientos, Spanish bishop on May - 30.