Page 5: Historical Events In May - 30

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

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

1909  On this day in history national Conference on the Negro is held   

1909  Reuben Siegel laid cornerstone of first home in Tel-Aviv on May - 30.   

1909  On this day in history the birth of Benny Goodman, American bandleader   

1909  Benny Goodman, Chicago, clarinetist/bandleader (King of Swing) on May - 30.   

1910  44th Belmont: James Butwell aboard Sweep wins in 2:22 on May - 30.   

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

1911  On May - 30 douglas Fowley, NYC, actor (Grandpa-Pistols 'n' Petticoats)   

1912  US Marines sent to Nicaragua on this day in history.   

1912  Alexander Langsdorf, physicist on this day in history.   

1912  On May - 30 wilbur Wright, US aviation pioneer, dies   

1913  On May - 30 first Balkan War ends with the, Treaty of London   

1913  New country of Albania is formed on this day in history.   

1913  On this day in history 1st Balkan War ends, Treaty of London   

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 this day in history bobby Sherwood, Indianapolis Ind, orch leader (Milton Berle Show)   

1915  Jerome Bert Weisner, military scientist/disarmer on this day in history.   

1916  Joseph W Kennedy, scientist (1 of 4 discoverers of plutonium) on this day in history.   

1917  Alexander I becomes king of Greece on May - 30.   

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  On this day in history john Heawood, actor/singer/choreographer (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)   

1921  Memorial to Captain Eddie Grant, killed in WWI, unveiled at Polo Grounds on this day in history.   

1921  Salzburg Austria votes to join Germany on this day in history.   

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

1922  On May - 30 latvia & Vatican sign accord   

1922  On this day in history the Lincoln Memorial is dedicated today in Washington, D C , by Chief Justice William Howard Taft   

1922  On this day in history harry Clement Stubbs, US, sci-fi author (Needle, Iceworld)   

1922  On this day in history david Mendes Chumaceiro, Curacaos poet (Adelfas), dies at 45   

1923  On this day in history howard Hanson's 1st Symphony "Nordic," premieres   

1923  On May - 30 jimmy Lydon, Harrington Pk NJ, actor (Richard-Love That Jill)   

1923  Camille Chevillard, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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1010  Emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063) was born on May - 30.   

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 May - 30.   

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  On this day in history 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 May - 30.   

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

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

1159  On May - 30 death of wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (b. 1105)   

1252  Ferdinand III the holy, King of Castile/Leon, dies on May - 30.   

1416  On May - 30 death of jerome of Prague, burned as a heretic by Church   

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 this day in history.