Page 5: Historical Events In May - 30

1908  1st federal workmen's compensation law approved on this day in history.   

1908  Mel[vin J] Blanc, voice (Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd & Porky Pig) on May - 30.   

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

1909  On May - 30 reuben Siegel laid cornerstone of first home in Tel-Aviv   

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

1909  Benny Goodman, Chicago, clarinetist/bandleader (King of Swing) on this day in history.   

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

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

1911  On this day in history douglas Fowley, NYC, actor (Grandpa-Pistols 'n' Petticoats)   

1912  On May - 30 uS Marines sent to Nicaragua   

1912  Alexander Langsdorf, physicist on this day in history.   

1912  Wilbur Wright, US aviation pioneer, dies on this day in history.   

1913  On May - 30 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 this day in history.   

1913  Cedric Thorpe Davie, composer on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history 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.   

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

1915  On this day in history jerome Bert Weisner, military scientist/disarmer   

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

1917  On this day in history alexander I becomes king of Greece.   

1918  On May - 30 georgi V Plechanov, Russian revolutionary theorist, dies   

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

1920  On May - 30 john Heawood, actor/singer/choreographer (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)   

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  Latvia & Vatican sign accord on this day in history.   

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

1923  On May - 30 howard Hanson's 1st Symphony "Nordic," premieres   

1923  Jimmy Lydon, Harrington Pk NJ, actor (Richard-Love That Jill) on this day in history.   

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

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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 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 May - 30.   

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 May - 30.   

1035  Boudouin IV, count of Flanders (988-1035), dies on this day in history.   

1159  Death of Wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (b. 1105) on this day in history.   

1252  Ferdinand III the holy, King of Castile/Leon, dies on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of prokop the Great, Hussite general   

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