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 this day in history.   

1909  National Conference on the Negro is held on this day in history.   

1909  On this day in history reuben Siegel laid cornerstone of first home in Tel-Aviv   

1909  On May - 30 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  On May - 30 1st Indianapolis 500 car race, Ray Harroun wins at 74.59 MPH (120 KPH)   

1911  On this day in history 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  Wilbur Wright, US aviation pioneer, dies on May - 30.   

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

1913  On this day in history new country of Albania is formed   

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

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  On May - 30 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  Georgi V Plechanov, Russian revolutionary theorist, dies on this day in history.   

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 May - 30.   

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  Latvia & Vatican sign accord on this day in history.   

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

1922  Harry Clement Stubbs, US, sci-fi author (Needle, Iceworld) on this day in history.   

1922  David Mendes Chumaceiro, Curacaos poet (Adelfas), dies at 45 on May - 30.   

1923  Howard Hanson's 1st Symphony "Nordic," premieres on May - 30.   

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

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

1423  On May - 30 birth of georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1461)   

1524  On May - 30 birth of selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74)   

1578  Valentin Dretzel, composer was born on May - 30.   

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

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

1653  On May - 30 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  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  On May - 30 death of jerome of Prague, burned as a heretic by Church   

1431  On May - 30 death of joan of Arc, French heroine and saint (b. 1412)   

1434  Death of Prokop the Great, Hussite general on this day in history.   

1469  Death of Lope de Barrientos, Spanish bishop on May - 30.