Page 7: Historical Events In May - 30

1945  Irma Laplasse, Flemish farmer/nazi collaborator, executed on May - 30.   

1946  United flight 521 crashes on takeoff at LaGuardia Airport (New York) 42 die on this day in history.   

1947  On May - 30 sidney Hugo Nicholson, composer, dies at 72   

1949  East Germans constitution approved on this day in history.   

1949  On this day in history nPS/VHP win first general election in Suriname   

1951  Hermann Broch, writer, dies at 64 on May - 30.   

1953  On this day in history george Barnes, cinematographer, dies at 60   

1954  Dutch bishops forbid membership to non-catholic sporting clubs on May - 30.   

1954  On this day in history ahmad Amin, Egyptian historian/author, dies at 67   

1955  On this day in history said el-Mufti forms Jordan Government   

1955  On May - 30 tunisia begins domestic self governing   

1956  On May - 30 bus boycott begins in Tallahassee FL   

1956  US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests) on this day in history.   

1957  Real Madrid wins 2nd Europe Cup 1 in Madrid on this day in history.   

1957  Toivo R Pekkanen, Finnish writer (Black Ecstacy), dies on this day in history.   

1958  Unidentified soldiers killed in WWII & Korean War buried in Arlington on this day in history.   

1958  US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests) on May - 30.   

1959  Iraq terminates military assistance pact with US due to neutrality on May - 30.   

1959  President Somoza ends emergency crisis in Nicaragua on May - 30.   

1959  World's first hovercraft (SR-N1) tested at Cowes England on May - 30.   

1959  Thomas Carl Whitmer, composer, dies at 85 on May - 30.   

1960  Boris Pasternak, Russian poet (Dr Zhivago), dies at 70 on May - 30.   

1961  Dutch DC-8 crashes after takeoff at Lisbon, 62 die on May - 30.   

1961  On May - 30 rafael L Trujillo Molina, dictator Dom Rep (1930-61), murdered at 69   

1962  On May - 30 69 killed in bus crash (Ahmedabad India)   

1962  On May - 30 benjamin Britten's "War Requiem" premieres   

1964  On this day in history beatles' "Love Me Do" single goes #1   

1964  On May - 30 leo Szilard, Hungarians/US nuclear physicst, dies at 66   

1965  France performs nuclear test at Ecker Algeria (Underground) on May - 30.   

1965  On this day in history viet Cong offensive against US base Da Nang, begins   

1965  Vivian Malone, is first black to graduate from University of Alabama on May - 30.   

1966  On this day in history 300 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam   

1966  On May - 30 uS launches Surveyor 1 to the Moon   

1967  On May - 30 biafra declares independence from Nigeria   

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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  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  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  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 May - 30.   

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  Death of Jerome of Prague, burned as a heretic by Church on this day in history.   

1431  On this day in history death of joan of Arc, French heroine and saint (b. 1412)   

1434  On May - 30 death of prokop the Great, Hussite general   

1469  Death of Lope de Barrientos, Spanish bishop on this day in history.