Historical Events In May - 30

1945  Irma Laplasse, Flemish farmer/nazi collaborator, executed on this day in history.   

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

1947  Sidney Hugo Nicholson, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1949  On this day in history east Germans constitution approved   

1949  NPS/VHP win first general election in Suriname on May - 30.   

1951  On this day in history hermann Broch, writer, dies at 64   

1953  George Barnes, cinematographer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1954  Dutch bishops forbid membership to non-catholic sporting clubs on this day in history.   

1954  Ahmad Amin, Egyptian historian/author, dies at 67 on May - 30.   

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

1955  Tunisia begins domestic self governing on May - 30.   

1956  Bus boycott begins in Tallahassee FL on May - 30.   

1956  On May - 30 uS performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)   

1957  On May - 30 real Madrid wins 2nd Europe Cup 1 in Madrid   

1957  On May - 30 toivo R Pekkanen, Finnish writer (Black Ecstacy), dies   

1958  Unidentified soldiers killed in WWII & Korean War buried in Arlington on May - 30.   

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

1959  Iraq terminates military assistance pact with US due to neutrality on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history president Somoza ends emergency crisis in Nicaragua   

1959  On this day in history world's first hovercraft (SR-N1) tested at Cowes England   

1959  On May - 30 thomas Carl Whitmer, composer, dies at 85   

1960  On May - 30 boris Pasternak, Russian poet (Dr Zhivago), dies at 70   

1961  On this day in history dutch DC-8 crashes after takeoff at Lisbon, 62 die   

1961  Rafael L Trujillo Molina, dictator Dom Rep (1930-61), murdered at 69 on this day in history.   

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

1962  Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem" premieres on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 May - 30 300 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam   

1966  US launches Surveyor 1 to the Moon on May - 30.   

1967  Biafra declares independence from Nigeria on May - 30.   

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1010  On this day in history 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 May - 30.   

1578  On May - 30 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  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 May - 30.   

1035  On this day in history boudouin IV, count of Flanders (988-1035), dies   

1159  Death of Wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (b. 1105) on May - 30.   

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 May - 30 death of prokop the Great, Hussite general   

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