Page 8: Historical Events In May - 30

1967  King Hussein of Jordan visits Cairo on this day in history.   

1967  Robert "Evel" Knievel's motorcycle jumps 16 automobiles on May - 30.   

1967  Yankee Whitey Ford, nearing 41, announces his retirement from baseball on May - 30.   

1967  Claude Rains, actor (Invisible Man), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history beatles begin work on their only double album "The Beatles"   

1968  On this day in history president De Gaulle disbands French parliament   

1968  University church in Leipzig German Democratic Republic, blown up on May - 30.   

1968  On May - 30 west German Parliament accepts emergency crisis law   

1969  Gibraltar adopts constitution on May - 30.   

1969  People revolt in Willemstad, Curaçao on May - 30.   

1969  Gaston Brenta, composer, dies at 66 on May - 30.   

1971  36 hospitalized during Grateful Dead concert; after drinking LSD apple juice on May - 30.   

1971  Train crash at Duivendrecht Netherlands, 5 die on this day in history.   

1971  On May - 30 uS Mariner 9 first satellite to orbit Mars launched   

1971  Audie Murphy, WW II hero/actor (Sierra), killed in plane crash at 46 on May - 30.   

1972  3 Japanese PFL terrorists kill 24, wound 72 at Tel Aviv's Lod International Airport on May - 30.   

1972  On May - 30 margaret Ruthven Lang, composer, dies at 104   

1973  Ajax wins 3rd Europe Cup on this day in history.   

1973  Hal Hastings, orch leader (Chevrolet on Broadway), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1975  On May - 30 european Space Agency (ESA) forms   

1975  Wings release "Venus & Mars" album on May - 30.   

1975  On this day in history michel Simon, actor (Panic, Plague, Two of Us), dies at 80   

1976  On May - 30 bobby Unser sets world record for the fastest pit stop (4 seconds)   

1977  On May - 30 claire Goll, writer, dies at 86   

1979  On this day in history nottingham Forrest wins 24th Europe Cup 1 at Munich   

1979  On May - 30 percom Data Company Inc release Microdos for Radio Shack's TRS-80   

1979  Jack Raine, actor (Quartet), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history the first papal visit to France since 1814   

1980  On May - 30 turner's painting "Juliet & Her Nurse" sells for $6.4 million   

1980  Carl Radle, bassist (Derek & Dominoes), dies of a kidney ailment on May - 30.   

1981  "Nightline" extends from 4 nights to 5 nights a week (Friday) on May - 30.   

1981  Bangladesh President Ziaur Rahman is shot by group of rebel officers on May - 30.   

1981  On May - 30 ziaur Rahmen, pres of Bangladesh, is assassinated   

1982  On May - 30 spain becomes 16th member of NATO   

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1010  On this day in history 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  Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1461) was born on this day in history.   

1524  On this day in history 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 May - 30 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  On this day in history hubertus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht/saint, dies at about 72   

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

1159  On this day in history death of wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (b. 1105)   

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

1434  On this day in history death of prokop the Great, Hussite general   

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