Historical Events In May - 30

1908  1st federal workmen's compensation law approved on May - 30.   

1908  Mel[vin J] Blanc, voice (Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd & Porky Pig) on this day in history.   

1909  On this day in history national Conference on the Negro is held   

1909  Reuben Siegel laid cornerstone of first home in Tel-Aviv on this day in history.   

1909  The birth of Benny Goodman, American bandleader on this day in history.   

1909  On May - 30 benny Goodman, Chicago, clarinetist/bandleader (King of Swing)   

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

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

1911  Douglas Fowley, NYC, actor (Grandpa-Pistols 'n' Petticoats) on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history uS Marines sent to Nicaragua   

1912  Alexander Langsdorf, physicist on May - 30.   

1912  On May - 30 wilbur Wright, US aviation pioneer, dies   

1913  First Balkan War ends with the, Treaty of London on May - 30.   

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

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

1913  On this day in history cedric Thorpe Davie, composer   

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  Bobby Sherwood, Indianapolis Ind, orch leader (Milton Berle Show) on May - 30.   

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  Alexander I becomes king of Greece on May - 30.   

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

1919  On this day in history lord John WS Raleigh, British physicist (Nobel 1904), dies   

1920  John Heawood, actor/singer/choreographer (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) on May - 30.   

1921  Memorial to Captain Eddie Grant, killed in WWI, unveiled at Polo Grounds on this day in history.   

1921  On this day in history salzburg Austria votes to join Germany   

1921  Lord Dunsany's "If," premieres in London on May - 30.   

1922  On this day in history latvia & Vatican sign accord   

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

1922  On May - 30 harry Clement Stubbs, US, sci-fi author (Needle, Iceworld)   

1922  David Mendes Chumaceiro, Curacaos poet (Adelfas), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

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

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  Emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063) was born on this day in history.   

1220  On this day in history birth of alexander Nevski, [Aleksandr], Russian great ruler (1252-63)   

1423  Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1461) was born on this day in history.   

1524  Selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74) was born on this day in history.   

1578  On May - 30 birth of valentin Dretzel, composer   

1623  Wallerand Vaillant, painter/engraver, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1623  On this day in history 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 May - 30.   

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  Death of Jerome of Prague, burned as a heretic by Church on May - 30.   

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  On May - 30 death of lope de Barrientos, Spanish bishop