Historical Events In May - 30

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

1946  On May - 30 united flight 521 crashes on takeoff at LaGuardia Airport (New York) 42 die   

1947  Sidney Hugo Nicholson, composer, dies at 72 on May - 30.   

1949  On May - 30 east Germans constitution approved   

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

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

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

1954  On May - 30 dutch bishops forbid membership to non-catholic sporting clubs   

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

1955  Said el-Mufti forms Jordan Government on May - 30.   

1955  On this day in history tunisia begins domestic self governing   

1956  On this day in history bus boycott begins in Tallahassee FL   

1956  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)   

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

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

1958  On May - 30 unidentified soldiers killed in WWII & Korean War buried in Arlington   

1958  US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests) on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history iraq terminates military assistance pact with US due to neutrality   

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

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  Boris Pasternak, Russian poet (Dr Zhivago), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1961  On May - 30 dutch DC-8 crashes after takeoff at Lisbon, 62 die   

1961  Rafael L Trujillo Molina, dictator Dom Rep (1930-61), murdered at 69 on May - 30.   

1962  69 killed in bus crash (Ahmedabad India) on this day in history.   

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

1964  Beatles' "Love Me Do" single goes #1 on May - 30.   

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  On this day in history vivian Malone, is first black to graduate from University of Alabama   

1966  On May - 30 300 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam   

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

1967  On this day in history biafra declares independence from Nigeria   

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1010  On this day in history birth of emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063)   

1220  On May - 30 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  On May - 30 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  Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Empress consort of Germany (d. 1676) was born on May - 30.   

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  Death of Wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (b. 1105) on this day in history.   

1252  On this day in history ferdinand III the holy, King of Castile/Leon, dies   

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 this day in history.   

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

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