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 this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history yankee Whitey Ford, nearing 41, announces his retirement from baseball   

1967  On May - 30 claude Rains, actor (Invisible Man), dies at 77   

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

1968  President De Gaulle disbands French parliament on this day in history.   

1968  University church in Leipzig German Democratic Republic, blown up on this day in history.   

1968  West German Parliament accepts emergency crisis law on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history gibraltar adopts constitution   

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

1969  Gaston Brenta, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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

1971  On this day in history train crash at Duivendrecht Netherlands, 5 die   

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

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

1972  On this day in history 3 Japanese PFL terrorists kill 24, wound 72 at Tel Aviv's Lod International Airport   

1972  On this day in history 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 this day in history bobby Unser sets world record for the fastest pit stop (4 seconds)   

1977  On this day in history claire Goll, writer, dies at 86   

1979  Nottingham Forrest wins 24th Europe Cup 1 at Munich on May - 30.   

1979  Percom Data Company Inc release Microdos for Radio Shack's TRS-80 on this day in history.   

1979  Jack Raine, actor (Quartet), dies at 82 on May - 30.   

1980  The first papal visit to France since 1814 on this day in history.   

1980  Turner's painting "Juliet & Her Nurse" sells for $6.4 million on this day in history.   

1980  On May - 30 carl Radle, bassist (Derek & Dominoes), dies of a kidney ailment   

1981  "Nightline" extends from 4 nights to 5 nights a week (Friday) on this day in history.   

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

1981  Ziaur Rahmen, pres of Bangladesh, is assassinated on this day in history.   

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 May - 30.   

1423  Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1461) was born on May - 30.   

1524  On May - 30 birth of selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74)   

1578  Valentin Dretzel, composer was born on May - 30.   

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  Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Empress consort of Germany (d. 1676) was born on this day in history.   

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  On May - 30 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 May - 30 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  On this day in history death of prokop the Great, Hussite general   

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