Famous Birthdays In May - 30

1871  On May - 30 birth of olga Engl, Austrian actress (d. 1946)  

1875  On May - 30 birth of giovanni Gentile, Italian philosopher (d. 1944)  

1878  Mike Donlin, American baseball player (d. 1933) was born on this day in history.  

1879  Colin Blythe, cricketer (outstanding English slow lefty pre-WW I) was born on this day in history.  

1881  On this day in history birth of georg von Küchler, German field marshal (d. 1968)  

1882  Wyndham Halswelle, Scottish runner (d. 1915) was born on this day in history.  

1883  Riccardo Zandonai, composer was born on May - 30.  

1886  Randolph Bourne, American writer (d. 1918) was born on May - 30.  

1887  On this day in history birth of alexander Archipenko, Ukraine sculptor/lithographer  

1887  On this day in history birth of gino Tagliapietra, composer  

1888  On this day in history birth of james A Farley, postmaster general (1932-38)  

1891  On May - 30 birth of iman J van den Bosch, Belgian resistance fighter  

1892  On this day in history birth of fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter (d. 1972)  

1894  Hubertus J van Mook, Dutch minister of Colonies (1942-45) was born on May - 30.  

1895  Maurice Tate, cricketer (great England pace bowler of 20's) was born on this day in history.  

1896  On this day in history birth of howard Hawks, Goshen Ind, director/producer (Rio Bravo, Scarface)  

1901  Cornelia Otis Skinner, Chic, writer (When Our Hearts Were Young & Gay) was born on May - 30.  

1902  On May - 30 birth of seton Howard Frederick Lloyd, archaeologist  

1902  Stepin Fetchit, [Lincoln Perry], Fla, actor (Miracle in Harlem) was born on this day in history.  

1903  Countee Cullen, Balt Md, poet (Black Christ & Other Poems) was born on this day in history.  

1903  On May - 30 birth of ray Howard-Jones, artist  

1904  On this day in history birth of ernesto de la Guardia Jr, President of Panama (1956-60)  

1906  Bruno Gröning, German faith healer (d. 1959) was born on this day in history.  

1907  On this day in history birth of elly Beinhorn, German pilot (d. 2007)  

1907  Germaine Tillion, French anthropologist, member of French Resistance (d. 2008) was born on this day in history.  

1908  On May - 30 birth of mel[vin J] Blanc, voice (Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd & Porky Pig)  

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

1909  On this day in history birth of george Headley, cricketer (in Panama All-time great WI batsman)  

1910  On May - 30 birth of ralph Metcalfe, American athlete (d. 1978)  

1910  On this day in history birth of inge Meysel, German actress (d. 2004)  

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

1912  Alexander Langsdorf, physicist was born on May - 30.  

1912  Hugh Griffith, Wales, actor (Ben Hur, Mutiny on the Bounty, Oliver!) was born on May - 30.  

1912  Joseph Stein, dramatist/playwright (Fiddler on the Roof) was born on May - 30.  

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0727  On May - 30 hubertus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht/saint, dies at about 72  

1035  On May - 30 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 May - 30.  

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