Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 30

1925  On this day in history death of arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian (b. 1876)   

1926  On May - 30 death of vladimir Steklov, Russian physicist (b. 1864)   

1934  Death of Togo Heihachiro, Japanese admiral (b. 1848) on May - 30.   

1935  Lothar Windsperger, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1938  On May - 30 raden Sutomo, Indonesian freedom fighter, dies at 49   

1939  Death of Floyd Roberts, Auto racer, killed during 1939 Indianapolis 500 (b. 1904) on this day in history.   

1940  Y de Smit-Rog, eldest Dutchman, dies at 104 on this day in history.   

1941  Death of Prajadhipok, Rama VII, king of Thailand (b. 1893) on this day in history.   

1944  Jessie Ralph, actress (Good Earth, San Francisco), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1945  On May - 30 death of irma Laplasse, Flemish farmer/nazi collaborator, executed   

1946  On this day in history death of louis Slotin, Canadian Scientist at Los Alamos (b. 1910)   

1947  On May - 30 sidney Hugo Nicholson, composer, dies at 72   

1951  Hermann Broch, writer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1953  George Barnes, cinematographer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1954  On May - 30 ahmad Amin, Egyptian historian/author, dies at 67   

1957  Toivo R Pekkanen, Finnish writer (Black Ecstacy), dies on May - 30.   

1959  Thomas Carl Whitmer, composer, dies at 85 on May - 30.   

1960  On this day in history boris Pasternak, Russian poet (Dr Zhivago), dies at 70   

1961  On this day in history death of rafael L Trujillo Molina, dictator Dom Rep (1930-61), murdered at 69   

1964  On this day in history leo Szilard, Hungarians/US nuclear physicst, dies at 66   

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

1969  On May - 30 gaston Brenta, composer, dies at 66   

1971  Death of Audie Murphy, WW II hero/actor (Sierra), killed in plane crash at 46 on this day in history.   

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

1973  On May - 30 hal Hastings, orch leader (Chevrolet on Broadway), dies at 66   

1975  Michel Simon, actor (Panic, Plague, Two of Us), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1976  On May - 30 death of max Carey, American baseball player (b. 1890)   

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

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

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

1981  Death of Ziaur Rahmen, pres of Bangladesh, is assassinated on May - 30.   

1983  On this day in history alfred M Gruenther, US general/NATO-commander (1953-56), dies at 84   

1986  On this day in history hank Mobley, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 55   

1987  Frank Carlson, (Gov/Rep/Sen-R-Ks), dies at 94 on May - 30.   

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1010  On May - 30 birth of emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063)   

1220  Alexander Nevski, [Aleksandr], Russian great ruler (1252-63) was born on May - 30.   

1423  On this day in history birth of georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1461)   

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

1578  On this day in history birth of valentin Dretzel, composer   

1623  On this day in history 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)