Page 4: Historical Events In May - 30

1879  Colin Blythe, cricketer (outstanding English slow lefty pre-WW I) on May - 30.   

1883  On this day in history a rumor that the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge is in danger of collapsing triggers a stampede that kills 12   

1883  Rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse caused a stampede that kills 12 on this day in history.   

1883  On May - 30 riccardo Zandonai, composer   

1887  On May - 30 alexander Archipenko, Ukraine sculptor/lithographer   

1888  On May - 30 james A Farley, postmaster general (1932-38)   

1889  On this day in history the brassiere is invented (good or bad?)   

1889  Brassier invented on May - 30.   

1890  1st Dodger home run (Dave Foutz) on May - 30.   

1891  Iman J van den Bosch, Belgian resistance fighter on May - 30.   

1894  Bobby Lowe is 1st to hit 4 HRs in 1 baseball game on this day in history.   

1894  Hubertus J van Mook, Dutch minister of Colonies (1942-45) on this day in history.   

1895  W G Grace scores his 1,000th Cricket run of the season after 22 days on May - 30.   

1895  On May - 30 maurice Tate, cricketer (great England pace bowler of 20's)   

1896  On this day in history first car accident occurs, Henry Wells hit a bicyclist (NYC)   

1896  The birth of Howard Hawks, American film director on May - 30.   

1896  On this day in history 1st car accident occurs, Henry Wells hit a bicyclist (NYC)   

1896  Howard Hawks, Goshen Ind, director/producer (Rio Bravo, Scarface) on this day in history.   

1899  On May - 30 24th Preakness: R Clawson aboard Half Time wins in 1:47   

1901  Hall of Fame for Great American on NYU campus dedicated on this day in history.   

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

1902  Seton Howard Frederick Lloyd, archaeologist on May - 30.   

1903  On May - 30 28th Preakness: W Gannon aboard Flocarline wins in 1:44.8   

1903  On May - 30 countee Cullen, Balt Md, poet (Black Christ & Other Poems)   

1904  On this day in history frank Chance gets hit by pitch 5 times in a doubleheader   

1904  Ernesto de la Guardia Jr, President of Panama (1956-60) on May - 30.   

1906  On May - 30 40th Belmont: Lucien Lyne aboard Burgomaster wins in 2:20   

1906  On this day in history william Yeates Hurlstone, composer, dies at 30   

1907  On May - 30 41st Belmont: G Mountain aboard Peter Pan wins   

1908  On May - 30 aldrich Vineland Currency Act forerunner to Federal Reserve System   

1908  On May - 30 first federal workmen's compensation law approved   

1908  On May - 30 paris advocate E Archdeacon is first passenger in a airplane   

1908  On this day in history the birth of Mel Blanc, Provided many cartoon voices for Warner Brothers   

1908  On May - 30 uS Assay Office in Salt Lake City UT authorized   

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1010  On May - 30 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  On May - 30 birth of selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74)   

1578  On May - 30 birth of valentin Dretzel, composer   

1623  Wallerand Vaillant, painter/engraver, baptized was born on May - 30.   

1623  On this day in history birth of john Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (d. 1686)   

1653  On this day in history birth of claudia Felicitas of Austria, Empress consort of Germany (d. 1676)   

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

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  Ferdinand III the holy, King of Castile/Leon, dies on May - 30.   

1416  On this day in history death of jerome of Prague, burned as a heretic by Church   

1431  On May - 30 death of joan of Arc, French heroine and saint (b. 1412)   

1434  On this day in history death of prokop the Great, Hussite general   

1469  On May - 30 death of lope de Barrientos, Spanish bishop