Page 4: Historical Events In May - 30

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

1883  A rumor that the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge is in danger of collapsing triggers a stampede that kills 12 on May - 30.   

1883  Rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse caused a stampede that kills 12 on May - 30.   

1883  Riccardo Zandonai, composer on May - 30.   

1887  On this day in history 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  On May - 30 brassier invented   

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

1891  Iman J van den Bosch, Belgian resistance fighter on this day in history.   

1894  On this day in history bobby Lowe is 1st to hit 4 HRs in 1 baseball game   

1894  On May - 30 hubertus J van Mook, Dutch minister of Colonies (1942-45)   

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

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

1896  First car accident occurs, Henry Wells hit a bicyclist (NYC) on May - 30.   

1896  The birth of Howard Hawks, American film director on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1901  Hall of Fame for Great American on NYU campus dedicated on May - 30.   

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

1902  Seton Howard Frederick Lloyd, archaeologist on this day in history.   

1903  28th Preakness: W Gannon aboard Flocarline wins in 1:44.8 on this day in history.   

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

1904  Frank Chance gets hit by pitch 5 times in a doubleheader on this day in history.   

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

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

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  Aldrich Vineland Currency Act forerunner to Federal Reserve System on this day in history.   

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

1908  Paris advocate E Archdeacon is first passenger in a airplane on this day in history.   

1908  On May - 30 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  Emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063) was born on May - 30.   

1220  Alexander Nevski, [Aleksandr], Russian great ruler (1252-63) was born on this day in history.   

1423  On May - 30 birth of georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1461)   

1524  On this day in history birth of selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74)   

1578  On May - 30 birth of valentin Dretzel, composer   

1623  On this day in history birth of wallerand Vaillant, painter/engraver, baptized   

1623  On May - 30 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  Hubertus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht/saint, dies at about 72 on this day in history.   

1035  Boudouin IV, count of Flanders (988-1035), dies on this day in history.   

1159  On May - 30 death of wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (b. 1105)   

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

1416  Death of Jerome of Prague, burned as a heretic by Church on this day in history.   

1431  On this day in history 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