Page 4: Historical Events In May - 30

1879  On May - 30 colin Blythe, cricketer (outstanding English slow lefty pre-WW I)   

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

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

1883  Riccardo Zandonai, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1889  On May - 30 the brassiere is invented (good or bad?)   

1889  On May - 30 brassier invented   

1890  1st Dodger home run (Dave Foutz) on this day in history.   

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

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

1896  On this day in history the birth of Howard Hawks, American film director   

1896  1st car accident occurs, Henry Wells hit a bicyclist (NYC) on May - 30.   

1896  On May - 30 howard Hawks, Goshen Ind, director/producer (Rio Bravo, Scarface)   

1899  On this day in history 24th Preakness: R Clawson aboard Half Time wins in 1:47   

1901  On May - 30 hall of Fame for Great American on NYU campus dedicated   

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

1902  On this day in history seton Howard Frederick Lloyd, archaeologist   

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

1903  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history 41st Belmont: G Mountain aboard Peter Pan wins   

1908  Aldrich Vineland Currency Act forerunner to Federal Reserve System on this day in history.   

1908  First federal workmen's compensation law approved on this day in history.   

1908  Paris advocate E Archdeacon is first passenger in a airplane on May - 30.   

1908  The birth of Mel Blanc, Provided many cartoon voices for Warner Brothers on May - 30.   

1908  US Assay Office in Salt Lake City UT authorized on this day in history.   

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

1220  On this day in history birth of alexander Nevski, [Aleksandr], Russian great ruler (1252-63)   

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

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

1578  Valentin Dretzel, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  On May - 30 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  On this day in history boudouin IV, count of Flanders (988-1035), dies   

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  Death of Joan of Arc, French heroine and saint (b. 1412) on May - 30.   

1434  On May - 30 death of prokop the Great, Hussite general   

1469  Death of Lope de Barrientos, Spanish bishop on this day in history.