Historical Events In May - 30

1908  On this day in history 1st federal workmen's compensation law approved  

1908  On this day in history mel[vin J] Blanc, voice (Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd & Porky Pig)  

1909  National Conference on the Negro is held on May - 30.  

1909  On May - 30 reuben Siegel laid cornerstone of first home in Tel-Aviv  

1909  On this day in history the birth of Benny Goodman, American bandleader  

1909  Benny Goodman, Chicago, clarinetist/bandleader (King of Swing) on this day in history.  

1910  44th Belmont: James Butwell aboard Sweep wins in 2:22 on this day in history.  

1911  1st Indianapolis 500 car race, Ray Harroun wins at 74.59 MPH (120 KPH) on this day in history.  

1911  Douglas Fowley, NYC, actor (Grandpa-Pistols 'n' Petticoats) on May - 30.  

1912  US Marines sent to Nicaragua on May - 30.  

1912  Alexander Langsdorf, physicist on May - 30.  

1912  On this day in history wilbur Wright, US aviation pioneer, dies  

1913  On May - 30 first Balkan War ends with the, Treaty of London  

1913  On this day in history new country of Albania is formed  

1913  1st Balkan War ends, Treaty of London on this day in history.  

1913  On this day in history cedric Thorpe Davie, composer  

1914  The new and then largest Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City on this day in history.  

1914  On this day in history bobby Sherwood, Indianapolis Ind, orch leader (Milton Berle Show)  

1915  Jerome Bert Weisner, military scientist/disarmer on May - 30.  

1916  Joseph W Kennedy, scientist (1 of 4 discoverers of plutonium) on May - 30.  

1917  Alexander I becomes king of Greece on May - 30.  

1918  On this day in history georgi V Plechanov, Russian revolutionary theorist, dies  

1919  On May - 30 lord John WS Raleigh, British physicist (Nobel 1904), dies  

1920  John Heawood, actor/singer/choreographer (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) on May - 30.  

1921  Memorial to Captain Eddie Grant, killed in WWI, unveiled at Polo Grounds on this day in history.  

1921  On this day in history salzburg Austria votes to join Germany  

1921  Lord Dunsany's "If," premieres in London on this day in history.  

1922  On May - 30 latvia & Vatican sign accord  

1922  The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated today in Washington, D C , by Chief Justice William Howard Taft on this day in history.  

1922  Harry Clement Stubbs, US, sci-fi author (Needle, Iceworld) on May - 30.  

1922  On May - 30 david Mendes Chumaceiro, Curacaos poet (Adelfas), dies at 45  

1923  Howard Hanson's 1st Symphony "Nordic," premieres on May - 30.  

1923  Jimmy Lydon, Harrington Pk NJ, actor (Richard-Love That Jill) on this day in history.  

1923  On May - 30 camille Chevillard, composer, dies at 63  

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1010  Emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063) was born on this day in history.  

1220  On May - 30 birth of alexander Nevski, [Aleksandr], Russian great ruler (1252-63)  

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

1524  Selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74) was born on May - 30.  

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

1623  On May - 30 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 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 this day in history death of wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (b. 1105)  

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

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

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