Historical Events In May - 30

1908  1st federal workmen's compensation law approved on May - 30.  

1908  On May - 30 mel[vin J] Blanc, voice (Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd & Porky Pig)  

1909  National Conference on the Negro is held on this day in history.  

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

1909  The birth of Benny Goodman, American bandleader on this day in history.  

1909  Benny Goodman, Chicago, clarinetist/bandleader (King of Swing) on May - 30.  

1910  44th Belmont: James Butwell aboard Sweep wins in 2:22 on May - 30.  

1911  On May - 30 1st Indianapolis 500 car race, Ray Harroun wins at 74.59 MPH (120 KPH)  

1911  Douglas Fowley, NYC, actor (Grandpa-Pistols 'n' Petticoats) on this day in history.  

1912  US Marines sent to Nicaragua on May - 30.  

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1912  Alexander Langsdorf, physicist on this day in history.  

1912  Wilbur Wright, US aviation pioneer, dies on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 1st Balkan War ends, Treaty of London  

1913  Cedric Thorpe Davie, composer on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1916  Joseph W Kennedy, scientist (1 of 4 discoverers of plutonium) on this day in history.  

1917  On this day in history alexander I becomes king of Greece.  

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

1919  Lord John WS Raleigh, British physicist (Nobel 1904), dies on this day in history.  

1920  On this day in history john Heawood, actor/singer/choreographer (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)  

1921  Memorial to Captain Eddie Grant, killed in WWI, unveiled at Polo Grounds on May - 30.  

1921  On May - 30 salzburg Austria votes to join Germany  

1921  On May - 30 lord Dunsany's "If," premieres in London  

1922  On May - 30 latvia & Vatican sign accord  

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

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  On May - 30 howard Hanson's 1st Symphony "Nordic," premieres  

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

1923  On this day in history 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  Alexander Nevski, [Aleksandr], Russian great ruler (1252-63) was born on this day in history.  

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 May - 30.  

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

1623  John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (d. 1686) was born on May - 30.  

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

0727  On this day in history hubertus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht/saint, dies at about 72  

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

1159  On this day in history death of wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (b. 1105)  

1252  On May - 30 ferdinand III the holy, King of Castile/Leon, dies  

1416  Death of Jerome of Prague, burned as a heretic by Church on May - 30.  

1431  On this day in history death of joan of Arc, French heroine and saint (b. 1412)  

1434  Death of Prokop the Great, Hussite general on this day in history.  

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