Page 5: Historical Events In May - 30

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

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

1909  On this day in history national Conference on the Negro is held   

1909  Reuben Siegel laid cornerstone of first home in Tel-Aviv on this day in history.   

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  On May - 30 44th Belmont: James Butwell aboard Sweep wins in 2:22   

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

1911  On this day in history douglas Fowley, NYC, actor (Grandpa-Pistols 'n' Petticoats)   

1912  On this day in history uS Marines sent to Nicaragua   

1912  Alexander Langsdorf, physicist on May - 30.   

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

1913  First Balkan War ends with the, Treaty of London on this day in history.   

1913  On May - 30 new country of Albania is formed   

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

1913  On May - 30 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 May - 30 bobby Sherwood, Indianapolis Ind, orch leader (Milton Berle Show)   

1915  On May - 30 jerome Bert Weisner, military scientist/disarmer   

1916  On May - 30 joseph W Kennedy, scientist (1 of 4 discoverers of plutonium)   

1917  Alexander I becomes king of Greece on this day in history.   

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  John Heawood, actor/singer/choreographer (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) on this day in history.   

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

1921  Salzburg Austria votes to join Germany on this day in history.   

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

1922  On this day in history latvia & Vatican sign accord   

1922  The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated today in Washington, D C , by Chief Justice William Howard Taft on May - 30.   

1922  On May - 30 harry Clement Stubbs, US, sci-fi author (Needle, Iceworld)   

1922  David Mendes Chumaceiro, Curacaos poet (Adelfas), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

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  Camille Chevillard, composer, dies at 63 on May - 30.   

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

1220  Alexander Nevski, [Aleksandr], Russian great ruler (1252-63) was born on May - 30.   

1423  Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1461) was born on May - 30.   

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

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

1623  Wallerand Vaillant, painter/engraver, baptized was born on this day in history.   

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

1653  Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Empress consort of Germany (d. 1676) was born on this day in history.   

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  Death of Wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (b. 1105) on May - 30.   

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

1416  On May - 30 death of jerome of Prague, burned as a heretic by Church   

1431  Death of Joan of Arc, French heroine and saint (b. 1412) on this day in history.   

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

1469  On this day in history death of lope de Barrientos, Spanish bishop