Page 5: 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 this day in history.   

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  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 May - 30.   

1912  On May - 30 uS Marines sent to Nicaragua   

1912  On May - 30 alexander Langsdorf, physicist   

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

1913  On this day in history 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  On May - 30 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.   

1914  Bobby Sherwood, Indianapolis Ind, orch leader (Milton Berle Show) on this day in history.   

1915  Jerome Bert Weisner, military scientist/disarmer on this day in history.   

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 May - 30 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 this day in history.   

1921  On May - 30 memorial to Captain Eddie Grant, killed in WWI, unveiled at Polo Grounds   

1921  Salzburg Austria votes to join Germany on May - 30.   

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

1922  Latvia & Vatican sign accord on this day in history.   

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 this day in history david Mendes Chumaceiro, Curacaos poet (Adelfas), dies at 45   

1923  Howard Hanson's 1st Symphony "Nordic," premieres on this day in history.   

1923  Jimmy Lydon, Harrington Pk NJ, actor (Richard-Love That Jill) on May - 30.   

1923  Camille Chevillard, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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 May - 30.   

1159  Death of Wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (b. 1105) on this day in history.   

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 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