Page 5: Historical Events In May - 30

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

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

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

1909  On this day in history 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  On May - 30 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 May - 30 uS Marines sent to Nicaragua   

1912  Alexander Langsdorf, physicist on this day in history.   

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

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  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 May - 30.   

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

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

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

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

1921  On this day in history lord Dunsany's "If," premieres in London   

1922  Latvia & Vatican sign accord on May - 30.   

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 May - 30.   

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 this day in history camille Chevillard, composer, dies at 63   

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1010  Emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063) was born on May - 30.   

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

1423  On May - 30 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  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 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 May - 30.   

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

1431  On May - 30 death of joan of Arc, French heroine and saint (b. 1412)   

1434  On this day in history death of prokop the Great, Hussite general   

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