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

1909  Reuben Siegel laid cornerstone of first home in Tel-Aviv on May - 30.   

1909  The birth of Benny Goodman, American bandleader on May - 30.   

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

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

1912  US Marines sent to Nicaragua on May - 30.   

1912  Alexander Langsdorf, physicist on May - 30.   

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

1913  On this day in history first Balkan War ends with the, Treaty of London   

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 May - 30.   

1914  On this day in history 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  Joseph W Kennedy, scientist (1 of 4 discoverers of plutonium) on May - 30.   

1917  On May - 30 alexander I becomes king of Greece.   

1918  On May - 30 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  On May - 30 memorial to Captain Eddie Grant, killed in WWI, unveiled at Polo Grounds   

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  Latvia & Vatican sign accord on this day in history.   

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

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

1922  On this day in history david Mendes Chumaceiro, Curacaos poet (Adelfas), dies at 45   

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

1923  On this day in history jimmy Lydon, Harrington Pk NJ, actor (Richard-Love That Jill)   

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  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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On May - 30 hubertus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht/saint, dies at about 72   

1035  On May - 30 boudouin IV, count of Flanders (988-1035), dies   

1159  On May - 30 death of wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (b. 1105)   

1252  Ferdinand III the holy, King of Castile/Leon, dies on this day in history.   

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

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