Page 5: Historical Events In May - 30

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

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

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

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

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  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  On this day in history uS Marines sent to Nicaragua   

1912  On this day in history alexander Langsdorf, physicist   

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

1913  First Balkan War ends with the, Treaty of London on May - 30.   

1913  New country of Albania is formed on this day in history.   

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

1915  Jerome Bert Weisner, military scientist/disarmer on May - 30.   

1916  On this day in history joseph W Kennedy, scientist (1 of 4 discoverers of plutonium)   

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

1918  Georgi V Plechanov, Russian revolutionary theorist, dies on May - 30.   

1919  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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  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  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 May - 30.   

1220  On May - 30 birth of alexander Nevski, [Aleksandr], Russian great ruler (1252-63)   

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

1524  On this day in history birth of selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74)   

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

1623  On May - 30 birth of wallerand Vaillant, painter/engraver, baptized   

1623  On this day in history 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 May - 30 hubertus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht/saint, dies at about 72   

1035  On this day in history boudouin IV, count of Flanders (988-1035), dies   

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

1252  Ferdinand III the holy, King of Castile/Leon, dies on May - 30.   

1416  On this day in history death of jerome of Prague, burned as a heretic by Church   

1431  Death of Joan of Arc, French heroine and saint (b. 1412) on May - 30.   

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

1469  Death of Lope de Barrientos, Spanish bishop on May - 30.