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 May - 30.   

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 May - 30.   

1910  44th Belmont: James Butwell aboard Sweep wins in 2:22 on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history 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  US Marines sent to Nicaragua on May - 30.   

1912  On this day in history alexander Langsdorf, physicist   

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  1st Balkan War ends, Treaty of London on this day in history.   

1913  On this day in history 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  Joseph W Kennedy, scientist (1 of 4 discoverers of plutonium) on May - 30.   

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

1918  Georgi V Plechanov, Russian revolutionary theorist, dies on this day in history.   

1919  Lord John WS Raleigh, British physicist (Nobel 1904), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1922  On May - 30 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  Harry Clement Stubbs, US, sci-fi author (Needle, Iceworld) on this day in history.   

1922  David Mendes Chumaceiro, Curacaos poet (Adelfas), dies at 45 on May - 30.   

1923  On May - 30 howard Hanson's 1st Symphony "Nordic," premieres   

1923  On May - 30 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  On this day in history birth of alexander Nevski, [Aleksandr], Russian great ruler (1252-63)   

1423  Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1461) was born on this day in history.   

1524  On this day in history 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  John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (d. 1686) was born on May - 30.   

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  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  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  On this day in history death of joan of Arc, French heroine and saint (b. 1412)   

1434  Death of Prokop the Great, Hussite general on May - 30.   

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