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 May - 30 national Conference on the Negro is held   

1909  Reuben Siegel laid cornerstone of first home in Tel-Aviv on this day in history.   

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

1909  Benny Goodman, Chicago, clarinetist/bandleader (King of Swing) on May - 30.   

1910  On May - 30 44th Belmont: James Butwell aboard Sweep wins in 2:22   

1911  1st Indianapolis 500 car race, Ray Harroun wins at 74.59 MPH (120 KPH) on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history douglas Fowley, NYC, actor (Grandpa-Pistols 'n' Petticoats)   

1912  On May - 30 uS Marines sent to Nicaragua   

1912  On May - 30 alexander Langsdorf, physicist   

1912  Wilbur Wright, US aviation pioneer, dies on May - 30.   

1913  First Balkan War ends with the, Treaty of London on this day in history.   

1913  New country of Albania is formed on May - 30.   

1913  On May - 30 1st Balkan War ends, Treaty of London   

1913  On May - 30 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 May - 30.   

1914  Bobby Sherwood, Indianapolis Ind, orch leader (Milton Berle Show) on May - 30.   

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

1916  On May - 30 joseph W Kennedy, scientist (1 of 4 discoverers of plutonium)   

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

1918  On this day in history georgi V Plechanov, Russian revolutionary theorist, dies   

1919  On this day in history lord John WS Raleigh, British physicist (Nobel 1904), dies   

1920  John Heawood, actor/singer/choreographer (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) on May - 30.   

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 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 this day in history.   

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

1922  On May - 30 david Mendes Chumaceiro, Curacaos poet (Adelfas), dies at 45   

1923  On this day in history howard Hanson's 1st Symphony "Nordic," premieres   

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  On this day in history birth of emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063)   

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 this day in history.   

1524  Selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74) was born on this day in history.   

1578  Valentin Dretzel, composer was born on May - 30.   

1623  Wallerand Vaillant, painter/engraver, baptized was born on May - 30.   

1623  John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (d. 1686) was born on this day in history.   

1653  On May - 30 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 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  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  On this day in history death of prokop the Great, Hussite general   

1469  Death of Lope de Barrientos, Spanish bishop on this day in history.