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 this day in history.   

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  On May - 30 benny Goodman, Chicago, clarinetist/bandleader (King of Swing)   

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 this day in history uS Marines sent to Nicaragua   

1912  Alexander Langsdorf, physicist on May - 30.   

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

1913  On May - 30 first Balkan War ends with the, Treaty of London   

1913  On this day in history new country of Albania is formed   

1913  On this day in history 1st Balkan War ends, Treaty of London   

1913  On May - 30 cedric Thorpe Davie, composer   

1914  On May - 30 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 May - 30.   

1915  Jerome Bert Weisner, military scientist/disarmer on this day in history.   

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

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

1918  On May - 30 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  On this day in history salzburg Austria votes to join Germany   

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  Harry Clement Stubbs, US, sci-fi author (Needle, Iceworld) on May - 30.   

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 May - 30.   

1923  On May - 30 camille Chevillard, composer, dies at 63   

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1010  On this day in history birth of emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063)   

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 May - 30.   

1524  Selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74) was born on May - 30.   

1578  On this day in history birth of valentin Dretzel, composer   

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 May - 30 birth of claudia Felicitas of Austria, Empress consort of Germany (d. 1676)   

0727  Hubertus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht/saint, dies at about 72 on May - 30.   

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

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