May 30 in History: Historical Events, Birthdays, Deaths & Holidays

1927  Walter Johnson records 113th and last shutout of his career.   

1927  Clint Walker, Hartford Ill, actor (Kodiak, Cheyenne, Dirty Dozen)   

1928  John Keith Wright, English economist/asst sect of state (1971-84)   

1929  Michael Mellinger, Bavaria, actor (Goldfinger).   

1930  In this year, Bill Arnold claims Indianapolis 500 car race (161.6 kph).   

1931  Phillies Chuck Klein homers off Ben Cantwell (Braves) in both ends DH   

1932  Yankees dedicate a plaque to Miller Huggins.   

1932  Pauline Oliveros, Houston Texas, composer (Sound Patterns).   

1933  Patent on invisible glass installation.   

1934  Nazis open trials of alleged communists   

1934  Alexei A Leonov, Siberia USSR, cosmonaut (Voskhod II, Soyuz 19).   

1935  Babe Ruth's final game, goes hitless for Braves against Phillies.   

1935  Lothar Windsperger, composer, dies at 49.   

1937  Memorial Day Massacre - Chicago police shoot on union marchers at Republic Steel Plant in Chicago, 10 die   

1937  20th PGA Championship: Denny Shute at Pittsburgh FC Aspinwall PA.   

1938  Yanks sweep Red Sox 10-0 and 5-4 in front of 83533 at Yankee Stadium   

1938  Raden Sutomo, Indonesian freedom fighter, dies at 49   

1940  Y de Smit-Rog, eldest Dutchman, dies at 104.   

1941  English Army enters Baghdad, chasing pro-German coup government   

1941  inaugural anti semitic measures in Serbia   

1941  German capture Kreta   

1941  The Canadian passenger ship SS Nerissa torpedoed off Ireland 73 Cdn. Army personnel lost   

1942  1047 bombers bomb Cologne in RAF's raid of WWII   

1942  US aircraft carrier Yorktown leaves Pearl Harbor.   

1943  French General De Gaulle arrives in Algiers.   

1943  US troops reconquer Attu Aleutians   

1944  Transport NR75 departs with French Jews to Nazi-Germany.   

1944  Jessie Ralph, actress (Good Earth, San Francisco), dies at 79   

1945  Irma Laplasse, Flemish farmer/nazi collaborator, executed   

1946  United flight 521 crashes on takeoff at LaGuardia Airport (New York) 42 die.   

1947  Sidney Hugo Nicholson, composer, dies at 72.   

1949  East Germans constitution approved.   

1949  NPS/VHP win inaugural general election in Suriname   

1951  Hermann Broch, writer, dies at 64   

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1010  Emperor renzong of china: Emperor renzong of china (d. 1063)   

1220  Alexander nevski: [aleksandr], russian great ruler (1252-63)   

1423  Georg purbach: German mathematician and astronomer   

1524  Selam ii sari: The blonde, sultan of turkey (1566-74)   

1578  Valentin dretzel: Composer   

1623  Wallerand vaillant: Painter/engraver, baptized   

1623  John egerton: 2nd earl of bridgewater, english politician   

1653  Claudia felicitas of austria: Empress consort of germany   

0727  Death of Hubertus: Bishop of tongeren-maastricht/saint,   

1035  Death of Boudouin iv: Count of flanders (988-1035),   

1159  Death of Wladislaus ii the exile of poland: Wladislaus ii the exile of poland (b. 1105)   

1252  Ferdinand iii the holy: King of castile/leon,   

1416  Jerome of prague: Burned as a heretic by church   

1431  Death of Joan of arc: French heroine and saint (b. 1412)   

1434  Prokop the great: Hussite general   

1469  Lope de barrientos: Spanish bishop