Page 7: Historical Events In May - 30
Thursday, 01 January 2026
1945 On May - 30 irma Laplasse, Flemish farmer/nazi collaborator, executed 

1946 On May - 30 united flight 521 crashes on takeoff at LaGuardia Airport (New York) 42 die 

1947 On May - 30 sidney Hugo Nicholson, composer, dies at 72 

1949 East Germans constitution approved on May - 30. 

1949 On this day in history nPS/VHP win first general election in Suriname 

1951 On this day in history hermann Broch, writer, dies at 64 

1953 On this day in history george Barnes, cinematographer, dies at 60 

1954 Dutch bishops forbid membership to non-catholic sporting clubs on this day in history. 

1954 On May - 30 ahmad Amin, Egyptian historian/author, dies at 67 

1955 Said el-Mufti forms Jordan Government on this day in history. 

1955 On this day in history tunisia begins domestic self governing 

1956 Bus boycott begins in Tallahassee FL on May - 30. 

1956 On May - 30 uS performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests) 

1957 On May - 30 real Madrid wins 2nd Europe Cup 1 in Madrid 

1957 On this day in history toivo R Pekkanen, Finnish writer (Black Ecstacy), dies 

1958 On May - 30 unidentified soldiers killed in WWII & Korean War buried in Arlington 

1958 On May - 30 uS performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests) 

1959 Iraq terminates military assistance pact with US due to neutrality on this day in history. 

1959 On May - 30 president Somoza ends emergency crisis in Nicaragua 

1959 World's first hovercraft (SR-N1) tested at Cowes England on May - 30. 

1959 Thomas Carl Whitmer, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history. 

1960 Boris Pasternak, Russian poet (Dr Zhivago), dies at 70 on this day in history. 

1961 On this day in history dutch DC-8 crashes after takeoff at Lisbon, 62 die 

1961 Rafael L Trujillo Molina, dictator Dom Rep (1930-61), murdered at 69 on May - 30. 

1962 69 killed in bus crash (Ahmedabad India) on this day in history. 

1962 On this day in history benjamin Britten's "War Requiem" premieres 

1964 On May - 30 beatles' "Love Me Do" single goes #1 

1964 Leo Szilard, Hungarians/US nuclear physicst, dies at 66 on May - 30. 

1965 France performs nuclear test at Ecker Algeria (Underground) on May - 30. 

1965 Viet Cong offensive against US base Da Nang, begins on this day in history. 

1965 Vivian Malone, is first black to graduate from University of Alabama on this day in history. 

1966 On May - 30 300 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam 

1966 US launches Surveyor 1 to the Moon on May - 30. 

1967 On May - 30 biafra declares independence from Nigeria 

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