Historical Events In May - 30

1945  Irma Laplasse, Flemish farmer/nazi collaborator, executed on this day in history.  

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

1947  Sidney Hugo Nicholson, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1949  On this day in history east Germans constitution approved  

1949  NPS/VHP win first general election in Suriname on May - 30.  

1951  Hermann Broch, writer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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

1954  On this day in history dutch bishops forbid membership to non-catholic sporting clubs  

1954  On this day in history ahmad Amin, Egyptian historian/author, dies at 67  

1955  On this day in history said el-Mufti forms Jordan Government  

1955  On May - 30 tunisia begins domestic self governing  

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

1956  US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests) on May - 30.  

1957  Real Madrid wins 2nd Europe Cup 1 in Madrid on May - 30.  

1957  On May - 30 toivo R Pekkanen, Finnish writer (Black Ecstacy), dies  

1958  On this day in history unidentified soldiers killed in WWII & Korean War buried in Arlington  

1958  On this day in history 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  President Somoza ends emergency crisis in Nicaragua on this day in history.  

1959  World's first hovercraft (SR-N1) tested at Cowes England on this day in history.  

1959  On May - 30 thomas Carl Whitmer, composer, dies at 85  

1960  Boris Pasternak, Russian poet (Dr Zhivago), dies at 70 on May - 30.  

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

1961  On this day in history rafael L Trujillo Molina, dictator Dom Rep (1930-61), murdered at 69  

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

1962  Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem" premieres on May - 30.  

1964  On this day in history beatles' "Love Me Do" single goes #1  

1964  On May - 30 leo Szilard, Hungarians/US nuclear physicst, dies at 66  

1965  On this day in history france performs nuclear test at Ecker Algeria (Underground)  

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  300 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam on this day in history.  

1966  US launches Surveyor 1 to the Moon on this day in history.  

1967  On May - 30 biafra declares independence from Nigeria  

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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 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  John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (d. 1686) was born on May - 30.  

1653  Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Empress consort of Germany (d. 1676) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1159  On May - 30 death of wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (b. 1105)  

1252  On May - 30 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 May - 30 death of joan of Arc, French heroine and saint (b. 1412)  

1434  On May - 30 death of prokop the Great, Hussite general  

1469  On this day in history death of lope de Barrientos, Spanish bishop