Page 8: Historical Events In May - 30

1967  On May - 30 king Hussein of Jordan visits Cairo   

1967  On this day in history robert "Evel" Knievel's motorcycle jumps 16 automobiles   

1967  On this day in history yankee Whitey Ford, nearing 41, announces his retirement from baseball   

1967  Claude Rains, actor (Invisible Man), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1968  Beatles begin work on their only double album "The Beatles" on May - 30.   

1968  President De Gaulle disbands French parliament on this day in history.   

1968  University church in Leipzig German Democratic Republic, blown up on May - 30.   

1968  On this day in history west German Parliament accepts emergency crisis law   

1969  On May - 30 gibraltar adopts constitution   

1969  People revolt in Willemstad, Curaçao on this day in history.   

1969  On May - 30 gaston Brenta, composer, dies at 66   

1971  36 hospitalized during Grateful Dead concert; after drinking LSD apple juice on this day in history.   

1971  Train crash at Duivendrecht Netherlands, 5 die on May - 30.   

1971  US Mariner 9 first satellite to orbit Mars launched on this day in history.   

1971  On May - 30 audie Murphy, WW II hero/actor (Sierra), killed in plane crash at 46   

1972  3 Japanese PFL terrorists kill 24, wound 72 at Tel Aviv's Lod International Airport on this day in history.   

1972  On May - 30 margaret Ruthven Lang, composer, dies at 104   

1973  Ajax wins 3rd Europe Cup on May - 30.   

1973  On this day in history hal Hastings, orch leader (Chevrolet on Broadway), dies at 66   

1975  On this day in history european Space Agency (ESA) forms   

1975  On this day in history wings release "Venus & Mars" album   

1975  Michel Simon, actor (Panic, Plague, Two of Us), dies at 80 on May - 30.   

1976  Bobby Unser sets world record for the fastest pit stop (4 seconds) on this day in history.   

1977  Claire Goll, writer, dies at 86 on May - 30.   

1979  Nottingham Forrest wins 24th Europe Cup 1 at Munich on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history percom Data Company Inc release Microdos for Radio Shack's TRS-80   

1979  On May - 30 jack Raine, actor (Quartet), dies at 82   

1980  The first papal visit to France since 1814 on this day in history.   

1980  Turner's painting "Juliet & Her Nurse" sells for $6.4 million on this day in history.   

1980  On May - 30 carl Radle, bassist (Derek & Dominoes), dies of a kidney ailment   

1981  On May - 30 "Nightline" extends from 4 nights to 5 nights a week (Friday)   

1981  Bangladesh President Ziaur Rahman is shot by group of rebel officers on May - 30.   

1981  Ziaur Rahmen, pres of Bangladesh, is assassinated on May - 30.   

1982  On this day in history spain becomes 16th member of NATO   

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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  On this day in history birth of georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1461)   

1524  On this day in history birth of selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74)   

1578  On May - 30 birth of valentin Dretzel, composer   

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

1623  On this day in history birth of john Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (d. 1686)   

1653  On this day in history birth of claudia Felicitas of Austria, Empress consort of Germany (d. 1676)   

0727  On May - 30 hubertus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht/saint, dies at about 72   

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

1159  Death of Wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (b. 1105) on May - 30.   

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 this day in history death of joan of Arc, French heroine and saint (b. 1412)   

1434  Death of Prokop the Great, Hussite general on May - 30.   

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