Page 8: Historical Events In May - 30

1967  King Hussein of Jordan visits Cairo on this day in history.   

1967  Robert "Evel" Knievel's motorcycle jumps 16 automobiles on this day in history.   

1967  Yankee Whitey Ford, nearing 41, announces his retirement from baseball on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history claude Rains, actor (Invisible Man), dies at 77   

1968  On this day in history beatles begin work on their only double album "The Beatles"   

1968  On this day in history president De Gaulle disbands French parliament   

1968  On May - 30 university church in Leipzig German Democratic Republic, blown up   

1968  West German Parliament accepts emergency crisis law on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history gibraltar adopts constitution   

1969  On May - 30 people revolt in Willemstad, Curaçao   

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

1971  On May - 30 36 hospitalized during Grateful Dead concert; after drinking LSD apple juice   

1971  On May - 30 train crash at Duivendrecht Netherlands, 5 die   

1971  On this day in history uS Mariner 9 first satellite to orbit Mars launched   

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

1972  On May - 30 3 Japanese PFL terrorists kill 24, wound 72 at Tel Aviv's Lod International Airport   

1972  On this day in history margaret Ruthven Lang, composer, dies at 104   

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

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

1975  European Space Agency (ESA) forms on this day in history.   

1975  Wings release "Venus & Mars" album on May - 30.   

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

1976  On May - 30 bobby Unser sets world record for the fastest pit stop (4 seconds)   

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

1979  On May - 30 nottingham Forrest wins 24th Europe Cup 1 at Munich   

1979  Percom Data Company Inc release Microdos for Radio Shack's TRS-80 on May - 30.   

1979  Jack Raine, actor (Quartet), dies at 82 on May - 30.   

1980  The first papal visit to France since 1814 on May - 30.   

1980  On May - 30 turner's painting "Juliet & Her Nurse" sells for $6.4 million   

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

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

1981  On May - 30 bangladesh President Ziaur Rahman is shot by group of rebel officers   

1981  On this day in history ziaur Rahmen, pres of Bangladesh, is assassinated   

1982  Spain becomes 16th member of NATO on this day in history.   

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1010  Emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063) was born on May - 30.   

1220  On this day in history birth of alexander Nevski, [Aleksandr], Russian great ruler (1252-63)   

1423  On May - 30 birth of georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1461)   

1524  On May - 30 birth of selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74)   

1578  On May - 30 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  Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Empress consort of Germany (d. 1676) was born on May - 30.   

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

1434  Death of Prokop the Great, Hussite general on this day in history.   

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