Page 8: Historical Events In May - 30

1967  King Hussein of Jordan visits Cairo on May - 30.   

1967  Robert "Evel" Knievel's motorcycle jumps 16 automobiles on May - 30.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1968  On May - 30 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 May - 30.   

1969  On May - 30 gibraltar adopts constitution   

1969  On this day in history people revolt in Willemstad, Curaçao   

1969  Gaston Brenta, composer, dies at 66 on May - 30.   

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

1971  Train crash at Duivendrecht Netherlands, 5 die on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1973  On this day in history ajax wins 3rd Europe Cup   

1973  On May - 30 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  On May - 30 michel Simon, actor (Panic, Plague, Two of Us), dies at 80   

1976  On this day in history bobby Unser sets world record for the fastest pit stop (4 seconds)   

1977  On this day in history claire Goll, writer, dies at 86   

1979  Nottingham Forrest wins 24th Europe Cup 1 at Munich on May - 30.   

1979  Percom Data Company Inc release Microdos for Radio Shack's TRS-80 on this day in history.   

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

1980  On May - 30 the first papal visit to France since 1814   

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

1980  Carl Radle, bassist (Derek & Dominoes), dies of a kidney ailment on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history "Nightline" extends from 4 nights to 5 nights a week (Friday)   

1981  Bangladesh President Ziaur Rahman is shot by group of rebel officers on this day in history.   

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

1982  On May - 30 spain becomes 16th member of NATO   

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

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history death of jerome of Prague, burned as a heretic by Church   

1431  On May - 30 death of joan of Arc, French heroine and saint (b. 1412)   

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

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