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 May - 30.   

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 this day in history.   

1968  President De Gaulle disbands French parliament on May - 30.   

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  Gibraltar adopts constitution on this day in history.   

1969  People revolt in Willemstad, Curaçao on May - 30.   

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

1972  Margaret Ruthven Lang, composer, dies at 104 on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history michel Simon, actor (Panic, Plague, Two of Us), dies at 80   

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

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  On May - 30 percom Data Company Inc release Microdos for Radio Shack's TRS-80   

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

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

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

1980  Carl Radle, bassist (Derek & Dominoes), dies of a kidney ailment on May - 30.   

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

1981  On this day in history bangladesh President Ziaur Rahman is shot by group of rebel officers   

1981  On May - 30 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 this day in history.   

1220  Alexander Nevski, [Aleksandr], Russian great ruler (1252-63) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (d. 1686) was born on this day in history.   

1653  On May - 30 birth of claudia Felicitas of Austria, Empress consort of Germany (d. 1676)   

0727  Hubertus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht/saint, dies at about 72 on this day in history.   

1035  Boudouin IV, count of Flanders (988-1035), dies on this day in history.   

1159  Death of Wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (b. 1105) on this day in history.   

1252  Ferdinand III the holy, King of Castile/Leon, dies on May - 30.   

1416  Death of Jerome of Prague, burned as a heretic by Church on this day in history.   

1431  Death of Joan of Arc, French heroine and saint (b. 1412) on May - 30.   

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

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