Page 8: Historical Events In May - 30

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

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

1967  On May - 30 yankee Whitey Ford, nearing 41, announces his retirement from baseball   

1967  Claude Rains, actor (Invisible Man), dies at 77 on May - 30.   

1968  On May - 30 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 May - 30.   

1969  Gibraltar adopts constitution on this day in history.   

1969  On May - 30 people revolt in Willemstad, Curaçao   

1969  On this day in history gaston Brenta, composer, dies at 66   

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

1971  On this day in history train crash at Duivendrecht Netherlands, 5 die   

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

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  Ajax wins 3rd Europe Cup on this day in history.   

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

1975  On May - 30 european Space Agency (ESA) forms   

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

1975  Michel Simon, actor (Panic, Plague, Two of Us), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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

1977  Claire Goll, writer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

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

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

1980  Turner's painting "Juliet & Her Nurse" sells for $6.4 million on May - 30.   

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

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

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

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

1220  On May - 30 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  On this day in history birth of selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74)   

1578  On this day in history birth of valentin Dretzel, composer   

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

1623  John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (d. 1686) was born on May - 30.   

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 May - 30 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  On this day in history 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  Death of Joan of Arc, French heroine and saint (b. 1412) on this day in history.   

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

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