Page 8: Historical Events In May - 30

1967  On this day in history king Hussein of Jordan visits Cairo   

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  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  President De Gaulle disbands French parliament on May - 30.   

1968  On this day in history university church in Leipzig German Democratic Republic, blown up   

1968  On May - 30 west German Parliament accepts emergency crisis law   

1969  Gibraltar adopts constitution on May - 30.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

1972  On May - 30 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  Ajax wins 3rd Europe Cup on this day in history.   

1973  On May - 30 hal Hastings, orch leader (Chevrolet on Broadway), dies at 66   

1975  European Space Agency (ESA) forms on May - 30.   

1975  Wings release "Venus & Mars" album on this day in history.   

1975  On May - 30 michel Simon, actor (Panic, Plague, Two of Us), dies at 80   

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

1977  On May - 30 claire Goll, writer, dies at 86   

1979  On this day in history nottingham Forrest wins 24th Europe Cup 1 at Munich   

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

1979  Jack Raine, actor (Quartet), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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

1980  On this day in history turner's painting "Juliet & Her Nurse" sells for $6.4 million   

1980  On this day in history carl Radle, bassist (Derek & Dominoes), dies of a kidney ailment   

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 May - 30.   

1981  On May - 30 ziaur Rahmen, pres of Bangladesh, is assassinated   

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

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1010  On this day in history birth of emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1578  Valentin Dretzel, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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 May - 30 death of wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (b. 1105)   

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 May - 30.   

1431  Death of Joan of Arc, French heroine and saint (b. 1412) on this day in history.   

1434  On this day in history death of prokop the Great, Hussite general   

1469  Death of Lope de Barrientos, Spanish bishop on May - 30.