Page 8: Historical Events In May - 30

1967  On May - 30 king Hussein of Jordan visits Cairo   

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

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 May - 30.   

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

1969  On this day in history gibraltar adopts constitution   

1969  People revolt in Willemstad, Curaçao on this day in history.   

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

1971  On this day in history 36 hospitalized during Grateful Dead concert; after drinking LSD apple juice   

1971  Train crash at Duivendrecht Netherlands, 5 die on May - 30.   

1971  US Mariner 9 first satellite to orbit Mars launched on May - 30.   

1971  Audie Murphy, WW II hero/actor (Sierra), killed in plane crash at 46 on this day in history.   

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

1972  On May - 30 margaret Ruthven Lang, composer, dies at 104   

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

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

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

1979  On May - 30 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  On this day in history jack Raine, actor (Quartet), dies at 82   

1980  On this day in history the first papal visit to France since 1814   

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 this day in history.   

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 May - 30.   

1220  On this day in history 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  Selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74) was born on May - 30.   

1578  On May - 30 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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history boudouin IV, count of Flanders (988-1035), dies   

1159  Death of Wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (b. 1105) on May - 30.   

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 this day in history 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