Famous Deaths In May - 30

1925  Death of Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian (b. 1876) on May - 30.   

1926  Death of Vladimir Steklov, Russian physicist (b. 1864) on May - 30.   

1934  On May - 30 death of togo Heihachiro, Japanese admiral (b. 1848)   

1935  Lothar Windsperger, composer, dies at 49 on May - 30.   

1938  Raden Sutomo, Indonesian freedom fighter, dies at 49 on May - 30.   

1939  On May - 30 death of floyd Roberts, Auto racer, killed during 1939 Indianapolis 500 (b. 1904)   

1940  On May - 30 y de Smit-Rog, eldest Dutchman, dies at 104   

1941  Death of Prajadhipok, Rama VII, king of Thailand (b. 1893) on May - 30.   

1944  On May - 30 jessie Ralph, actress (Good Earth, San Francisco), dies at 79   

1945  Death of Irma Laplasse, Flemish farmer/nazi collaborator, executed on this day in history.   

1946  On this day in history death of louis Slotin, Canadian Scientist at Los Alamos (b. 1910)   

1947  On this day in history sidney Hugo Nicholson, composer, dies at 72   

1951  Hermann Broch, writer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1953  George Barnes, cinematographer, dies at 60 on May - 30.   

1954  Ahmad Amin, Egyptian historian/author, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1957  Toivo R Pekkanen, Finnish writer (Black Ecstacy), dies on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history thomas Carl Whitmer, composer, dies at 85   

1960  Boris Pasternak, Russian poet (Dr Zhivago), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1961  On May - 30 death of rafael L Trujillo Molina, dictator Dom Rep (1930-61), murdered at 69   

1964  On this day in history leo Szilard, Hungarians/US nuclear physicst, dies at 66   

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

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

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

1972  Margaret Ruthven Lang, composer, dies at 104 on May - 30.   

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

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

1976  On this day in history death of max Carey, American baseball player (b. 1890)   

1977  Claire Goll, writer, dies at 86 on May - 30.   

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

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

1981  Death of Ziaur Rahmen, pres of Bangladesh, is assassinated on May - 30.   

1983  On this day in history alfred M Gruenther, US general/NATO-commander (1953-56), dies at 84   

1986  Hank Mobley, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1987  Frank Carlson, (Gov/Rep/Sen-R-Ks), dies at 94 on this day in history.   

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

1220  On this day in history birth of alexander Nevski, [Aleksandr], Russian great ruler (1252-63)   

1423  On May - 30 birth of georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1461)   

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  On May - 30 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  Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Empress consort of Germany (d. 1676) was born on this day in history.