Historical Events In May - 30

1908  1st federal workmen's compensation law approved on May - 30.   

1908  Mel[vin J] Blanc, voice (Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd & Porky Pig) on this day in history.   

1909  National Conference on the Negro is held on this day in history.   

1909  Reuben Siegel laid cornerstone of first home in Tel-Aviv on May - 30.   

1909  On May - 30 the birth of Benny Goodman, American bandleader   

1909  Benny Goodman, Chicago, clarinetist/bandleader (King of Swing) on this day in history.   

1910  44th Belmont: James Butwell aboard Sweep wins in 2:22 on May - 30.   

1911  On this day in history 1st Indianapolis 500 car race, Ray Harroun wins at 74.59 MPH (120 KPH)   

1911  Douglas Fowley, NYC, actor (Grandpa-Pistols 'n' Petticoats) on this day in history.   

1912  US Marines sent to Nicaragua on May - 30.   

1912  Alexander Langsdorf, physicist on this day in history.   

1912  On May - 30 wilbur Wright, US aviation pioneer, dies   

1913  On this day in history first Balkan War ends with the, Treaty of London   

1913  On May - 30 new country of Albania is formed   

1913  1st Balkan War ends, Treaty of London on May - 30.   

1913  On this day in history cedric Thorpe Davie, composer   

1914  The new and then largest Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City on this day in history.   

1914  Bobby Sherwood, Indianapolis Ind, orch leader (Milton Berle Show) on this day in history.   

1915  Jerome Bert Weisner, military scientist/disarmer on May - 30.   

1916  Joseph W Kennedy, scientist (1 of 4 discoverers of plutonium) on this day in history.   

1917  Alexander I becomes king of Greece on May - 30.   

1918  Georgi V Plechanov, Russian revolutionary theorist, dies on this day in history.   

1919  Lord John WS Raleigh, British physicist (Nobel 1904), dies on May - 30.   

1920  On May - 30 john Heawood, actor/singer/choreographer (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)   

1921  Memorial to Captain Eddie Grant, killed in WWI, unveiled at Polo Grounds on May - 30.   

1921  On May - 30 salzburg Austria votes to join Germany   

1921  On May - 30 lord Dunsany's "If," premieres in London   

1922  On this day in history latvia & Vatican sign accord   

1922  On May - 30 the Lincoln Memorial is dedicated today in Washington, D C , by Chief Justice William Howard Taft   

1922  Harry Clement Stubbs, US, sci-fi author (Needle, Iceworld) on May - 30.   

1922  On this day in history david Mendes Chumaceiro, Curacaos poet (Adelfas), dies at 45   

1923  On this day in history howard Hanson's 1st Symphony "Nordic," premieres   

1923  On this day in history jimmy Lydon, Harrington Pk NJ, actor (Richard-Love That Jill)   

1923  On May - 30 camille Chevillard, composer, dies at 63   

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1010  Emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063) was born on May - 30.   

1220  Alexander Nevski, [Aleksandr], Russian great ruler (1252-63) was born on May - 30.   

1423  Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1461) was born on this day in history.   

1524  On May - 30 birth of selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74)   

1578  Valentin Dretzel, composer was born on May - 30.   

1623  Wallerand Vaillant, painter/engraver, baptized was born on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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