Page 5: Historical Events In May - 30

1908  On this day in history 1st federal workmen's compensation law approved   

1908  Mel[vin J] Blanc, voice (Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd & Porky Pig) on May - 30.   

1909  On this day in history national Conference on the Negro is held   

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 May - 30.   

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

1911  On May - 30 1st Indianapolis 500 car race, Ray Harroun wins at 74.59 MPH (120 KPH)   

1911  On this day in history douglas Fowley, NYC, actor (Grandpa-Pistols 'n' Petticoats)   

1912  On this day in history uS Marines sent to Nicaragua   

1912  Alexander Langsdorf, physicist on May - 30.   

1912  On this day in history wilbur Wright, US aviation pioneer, dies   

1913  On May - 30 first Balkan War ends with the, Treaty of London   

1913  New country of Albania is formed on May - 30.   

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

1913  On May - 30 cedric Thorpe Davie, composer   

1914  On this day in history 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.   

1914  On May - 30 bobby Sherwood, Indianapolis Ind, orch leader (Milton Berle Show)   

1915  On May - 30 jerome Bert Weisner, military scientist/disarmer   

1916  On May - 30 joseph W Kennedy, scientist (1 of 4 discoverers of plutonium)   

1917  On May - 30 alexander I becomes king of Greece.   

1918  Georgi V Plechanov, Russian revolutionary theorist, dies on May - 30.   

1919  On May - 30 lord John WS Raleigh, British physicist (Nobel 1904), dies   

1920  John Heawood, actor/singer/choreographer (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) on May - 30.   

1921  On this day in history memorial to Captain Eddie Grant, killed in WWI, unveiled at Polo Grounds   

1921  Salzburg Austria votes to join Germany on this day in history.   

1921  Lord Dunsany's "If," premieres in London on May - 30.   

1922  On May - 30 latvia & Vatican sign accord   

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

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  Howard Hanson's 1st Symphony "Nordic," premieres on this day in history.   

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  On May - 30 birth of emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063)   

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  Valentin Dretzel, composer was born on May - 30.   

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

1623  On May - 30 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 May - 30.   

1035  On May - 30 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  Death of Jerome of Prague, burned as a heretic by Church on May - 30.   

1431  On May - 30 death of joan of Arc, French heroine and saint (b. 1412)   

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

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