Historical Events In May - 30

1945  On this day in history irma Laplasse, Flemish farmer/nazi collaborator, executed   

1946  United flight 521 crashes on takeoff at LaGuardia Airport (New York) 42 die on this day in history.   

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

1949  On May - 30 east Germans constitution approved   

1949  On May - 30 nPS/VHP win first general election in Suriname   

1951  On this day in history hermann Broch, writer, dies at 64   

1953  George Barnes, cinematographer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1954  Dutch bishops forbid membership to non-catholic sporting clubs on this day in history.   

1954  Ahmad Amin, Egyptian historian/author, dies at 67 on May - 30.   

1955  On May - 30 said el-Mufti forms Jordan Government   

1955  Tunisia begins domestic self governing on May - 30.   

1956  Bus boycott begins in Tallahassee FL on May - 30.   

1956  US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests) on this day in history.   

1957  Real Madrid wins 2nd Europe Cup 1 in Madrid on this day in history.   

1957  Toivo R Pekkanen, Finnish writer (Black Ecstacy), dies on May - 30.   

1958  On May - 30 unidentified soldiers killed in WWII & Korean War buried in Arlington   

1958  US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests) on May - 30.   

1959  On May - 30 iraq terminates military assistance pact with US due to neutrality   

1959  On May - 30 president Somoza ends emergency crisis in Nicaragua   

1959  World's first hovercraft (SR-N1) tested at Cowes England on May - 30.   

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

1960  On May - 30 boris Pasternak, Russian poet (Dr Zhivago), dies at 70   

1961  Dutch DC-8 crashes after takeoff at Lisbon, 62 die on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history rafael L Trujillo Molina, dictator Dom Rep (1930-61), murdered at 69   

1962  69 killed in bus crash (Ahmedabad India) on May - 30.   

1962  Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem" premieres on May - 30.   

1964  On May - 30 beatles' "Love Me Do" single goes #1   

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

1965  On this day in history france performs nuclear test at Ecker Algeria (Underground)   

1965  Viet Cong offensive against US base Da Nang, begins on this day in history.   

1965  On May - 30 vivian Malone, is first black to graduate from University of Alabama   

1966  300 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam on May - 30.   

1966  US launches Surveyor 1 to the Moon on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history biafra declares independence from Nigeria   

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1010  Emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063) was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 30.   

1524  Selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74) was born on this day in history.   

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

1623  On this day in history 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  On May - 30 birth of claudia Felicitas of Austria, Empress consort of Germany (d. 1676)   

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  Death of Prokop the Great, Hussite general on May - 30.   

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