Historical Events In May - 30

1967  King Hussein of Jordan visits Cairo on May - 30.   

1967  Robert "Evel" Knievel's motorcycle jumps 16 automobiles on May - 30.   

1967  Yankee Whitey Ford, nearing 41, announces his retirement from baseball on May - 30.   

1967  On this day in history claude Rains, actor (Invisible Man), dies at 77   

1968  On this day in history beatles begin work on their only double album "The Beatles"   

1968  On May - 30 president De Gaulle disbands French parliament   

1968  On May - 30 university church in Leipzig German Democratic Republic, blown up   

1968  On this day in history west German Parliament accepts emergency crisis law   

1969  Gibraltar adopts constitution on May - 30.   

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

1969  On this day in history 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  On this day in history audie Murphy, WW II hero/actor (Sierra), killed in plane crash at 46   

1972  3 Japanese PFL terrorists kill 24, wound 72 at Tel Aviv's Lod International Airport on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history margaret Ruthven Lang, composer, dies at 104   

1973  Ajax wins 3rd Europe Cup on May - 30.   

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 May - 30 wings release "Venus & Mars" album   

1975  On this day in history 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  On May - 30 claire Goll, writer, dies at 86   

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

1980  On May - 30 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  On May - 30 "Nightline" extends from 4 nights to 5 nights a week (Friday)   

1981  Bangladesh President Ziaur Rahman is shot by group of rebel officers on this day in history.   

1981  On May - 30 ziaur Rahmen, pres of Bangladesh, is assassinated   

1982  Spain becomes 16th member of NATO on this day in history.   

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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  On this day in history birth of georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1461)   

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 May - 30 birth of wallerand Vaillant, painter/engraver, baptized   

1623  John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (d. 1686) was born on May - 30.   

1653  On May - 30 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  Boudouin IV, count of Flanders (988-1035), dies on this day in history.   

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  On May - 30 death of jerome of Prague, burned as a heretic by Church   

1431  Death of Joan of Arc, French heroine and saint (b. 1412) on May - 30.   

1434  Death of Prokop the Great, Hussite general on this day in history.   

1469  On May - 30 death of lope de Barrientos, Spanish bishop