Historical Events In May - 30

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

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 May - 30.   

1909  Reuben Siegel laid cornerstone of first home in Tel-Aviv on this day in history.   

1909  The birth of Benny Goodman, American bandleader on May - 30.   

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

1910  On this day in history 44th Belmont: James Butwell aboard Sweep wins in 2:22   

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

1911  Douglas Fowley, NYC, actor (Grandpa-Pistols 'n' Petticoats) on May - 30.   

1912  On May - 30 uS Marines sent to Nicaragua   

1912  On May - 30 alexander Langsdorf, physicist   

1912  Wilbur Wright, US aviation pioneer, dies on this day in history.   

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

1913  On May - 30 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 May - 30.   

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

1917  Alexander I becomes king of Greece on this day in history.   

1918  On May - 30 georgi V Plechanov, Russian revolutionary theorist, dies   

1919  Lord John WS Raleigh, British physicist (Nobel 1904), dies on this day in history.   

1920  John Heawood, actor/singer/choreographer (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) on this day in history.   

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

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

1921  On this day in history lord Dunsany's "If," premieres in London   

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 this day in history.   

1922  On this day in history harry Clement Stubbs, US, sci-fi author (Needle, Iceworld)   

1922  David Mendes Chumaceiro, Curacaos poet (Adelfas), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1923  Howard Hanson's 1st Symphony "Nordic," premieres on this day in history.   

1923  Jimmy Lydon, Harrington Pk NJ, actor (Richard-Love That Jill) on May - 30.   

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  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 May - 30.   

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 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  On May - 30 death of wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (b. 1105)   

1252  Ferdinand III the holy, King of Castile/Leon, dies on this day in history.   

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 May - 30.   

1434  Death of Prokop the Great, Hussite general on May - 30.   

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