Page 5: Historical Events In May - 30

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

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

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

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  On May - 30 alexander Langsdorf, physicist   

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

1913  First Balkan War ends with the, Treaty of London on May - 30.   

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

1913  On this day in history 1st Balkan War ends, Treaty of London   

1913  Cedric Thorpe Davie, composer on May - 30.   

1914  On May - 30 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  Bobby Sherwood, Indianapolis Ind, orch leader (Milton Berle Show) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1918  On this day in history georgi V Plechanov, Russian revolutionary theorist, dies   

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

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

1921  On May - 30 memorial to Captain Eddie Grant, killed in WWI, unveiled at Polo Grounds   

1921  Salzburg Austria votes to join Germany on May - 30.   

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

1922  Latvia & Vatican sign accord on this day in history.   

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

1923  On May - 30 howard Hanson's 1st Symphony "Nordic," premieres   

1923  On May - 30 jimmy Lydon, Harrington Pk NJ, actor (Richard-Love That Jill)   

1923  On this day in history camille Chevillard, composer, dies at 63   

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

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  On this day in history birth of selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74)   

1578  Valentin Dretzel, composer was born on this day in history.   

1623  On May - 30 birth of wallerand Vaillant, painter/engraver, baptized   

1623  On this day in history birth of john Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (d. 1686)   

1653  On this day in history birth of claudia Felicitas of Austria, Empress consort of Germany (d. 1676)   

0727  Hubertus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht/saint, dies at about 72 on May - 30.   

1035  Boudouin IV, count of Flanders (988-1035), dies on May - 30.   

1159  Death of Wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (b. 1105) on this day in history.   

1252  On May - 30 ferdinand III the holy, King of Castile/Leon, dies   

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

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