Page 5: Historical Events In May - 30

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

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

1909  On May - 30 national Conference on the Negro is held   

1909  On May - 30 reuben Siegel laid cornerstone of first home in Tel-Aviv   

1909  The birth of Benny Goodman, American bandleader on this day in history.   

1909  Benny Goodman, Chicago, clarinetist/bandleader (King of Swing) on May - 30.   

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

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

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

1912  On May - 30 uS Marines sent to Nicaragua   

1912  On this day in history alexander Langsdorf, physicist   

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  On this day in history new country of Albania is formed   

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

1913  Cedric Thorpe Davie, composer on May - 30.   

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 this day in history bobby Sherwood, Indianapolis Ind, orch leader (Milton Berle Show)   

1915  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1920  On this day in history john Heawood, actor/singer/choreographer (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)   

1921  Memorial to Captain Eddie Grant, killed in WWI, unveiled at Polo Grounds on this day in history.   

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

1921  Lord Dunsany's "If," premieres in London on this day in history.   

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

1922  The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated today in Washington, D C , by Chief Justice William Howard Taft on this day in history.   

1922  On May - 30 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  On this day in history howard Hanson's 1st Symphony "Nordic," premieres   

1923  Jimmy Lydon, Harrington Pk NJ, actor (Richard-Love That Jill) on this day in history.   

1923  Camille Chevillard, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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1010  On May - 30 birth of emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063)   

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  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 this day in history.   

1653  On this day in history 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  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  Ferdinand III the holy, King of Castile/Leon, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1469  On this day in history death of lope de Barrientos, Spanish bishop