Page 5: 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  On this day in history national Conference on the Negro is held   

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 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 this day in history.   

1911  On May - 30 douglas Fowley, NYC, actor (Grandpa-Pistols 'n' Petticoats)   

1912  On May - 30 uS Marines sent to Nicaragua   

1912  Alexander Langsdorf, physicist on this day in history.   

1912  On May - 30 wilbur Wright, US aviation pioneer, dies   

1913  On May - 30 first Balkan War ends with the, Treaty of London   

1913  New country of Albania is formed on this day in history.   

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

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 May - 30 bobby Sherwood, Indianapolis Ind, orch leader (Milton Berle Show)   

1915  Jerome Bert Weisner, military scientist/disarmer on this day in history.   

1916  Joseph W Kennedy, scientist (1 of 4 discoverers of plutonium) on May - 30.   

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  John Heawood, actor/singer/choreographer (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) on May - 30.   

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

1921  On May - 30 salzburg Austria votes to join Germany   

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

1922  Latvia & Vatican sign accord on May - 30.   

1922  The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated today in Washington, D C , by Chief Justice William Howard Taft on May - 30.   

1922  On May - 30 harry Clement Stubbs, US, sci-fi author (Needle, Iceworld)   

1922  On May - 30 david Mendes Chumaceiro, Curacaos poet (Adelfas), dies at 45   

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  On this day in history birth of emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063)   

1220  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1578  On this day in history birth of valentin Dretzel, composer   

1623  On this day in history 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  Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Empress consort of Germany (d. 1676) was born on May - 30.   

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  On this day in history ferdinand III the holy, King of Castile/Leon, dies   

1416  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of prokop the Great, Hussite general   

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