Historical Events In May - 30

1945  Irma Laplasse, Flemish farmer/nazi collaborator, executed on May - 30.   

1946  United flight 521 crashes on takeoff at LaGuardia Airport (New York) 42 die on May - 30.   

1947  Sidney Hugo Nicholson, composer, dies at 72 on May - 30.   

1949  On this day in history east Germans constitution approved   

1949  NPS/VHP win first general election in Suriname on May - 30.   

1951  Hermann Broch, writer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1953  George Barnes, cinematographer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1954  Dutch bishops forbid membership to non-catholic sporting clubs on this day in history.   

1954  Ahmad Amin, Egyptian historian/author, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1955  On May - 30 said el-Mufti forms Jordan Government   

1955  On this day in history tunisia begins domestic self governing   

1956  On this day in history bus boycott begins in Tallahassee FL   

1956  US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests) on May - 30.   

1957  On May - 30 real Madrid wins 2nd Europe Cup 1 in Madrid   

1957  On May - 30 toivo R Pekkanen, Finnish writer (Black Ecstacy), dies   

1958  Unidentified soldiers killed in WWII & Korean War buried in Arlington on May - 30.   

1958  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)   

1959  Iraq terminates military assistance pact with US due to neutrality on May - 30.   

1959  President Somoza ends emergency crisis in Nicaragua on this day in history.   

1959  World's first hovercraft (SR-N1) tested at Cowes England on May - 30.   

1959  Thomas Carl Whitmer, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1960  Boris Pasternak, Russian poet (Dr Zhivago), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1961  On May - 30 dutch DC-8 crashes after takeoff at Lisbon, 62 die   

1961  Rafael L Trujillo Molina, dictator Dom Rep (1930-61), murdered at 69 on May - 30.   

1962  69 killed in bus crash (Ahmedabad India) on this day in history.   

1962  Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem" premieres on this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history beatles' "Love Me Do" single goes #1   

1964  Leo Szilard, Hungarians/US nuclear physicst, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1965  France performs nuclear test at Ecker Algeria (Underground) on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history viet Cong offensive against US base Da Nang, begins   

1965  On this day in history vivian Malone, is first black to graduate from University of Alabama   

1966  On May - 30 300 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam   

1966  US launches Surveyor 1 to the Moon on May - 30.   

1967  Biafra declares independence from Nigeria 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 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  On May - 30 birth of valentin Dretzel, composer   

1623  Wallerand Vaillant, painter/engraver, baptized was born on this day in history.   

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

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  On May - 30 boudouin IV, count of Flanders (988-1035), dies   

1159  Death of Wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (b. 1105) on May - 30.   

1252  On May - 30 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  On May - 30 death of joan of Arc, French heroine and saint (b. 1412)   

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

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