Page 7: Historical Events In May - 30

1945  On this day in history irma Laplasse, Flemish farmer/nazi collaborator, executed   

1946  On this day in history united flight 521 crashes on takeoff at LaGuardia Airport (New York) 42 die   

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

1949  On this day in history east Germans constitution approved   

1949  On May - 30 nPS/VHP win first general election in Suriname   

1951  Hermann Broch, writer, dies at 64 on May - 30.   

1953  On this day in history george Barnes, cinematographer, dies at 60   

1954  On this day in history dutch bishops forbid membership to non-catholic sporting clubs   

1954  On May - 30 ahmad Amin, Egyptian historian/author, dies at 67   

1955  Said el-Mufti forms Jordan Government on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history tunisia begins domestic self governing   

1956  On May - 30 bus boycott begins in Tallahassee FL   

1956  On May - 30 uS performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)   

1957  On this day in history real Madrid wins 2nd Europe Cup 1 in Madrid   

1957  On this day in history toivo R Pekkanen, Finnish writer (Black Ecstacy), dies   

1958  Unidentified soldiers killed in WWII & Korean War buried in Arlington on this day in history.   

1958  On May - 30 uS performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)   

1959  On May - 30 iraq terminates military assistance pact with US due to neutrality   

1959  On May - 30 president Somoza ends emergency crisis in Nicaragua   

1959  World's first hovercraft (SR-N1) tested at Cowes England on this day in history.   

1959  On May - 30 thomas Carl Whitmer, composer, dies at 85   

1960  On May - 30 boris Pasternak, Russian poet (Dr Zhivago), dies at 70   

1961  On this day in history dutch DC-8 crashes after takeoff at Lisbon, 62 die   

1961  On this day in history rafael L Trujillo Molina, dictator Dom Rep (1930-61), murdered at 69   

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

1962  Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem" premieres on May - 30.   

1964  Beatles' "Love Me Do" single goes #1 on May - 30.   

1964  On May - 30 leo Szilard, Hungarians/US nuclear physicst, dies at 66   

1965  On May - 30 france performs nuclear test at Ecker Algeria (Underground)   

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  Emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063) was born on this day in history.   

1220  On this day in history birth of alexander Nevski, [Aleksandr], Russian great ruler (1252-63)   

1423  Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1461) was born on May - 30.   

1524  On May - 30 birth of selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74)   

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

1623  Wallerand Vaillant, painter/engraver, baptized was born on May - 30.   

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

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

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

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

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 May - 30.   

1434  On this day in history death of prokop the Great, Hussite general   

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