Historical Events In May - 30

1967  King Hussein of Jordan visits Cairo on May - 30.   

1967  On this day in history robert "Evel" Knievel's motorcycle jumps 16 automobiles   

1967  On May - 30 yankee Whitey Ford, nearing 41, announces his retirement from baseball   

1967  On this day in history claude Rains, actor (Invisible Man), dies at 77   

1968  On this day in history beatles begin work on their only double album "The Beatles"   

1968  On this day in history president De Gaulle disbands French parliament   

1968  On this day in history university church in Leipzig German Democratic Republic, blown up   

1968  On May - 30 west German Parliament accepts emergency crisis law   

1969  On May - 30 gibraltar adopts constitution   

1969  People revolt in Willemstad, Curaçao on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history gaston Brenta, composer, dies at 66   

1971  36 hospitalized during Grateful Dead concert; after drinking LSD apple juice on May - 30.   

1971  Train crash at Duivendrecht Netherlands, 5 die on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history uS Mariner 9 first satellite to orbit Mars launched   

1971  On this day in history audie Murphy, WW II hero/actor (Sierra), killed in plane crash at 46   

1972  3 Japanese PFL terrorists kill 24, wound 72 at Tel Aviv's Lod International Airport on May - 30.   

1972  Margaret Ruthven Lang, composer, dies at 104 on May - 30.   

1973  Ajax wins 3rd Europe Cup on this day in history.   

1973  On May - 30 hal Hastings, orch leader (Chevrolet on Broadway), dies at 66   

1975  European Space Agency (ESA) forms on this day in history.   

1975  On May - 30 wings release "Venus & Mars" album   

1975  On May - 30 michel Simon, actor (Panic, Plague, Two of Us), dies at 80   

1976  On this day in history bobby Unser sets world record for the fastest pit stop (4 seconds)   

1977  On this day in history claire Goll, writer, dies at 86   

1979  Nottingham Forrest wins 24th Europe Cup 1 at Munich on May - 30.   

1979  Percom Data Company Inc release Microdos for Radio Shack's TRS-80 on this day in history.   

1979  Jack Raine, actor (Quartet), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1980  On May - 30 the first papal visit to France since 1814   

1980  On May - 30 turner's painting "Juliet & Her Nurse" sells for $6.4 million   

1980  Carl Radle, bassist (Derek & Dominoes), dies of a kidney ailment on this day in history.   

1981  "Nightline" extends from 4 nights to 5 nights a week (Friday) on this day in history.   

1981  Bangladesh President Ziaur Rahman is shot by group of rebel officers on May - 30.   

1981  Ziaur Rahmen, pres of Bangladesh, is assassinated on this day in history.   

1982  On May - 30 spain becomes 16th member of NATO   

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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 this day in history.   

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

0727  On May - 30 hubertus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht/saint, dies at about 72   

1035  On this day in history boudouin IV, count of Flanders (988-1035), dies   

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 May - 30.   

1416  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1469  Death of Lope de Barrientos, Spanish bishop on this day in history.