Page 8: Historical Events In May - 30

1967  King Hussein of Jordan visits Cairo on this day in history.   

1967  Robert "Evel" Knievel's motorcycle jumps 16 automobiles on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history yankee Whitey Ford, nearing 41, announces his retirement from baseball   

1967  On May - 30 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  University church in Leipzig German Democratic Republic, blown up on this day in history.   

1968  West German Parliament accepts emergency crisis law on May - 30.   

1969  On this day in history 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  On May - 30 36 hospitalized during Grateful Dead concert; after drinking LSD apple juice   

1971  On this day in history train crash at Duivendrecht Netherlands, 5 die   

1971  On May - 30 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  On May - 30 3 Japanese PFL terrorists kill 24, wound 72 at Tel Aviv's Lod International Airport   

1972  Margaret Ruthven Lang, composer, dies at 104 on this day in history.   

1973  On May - 30 ajax wins 3rd Europe Cup   

1973  On this day in history hal Hastings, orch leader (Chevrolet on Broadway), dies at 66   

1975  On May - 30 european Space Agency (ESA) forms   

1975  Wings release "Venus & Mars" album on May - 30.   

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

1976  Bobby Unser sets world record for the fastest pit stop (4 seconds) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history percom Data Company Inc release Microdos for Radio Shack's TRS-80   

1979  Jack Raine, actor (Quartet), dies at 82 on May - 30.   

1980  The first papal visit to France since 1814 on May - 30.   

1980  On this day in history turner's painting "Juliet & Her Nurse" sells for $6.4 million   

1980  Carl Radle, bassist (Derek & Dominoes), dies of a kidney ailment on May - 30.   

1981  "Nightline" extends from 4 nights to 5 nights a week (Friday) on May - 30.   

1981  Bangladesh President Ziaur Rahman is shot by group of rebel officers on this day in history.   

1981  Ziaur Rahmen, pres of Bangladesh, is assassinated on May - 30.   

1982  Spain becomes 16th member of NATO on May - 30.   

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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  Selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74) was born on May - 30.   

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  On May - 30 birth of claudia Felicitas of Austria, Empress consort of Germany (d. 1676)   

0727  Hubertus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht/saint, dies at about 72 on this day in history.   

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

1159  On this day in history death of wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (b. 1105)   

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 this day in history.   

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