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 May - 30.   

1967  Yankee Whitey Ford, nearing 41, announces his retirement from baseball on this day in history.   

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  University church in Leipzig German Democratic Republic, blown up on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history west German Parliament accepts emergency crisis law   

1969  On May - 30 gibraltar adopts constitution   

1969  On May - 30 people revolt in Willemstad, Curaçao   

1969  Gaston Brenta, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history 36 hospitalized during Grateful Dead concert; after drinking LSD apple juice   

1971  Train crash at Duivendrecht Netherlands, 5 die on May - 30.   

1971  On May - 30 uS Mariner 9 first satellite to orbit Mars launched   

1971  Audie Murphy, WW II hero/actor (Sierra), killed in plane crash at 46 on May - 30.   

1972  3 Japanese PFL terrorists kill 24, wound 72 at Tel Aviv's Lod International Airport on this day in history.   

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

1973  On May - 30 ajax wins 3rd Europe Cup   

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

1975  On this day in history european Space Agency (ESA) forms   

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

1975  On this day in history 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 May - 30.   

1977  Claire Goll, writer, dies at 86 on May - 30.   

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

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

1980  On this day in history carl Radle, bassist (Derek & Dominoes), dies of a kidney ailment   

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

1981  On May - 30 bangladesh President Ziaur Rahman is shot by group of rebel officers   

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

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

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1010  Emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063) was born on May - 30.   

1220  Alexander Nevski, [Aleksandr], Russian great ruler (1252-63) was born on May - 30.   

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 May - 30.   

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

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

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

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

1159  On May - 30 death of wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (b. 1105)   

1252  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of joan of Arc, French heroine and saint (b. 1412)   

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

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