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May 30, 1998 Earthquake kills about 5,000 in northern Afghanistan May 30, 1997 Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcolm X, set afire by 12 year old grandson May 30, 1997 Ken Dryden becomes president of NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs May 30, 1996 69th National Spelling Bee: Wendy Guey wins spelling vivisepulture May 30, 1996 John Tesh's final day as host of "Entertainment Tonight" May 30, 1996 Albert Belle uses a forearm to break up a double play and nearly breaks Brewer 2nd baseman Fernando Vina's nose, Belle gets 2 game suspension May 30, 1993 Betsy King wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Game Golf Tournament May 30, 1993 Kelly Robbins wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic May 30, 1992 Minnesota Twin Bert Blyleven is 2nd to win as teenager and 40 year old May 30, 1992 New York Lotto pays $30 million to one winner (#s are 12-15-30-33-40-48) May 30, 1992 New York Yankee Scott Sanderson becomes 9th to beat all 26 teams May 30, 1992 Paul Simon weds Edie Brickell May 30, 1992 U.N. votes for sanctions against Serb-led Yugoslavia to halt fighting May 30, 1991 64th National Spelling Bee: Joanne Lagatta wins spelling antipyretic May 30, 1991 Arturo Barrios runs world record one-hour distance (21,096 km) May 30, 1991 Supreme Court rules prosecutors can be sued for legal advice they give police and can be held accountable May 30, 1990 135 die in a (6.4) earthquake in Peru May 30, 1990 Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,878.56 May 30, 1990 Earthquake hit Peru, killing 135 May 30, 1989 Margaret Ray pleads guilty to breaking into David Letterman's house May 30, 1987 Mike Tyson TKOs Pinklon Thomas in 6 for heavyweight boxing title May 30, 1987 North American Philips Company unveils compact disc video May 30, 1987 Tony Tucker TKOs Buster Douglas in 10 for heavyweight boxing title May 30, 1987 West German Mathias Rust lands airplane on Red Square May 30, 1986 Ariane-2 (ESA) launched May 30, 1986 Bobby Rahal is 1st to avg over 170 mph in Indianapolis 500 May 30, 1986 France performs nuclear test May 30, 1985 Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 1 May 30, 1984 Bomb explodes in rebel leader Eden Pastora headquarters in Nicaragua May 30, 1984 Liverpool wins 29th Europe Cup 1 in Rome May 30, 1984 NL suspends Mario Soto 5 days for Reds-Cubs fight on May 27th May 30, 1983 Surrey all out for 14 vs. Essex, their lowest score ever May 30, 1983 AL President Lee MacPhail suspends Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for one week, for his public criticism of umpires May 30, 1982 "Do Black Patent Leather Shoes..." closes at Alvin New York City after 5 perf May 30, 1982 Closest Indy 500, Gordon Johncock beats Rick Mears by 0.16 seconds May 30, 1982 Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic May 30, 1982 Spain becomes 16th member of NATO May 30, 1981 "Nightline" extends from 4 nights to 5 nights a week (Friday) May 30, 1981 Bangladesh President Ziaur Rahman is shot by group of rebel officers May 30, 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers are quickest to get 1,000,000 attendence (22 games) May 30, 1980 1st papal visit to France since 1814 May 30, 1980 Tiger reliever John Hiller, 37, (who had a 1971 heart attack), retires May 30, 1980 Turner's painting "Juliet and Her Nurse" sells for $6.4 million May 30, 1980 Twins Ken Landreaux ends his hitting streak after 31 games May 30, 1979 Nottingham Forrest wins 24th Europe Cup 1 at Munich May 30, 1979 Pat Underwood makes his pitching debut for Detroit beats brother Tom May 30, 1979 Percom Data Company Inc release Microdos for Radio Shack's TRS-80 May 30, 1979 Ted Coombs begins a 5,193 mile roller skate from LA to New York City May 30, 1977 Cleveland Indian Dennis Eckersley no-hits California Angels, 2-0 May 30, 1976 22nd LPGA Championship won by Betty Burfeindt May 30, 1976 Bobby Unser sets world record for fastest pit stop (4 seconds) May 30, 1975 European Space Agency, ESA, forms May 30, 1975 Wings release "Venus and Mars" album May 30, 1974 10th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 9-4 May 30, 1973 Ajax wins 3rd Europe Cup May 30, 1972 3 Jap PFL terrorists kills 24, wound 72 at Tel Aviv's Lod International airport May 30, 1971 36 hospitalized during Grateful Dead concert; drunk LSD apple juice May 30, 1971 Train crash at Duivendrecht Neth, 5 die May 30, 1971 U.S. Mariner 9 1st satellite to orbit Mars launched May 30, 1971 Willie Mays hits his 638th HR, sets NL record of 1,950 runs scored May 30, 1970 "Minnie's Boys" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 80 performances May 30, 1970 Baseball All-Star voting is returned to fans May 30, 1969 Derek Clayton runs world record marathon (2:08:33.6) at Antwerp May 30, 1969 Gibraltar adopts constitution May 30, 1969 People revolt in Willemstad, Curacao May 30, 1968 Beatles begin work on their only double album "Beatles" May 30, 1968 President De Gaulle disbands French parliament May 30, 1968 University church in Leipzig German DR, blown up May 30, 1968 West German Parliament accepts emergency crisis law May 30, 1967 Biafra declares independence from Nigeria May 30, 1967 King Hussein of Jordan visits Cairo May 30, 1967 Robert "Evel" Knievel's motorcycle jumps 16 automobiles May 30, 1967 Yankee Whitey Ford, nearing 41, announces his retirement from baseball May 30, 1966 300 U.S. airplanes bomb North Vietnam May 30, 1966 Graham Hill wins Indianapolis 500 car race (232.2 kph) May 30, 1966 U.S. launches Surveyor 1 to Moon May 30, 1965 France performs nuclear test at Ecker Algeria (Underground) May 30, 1965 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open May 30, 1965 Viet Cong offensive against U.S. base Da Nang, begins May 30, 1965 Vivian Malone, is 1st black to graduate from University of Alabama May 30, 1964 "Beyond the Fringe" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 673 performances May 30, 1964 Beatles 1961 record of "Cry for a Shadow" is #1 in Australia May 30, 1964 Beatles' "Love Me Do," single goes #1 May 30, 1964 Giants sweep Mets 5-3 and 8-6 in 23 inn, records include elapsed time of 9:50, 47 strikeouts, 7:22 for 2nd game and New York's 22 K's in 2nd games May 30, 1962 69 killed in bus crash (Ahmedabad India) May 30, 1962 Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem," premieres May 30, 1961 Dutch DC-8 crashes after takeoff at Lisbon, 62 die May 30, 1961 Maris hits his 10th and 11th of 61 HRs May 30, 1959 "First Impressions" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 84 performances May 30, 1959 "Nervous Set" closes at Henry Miller's Theater New York City after 23 performances May 30, 1959 Iraq terminates milt assistance pact with U.S. due to neutrality May 30, 1959 President Somoza ends emergency crisis in Nicaragua May 30, 1959 President Stroessner disbands Paraguay's parliament May 30, 1959 World's 1st hovercraft (SR-N1) tested at Cowes England May 30, 1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests) May 30, 1958 Unidentified soldiers killed in WW II and Korean War buried in Arlington May 30, 1957 Real Madrid wins 2nd Europe Cup 1 in Madrid May 30, 1957 Test Cricket debut for Rohan Kanhai vs. England at Edgbaston May 30, 1956 Bus boycott begins in Tallahassee, Florida May 30, 1956 Mickey Mantle misses by 18" hitting 1st HR out of Yankee Stadium May 30, 1956 U.S. performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests) May 30, 1955 KMVT TV channel 11 in Twin Falls, ID (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting May 30, 1955 Said el-Mufti forms Jordan government May 30, 1955 Tunisia begins domestic self governing May 30, 1954 Dutch bishops forbid membership to non-catholic sporting clubs May 30, 1954 Emile Zatopek runs world record 5K (13:57.2) May 30, 1954 Hector Villa-Lobos' "Odisseia de Uma Raca," premieres May 30, 1953 1st major league network baseball game-Cleveland 7, Chicago 2 May 30, 1953 23rd French Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats V Seixas (63 64 16 62) May 30, 1953 23rd French Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (62 64) May 30, 1952 Charlie Grimm succeeds Tommy Holmes as manager of Boston Braves May 30, 1952 Darius Milhaud's "West Point Suite," premieres May 30, 1951 Ezzard Charles beats Joey Maxim in 15 for heavyweight boxing title May 30, 1950 Patty Berg wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open May 30, 1949 East Germans constitution approved May 30, 1949 NPS/VHP win 1st general election in Suriname May 30, 1949 WRTV TV channel 6 in Indianapolis, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting May 30, 1948 Schenectady Blue Jays Tom Lasorda strikes out 25 in 15-inning game May 30, 1946 Braves Bernard Malamud HR shatters Bulova clock in Ebbets Field May 30, 1946 United flight 521 crashes on takeoff at LaGuardia Airport (NY) 42 die May 30, 1944 Transport nr 75 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany May 30, 1943 French general De Gaulle arrives in Algiers May 30, 1943 U.S. troops reconquer Attu Aleutians May 30, 1942 1,047 bombers bomb Cologne in RAF's raid of WW II May 30, 1942 Reichsfuhrer Himmler arrives in Prague May 30, 1942 Satchel Paige pitches 5 innings to defeat Dizzy Dean All-Stars 8-1 May 30, 1942 U.S. aircraft carrier Yorktown leaves Pearl Harbor May 30, 1941 1st anti semitic measures in Serbia May 30, 1941 English Army enters Baghdad, chasing pro-German coup government May 30, 1941 German capture Kreta May 30, 1938 Yanks sweep Red Sox 10-0 and 5-4 in front of 83,533 at Yankee Stadium May 30, 1937 20th PGA Championship: Denny Shute at Pittsburgh FC Aspinwall PA May 30, 1937 Memorial Day Massacre - Chicago police shoot on union marchers, 10 die May 30, 1937 Pitcher Carl Hubbell's 24th consecutive victory May 30, 1937 Police kill 10 strikers at Republic Steel Plant in Chicago May 30, 1937 61,756, 2nd-largest crowd in Polo Grounds history, sees Dodgers ends Carl Hubbell's consecutive-game winning streak at 24 May 30, 1935 Babe Ruth's final game, goes hitless for Braves against Phillies May 30, 1933 Patent on invisible glass installation May 30, 1932 Yankees dedicate a plaque to Miller Huggins May 30, 1931 Phillies Chuck Klein homers off Ben Cantwell (Braves) in both ends DH May 30, 1930 Bill Arnold wins Indianapolis 500 car race (161.6 kph) May 30, 1927 Walter Johnson records 113th and last shutout of his career May 30, 1925 British mariners shoot on demonstrators May 30, 1925 Peter DePaolo became 1st man to average over 100 mph at Indy May 30, 1925 Rogers Hornsby replaces Branch Rickey as manager of Cardinals May 30, 1924 Socialist Matteotti falls in Italian parliament by fascists May 30, 1923 Howard Hanson's 1st Symphony "Nordic," premieres May 30, 1922 Latvia and Vatican sign accord May 30, 1922 Lincoln Memorial dedicated May 30, 1922 Cubs swap Max Flack for Cards Cliff Heathcote during middle of doubleheader. Both play for both teams that day May 30, 1921 Lord Dunsany's "If," premieres in London May 30, 1921 Memorial to Capt Eddie Grant, killed in WW I, unveiled at Polo Grounds May 30, 1921 Salzburg, Austria, votes to join Germany May 30, 1913 1st Balkan War ends, Treaty of London May 30, 1913 New country of Albania, forms May 30, 1913 John McGraw joins Fred Clarke, Cap Anson, Frank Selee, and Connie Mack May 30, 1912 U.S. Marines sent to Nicaragua May 30, 1911 1st Indianapolis 500 car race, Ray Harroun wins at 74.59 MPH (120 KPH) May 30, 1910 44th Belmont: James Butwell aboard Sweep wins in 2:22 May 30, 1909 National Conference on the Negro is held May 30, 1909 Reuben Siegel laid cornerstone of 1st home in Tel-Aviv May 30, 1908 1st federal workmen's compensation law approved May 30, 1908 42nd Belmont: Joe Notter aboard Colin win May 30, 1908 Aldrich Vineland Currency Act forerunner to Federal Reserve System May 30, 1908 Paris advocate E Archdeacon is 1st passenger in a airplane May 30, 1908 U.S. Assay Office in Salt Lake City, Utah authorized May 30, 1907 41st Belmont: G Mountain aboard Peter Pan wins May 30, 1906 40th Belmont: Lucien Lyne aboard Burgomaster wins in 2:20 May 30, 1904 Frank Chance gets hit by pitch 5 times in a doubleheader May 30, 1903 28th Preakness: W Gannon aboard Flocarline wins in 1:44.8 May 30, 1901 Hall of Fame for Great American on NYU campus dedicated May 30, 1901 Memorial Day 1st observed in U.S. May 30, 1899 24th Preakness: R Clawson aboard Half Time wins in 1:47 May 30, 1896 1st car accident occurs, Henry Wells hit a bicyclist (New York City) May 30, 1895 W. G. Grace scores his 1,000th Cricket run of the season after 22 days May 30, 1894 Bobby Lowe is 1st to hit 4 home runs in 1 baseball game May 30, 1890 1st Dodger home run (Dave Foutz) May 30, 1889 Brassier invented May 30, 1883 Rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse caused a stampede that kills 12 May 30, 1879 92 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May May 30, 1879 Gilmore Garden (New York City) renamed Madison Square Garden May 30, 1872 Mahlon Loomis patents wireless telegraphy May 30, 1868 Memorial Day 1st observed when 2 women in Columbus Mississippi placed flowers on both Confederate and Union graves May 30, 1866 Opera "Die Verkaufte Braut" premieres (Prague) May 30, 1864 Battle of Bethesda Church, Virginia May 30, 1864 Cavalry fight at Old Church (Totopotomoy Creek) Virginia May 30, 1862 Battle of Booneville, Mississippi - captured Gen Beauregard evacuates Corinth May 30, 1862 Battle of Front Royal, Virginia May 30, 1858 Hudson's Bay Co rights to Vancouver Island revoked May 30, 1854 Territories of Kansas and Nebraska created May 30, 1848 2nd battle at Gioto: Sardinia-Piemonte beats Austrians May 30, 1848 William G. Young patents ice cream freezer May 30, 1848 Mexico ratifies treaty giving U.S.; New Mexico, California and parts of Nevada, Utah, Arizona and Colorado in return for $15 million May 30, 1842 John Francis attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria May 30, 1832 Evariste Galois give his theory on free assembly (dies in duel May 31) May 30, 1822 House slave betrays Denmark Vesey conspiracy (37 blacks hanged) May 30, 1821 James Boyd patents Rubber Fire Hose May 30, 1814 1st Treaty of Paris, after Napoleon's 1st abdication May 30, 1808 Napoleon annexes Tuscany and gave it seats in French Senate May 30, 1793 Georges Couthon chosen member of French Committee the Salut Public May 30, 1783 Benjamin Tower of Philadelphia publishes 1st daily newspaper in U.S. May 30, 1646 Spain and Netherlands signs temporary cease fire May 30, 1635 Emperor Ferdinand II and Saksen sign Peace of Prague May 30, 1631 France/Maximilian van Bavarian signs Accord of Fontainebleau May 30, 1588 Spanish Aramada under Medina-Sidonia departs Lisbon to invade England May 30, 1584 Earl Adolf van Nieuwenaar/Meurs becomes viceroy of Gelderland May 30, 1574 Henry III follows brother Charles IX as king of France May 30, 1574 Sea battle at Lillo Belgium (Adolf Van Haemstede vs Louis de Boisot) May 30, 1539 Spanish explorer Fernando de Soto discovers Florida May 30, 1536 English king Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour May 30, 1527 University of Marburg (Germany) founded May 30, 1522 French troops driven out of Genoa May 30, 1498 Columbus departs with 6 ships for 3rd trip to America May 30, 1434 Battle at Lipany May 30, 1416 Jerome of Prague burned as a heretic by Church May 30, 1381 English boer uprising begins in Essex May 30, 1100 Burchard becomes bishop of Utrecht May 30, 1087 German emperor Henry IV crowns his son Koenraad May 30, 1035 Boudouin V van Rijsel becomes earl of Flanders |