439 Historic Events for May 30
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| 1940 |
Birth |
David Ackroyd, Orange NJ, actor (I Come in Peace, Memories of Me)
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| 1940 |
Death |
Y de Smit-Rog, eldest Dutchman, dies at 104
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| 1941 |
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English Army enters Baghdad, chasing pro-German coup government
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| 1941 |
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1st anti semitic measures in Serbia
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| 1941 |
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German capture Kreta
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| 1942 |
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Reichsfuhrer Himmler arrives in Prague
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| 1942 |
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US aircraft carrier Yorktown leaves Pearl Harbor
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| 1942 |
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1,047 bombers bomb Cologne in RAF's raid of WW II
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| 1942 |
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Satchel Paige pitches 5 innings to defeat Dizzy Dean All-Stars 8-1
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Lenny Davidson, London, rock guitarist (Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over)
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Dan Miller, (Rep-R-Florida)
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Gale Sayers, NFL running back (Chicago Bears)
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| 1943 |
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US troops reconquer Attu Aleutians
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| 1943 |
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French general De Gaulle arrives in Algiers
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| 1944 |
Death |
Jessie Ralph, actress (Good Earth, San Francisco), dies at 79
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| 1944 |
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Transport nr 75 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
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| 1944 |
Birth |
Larry Davidson, rocker (Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over)
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| 1945 |
Birth |
Meredith MacRae, Houston Tx, actress (Petticoat Junction, My 3 Sons)
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| 1945 |
Death |
Irma Laplasse, Flemish farmer/nazi collaborator, executed
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| 1946 |
Birth |
Candy Lightner, political activist/founder (MADD)
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| 1946 |
Event |
United flight 521 crashes on takeoff at LaGuardia Airport (NY) 42 die
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| 1946 |
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Braves Bernard Malamud HR shatters Bulova clock in Ebbets Field
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| 1947 |
Birth |
Jocelyne Bourassa, LPGA golfer
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| 1947 |
Death |
Sidney Hugo Nicholson, composer, dies at 72
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| 1948 |
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Schenectady Blue Jays Tom Lasorda strikes out 25 in 15-inning game
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