Today in History for 30th May 2017:
Historical Events
1574 – Sea battle at Lillo Belgium (Adolf Van Haemstede vs Louis de Boisot)
1895 – W G Grace scores his 1,000th Cricket run of the season after 22 days
1923 – Howard Hanson’s 1st Symphony “Nordic” premieres
1951 – Ezzard Charles beats Joey Maxim in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1998 – A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, killing up to 5,000.
2010 – Indianapolis 500: Dario Franchitti wins in 3:05:37.0131 (260.107 km/h)
Famous Birthdays
1653 – Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Empress consort of Germany (d. 1676)
1895 – Maurice Tate, cricketer (great England pace bowler of 20’s)
1930 – Robert Ryman, American painter
1950 – Paresh Rawal, Indian actor
1962 – Tonya Pinkins, actress (Livia Frye-All My Children), born in Chicago, Illinois
1971 – Jiri Slegr, Jihlava Cze, NHL defenseman (Edmonton Oilers, Oly-G-98)
Famous Deaths
1434 – Prokop the Great, Hussite general
1953 – Dooley Wilson, American musician and actor (b. 1886)
1991 – Manolo Gomez Bur, Spanish comedian dies at 74
1995 – Ted Drake, soccer star, dies at 82
1996 – John Kahn, bassist, dies at 47
1996 – John Cameron, Scottish judge, dies at 96