May 30th, 1930...

Today is Friday !

TIME Magazine: Edward G.V. Stanley

(TIME Cover: May the 26th, 1930)

1010 - Emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063)
1672 (O.S.) - Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia (d. 1725)
1814 - Mikhail Bakunin, Russian anarchist (d. 1876)
1896 - Howard Hawks, American film director (d. 1977)
1926 - Christine Jorgensen,(born George William Jorgensen, Jr.), American activist (d. 1989)
1934 - Aleksei Leonov, cosmonaut
1955 - Topper Headon, British musician (The Clash)
1964 - Tom Morello, American guitarist (Audioslave, Rage Against The Machine)

Karl Landsteiner
1868-1943

for his discovery of human blood groups

Austria
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research - New York, NY, USA.

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