Wednesday, May 30, 2018

History for May 30

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History for May 30 - On-This-Day.com
Mel Blanc 1908, Benny Goodman 1909, Joseph W. Kennedy 1916
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Clint Walker 1927, Gale Sayers 1943 - Football player, Wynonna Judd 1964 - Country musician (The Judds)
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1431 - Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in Rouen, France, at the age of 19.
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1539 - Hernando de Soto, the Spanish explorer, landed in Florida with 600 soldiers to search for gold.
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1868 - Memorial Day was observed widely for the first time in the U.S.
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1896 - The first automobile accident occurred in New York City.
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1911 - Ray Harroun won the first Indianapolis 500. At the time, it was known as International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race. Harroun's average speed was 74.59 miles per hour.
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1922 - The Lincoln Memorial was dedicated in Washington, DC.
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1958 - Unidentified soldiers killed in World War II and the Korean conflicts were buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
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1997 - Jesse K. Timmendequas was convicted in Trenton, NJ, of raping and strangling a 7-year-old neighbor, Megan Kanka. The 1994 murder inspired "Megan's Law," requiring that communities be notified when sex offenders move in.
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