May 30
Today is the 151st day of 2016, there are 215 days left in the year.
1431 - Joan of Arc was condemned as a heretic and burned at the stake in Rouen, France.
1536 - King Henry VIII of England married his third wife, Jane Seymour, 11 days after he had his second wife, Anne Boleyn, executed.
1539 - Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto landed in Florida.
1854 - The territories of Nebraska and Kansas were established.
1883 - Twelve people were trampled to death in a stampede sparked by a rumor that the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge was in danger of collapsing.
1922 - the Lincoln Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C.
1958 - Unidentified soldiers killed in World War II and the Korean conflict were buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
1982 - Spain became NATO's 16th member.
1996 - Britain's Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson were granted an uncontested decree ending their 10-year marriage.
1997 - Child molester Jesse K. Timmendequas was convicted in Trenton, N.J., of raping and strangling a 7-year-old neighbor, Megan Kanka. (The case inspired "Megan's Law," which requires that communities be notified when sex offenders move in.)
2002 - A solemn, wordless ceremony marked the end of the cleanup at Ground Zero in New York, 8 1/2 months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
2005 - Vice President Dick Cheney predicted the Iraq war would end before the Bush administration left office, saying, "I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency," on CNN's "Larry King Live".
2006 - A jury in Rockville, Maryland convicted John Allen Muhammad of six of the Washington-area sniper killings.
2011 - Germany announced plans to abandon nuclear power over the next 11 years, outlining an ambitious strategy in the wake of Japan's Fukushima disaster to replace atomic power with renewable energy sources.
Birthdays
24 - Harrison Barnes (basketball player)
24 - Danielle Harold (actress)
31 - Jennifer Winget (actress)
32 - Yael Grobglas (actress)
33 - Jennifer Ellison (actress)
41 - Marissa Mayer (corporate executive)
42 - CeeLo Green (R&B singer)
44 - Manny Ramirez (baseball player)
45 - John Ross Bowie (actor)
45 - Idina Menzel (actress)
52 - Mark Sheppard (actor)
52 - Wynonna Judd (country singer)
61 - Jake "The Snake" Roberts (professional wrestler)
73 - Gale Sayers (football player)
89 - Clint Walker (actor)
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Today in Sports History - May 30
1911 - Ray Harroun won the first Indianapolis Sweepstakes. The 500-mile auto race later became known as the Indianapolis 500. Harroun's average speed was 74.59 miles per hour.
1922 - Max Flack (Chicago Cubs) and Cliff Heathcote (St. Louis Cardinals) were traded for each other between the morning and afternoon games of a Memorial Day twin bill. They played one game for each team.
1927 - Walter Johnson records the 113th and final shutout of his career.
1927 - Jim Cooney (Chicago Cubs) became the sixth player to record an unassisted triple play against the Pittsburgh Pirates. He caught Paul Waner's line drive, stepped on second to double Lloyd Waner and then tagged Clyde Barnhart coming from first.
1935 - Babe Ruth's final Major League Baseball game, goes hitless for Boston Braves against Philadelphia Phillies. Ruth played 22 seasons, winning ten World Series tournaments, and scoring 714 home runs.
1937 - Pitcher Carl Hubbell got his 24th consecutive victory.
1955 - Bob Sweikert won the Indianapolis 500. During the race Bill Vukovich hit the 3-car pileup of Al Keller, Johnny Boyd, and Rodger Ward. He was killed when his car became airborne and went out of the course, landing upside down and on fire.
1964 - San Francisco Giants sweep New York Mets 5-3 and 8-6 in 23 innings, records include elapsed time of 9:50, 47 strikeouts, 7:22 for second game and New York's 22 K's in second games.
1967 - Whitey Ford announces his retirement from baseball.
1970 - Voting for baseball's All-Star game was returned to the fans.
1971 - Willie Mays hit his 638th home run. He set a National League record of 1,950 runs scored.
1976 - At the Indianapolis 500, Bobby Unser sets a world record for fastest pit stop at four seconds.
1985 - The Edmonton Oilers defeat the Philadelphia Flyers in five games to win the Stanley Cup.
1982 - Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles played in the first of a record 2,632 consecutive major league baseball games.
1992 - Scott Sanderson (New York Yankees) became the 9th pitcher to beat all 26 teams.
2001 - Barry Bonds hit two home runs to move into 11th place on the major league career list with 522.
Today is the 151st day of 2016, there are 215 days left in the year.
1431 - Joan of Arc was condemned as a heretic and burned at the stake in Rouen, France.
1536 - King Henry VIII of England married his third wife, Jane Seymour, 11 days after he had his second wife, Anne Boleyn, executed.
1539 - Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto landed in Florida.
1854 - The territories of Nebraska and Kansas were established.
1883 - Twelve people were trampled to death in a stampede sparked by a rumor that the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge was in danger of collapsing.
1922 - the Lincoln Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C.
1958 - Unidentified soldiers killed in World War II and the Korean conflict were buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
1982 - Spain became NATO's 16th member.
1996 - Britain's Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson were granted an uncontested decree ending their 10-year marriage.
1997 - Child molester Jesse K. Timmendequas was convicted in Trenton, N.J., of raping and strangling a 7-year-old neighbor, Megan Kanka. (The case inspired "Megan's Law," which requires that communities be notified when sex offenders move in.)
2002 - A solemn, wordless ceremony marked the end of the cleanup at Ground Zero in New York, 8 1/2 months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
2005 - Vice President Dick Cheney predicted the Iraq war would end before the Bush administration left office, saying, "I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency," on CNN's "Larry King Live".
2006 - A jury in Rockville, Maryland convicted John Allen Muhammad of six of the Washington-area sniper killings.
2011 - Germany announced plans to abandon nuclear power over the next 11 years, outlining an ambitious strategy in the wake of Japan's Fukushima disaster to replace atomic power with renewable energy sources.
Birthdays
24 - Harrison Barnes (basketball player)
24 - Danielle Harold (actress)
31 - Jennifer Winget (actress)
32 - Yael Grobglas (actress)
33 - Jennifer Ellison (actress)
41 - Marissa Mayer (corporate executive)
42 - CeeLo Green (R&B singer)
44 - Manny Ramirez (baseball player)
45 - John Ross Bowie (actor)
45 - Idina Menzel (actress)
52 - Mark Sheppard (actor)
52 - Wynonna Judd (country singer)
61 - Jake "The Snake" Roberts (professional wrestler)
73 - Gale Sayers (football player)
89 - Clint Walker (actor)
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Today in Sports History - May 30
1911 - Ray Harroun won the first Indianapolis Sweepstakes. The 500-mile auto race later became known as the Indianapolis 500. Harroun's average speed was 74.59 miles per hour.
1922 - Max Flack (Chicago Cubs) and Cliff Heathcote (St. Louis Cardinals) were traded for each other between the morning and afternoon games of a Memorial Day twin bill. They played one game for each team.
1927 - Walter Johnson records the 113th and final shutout of his career.
1927 - Jim Cooney (Chicago Cubs) became the sixth player to record an unassisted triple play against the Pittsburgh Pirates. He caught Paul Waner's line drive, stepped on second to double Lloyd Waner and then tagged Clyde Barnhart coming from first.
1935 - Babe Ruth's final Major League Baseball game, goes hitless for Boston Braves against Philadelphia Phillies. Ruth played 22 seasons, winning ten World Series tournaments, and scoring 714 home runs.
1937 - Pitcher Carl Hubbell got his 24th consecutive victory.
1955 - Bob Sweikert won the Indianapolis 500. During the race Bill Vukovich hit the 3-car pileup of Al Keller, Johnny Boyd, and Rodger Ward. He was killed when his car became airborne and went out of the course, landing upside down and on fire.
1964 - San Francisco Giants sweep New York Mets 5-3 and 8-6 in 23 innings, records include elapsed time of 9:50, 47 strikeouts, 7:22 for second game and New York's 22 K's in second games.
1967 - Whitey Ford announces his retirement from baseball.
1970 - Voting for baseball's All-Star game was returned to the fans.
1971 - Willie Mays hit his 638th home run. He set a National League record of 1,950 runs scored.
1976 - At the Indianapolis 500, Bobby Unser sets a world record for fastest pit stop at four seconds.
1985 - The Edmonton Oilers defeat the Philadelphia Flyers in five games to win the Stanley Cup.
1982 - Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles played in the first of a record 2,632 consecutive major league baseball games.
1992 - Scott Sanderson (New York Yankees) became the 9th pitcher to beat all 26 teams.
2001 - Barry Bonds hit two home runs to move into 11th place on the major league career list with 522.
