May 30
1431 - Joan of Arc was burned at the stake as a heretic.
1536 - King Henry VIII of England married his third wife, Jane Seymour, 11 days after he had his second wife, Anne Boleyn, executed.
1922 - The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. was dedicated by President Warren G. Harding, Chief Justice William Howard Taft and Robert Todd Lincoln.
1937 - Ten people were killed when police fired on steelworkers demonstrating near the Republic Steel plant in South Chicago.
1958 - Unidentified American service members killed in World War II and the Korean War were interred in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.
1968 - The Beatles began recording their "White Album" at EMI Recording Studios in London, starting with the original version of "Revolution 1."
1971 - The American space probe Mariner 9 blasted off from Cape Kennedy on a journey to Mars.
1972 - Three members of the Japanese Red Army opened fire at Los Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, killing 26 people. Two attackers died; the third was captured.
1989 - Student protesters in Beijing erected a "Goddess of Democracy" statue in Tiananmen Square (the statue was destroyed in the Chinese government's crackdown).
1998 - An earthquake in northern Afghanistan killed an estimated 5,000 and injured at least 1,500.
2002 - A solemn, wordless ceremony marked the end of the agonizing cleanup at ground zero in New York, 8 ½ months after 9/11.
2015 - Vice President Joe Biden's son, former Delaware attorney general Beau Biden, died at age 46 of brain cancer.
2018 - Harvey Weinstein was indicted in New York on rape and criminal sex act charges, furthering the first criminal case stemming from sexual misconduct allegations against the former movie mogul.
2018 - Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko stunned colleagues by appearing at a news conference in Kiev less than a day after police in the Ukrainian capital said he'd been assassinated; authorities said his death was staged to foil a plot on his life by Moscow's security services.
2018 - A senior House Republican, Trey Gowdy, said there was no evidence that the FBI planted a "spy" on Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, as Trump had alleged.
2018 - Reality TV star Kim Kardashian West visited the White House to appeal to Trump on behalf of a woman serving a life sentence for drug offenses. (Days later, Trump granted clemency for Alice Marie Johnson, freeing her from prison.)
2020 - Tense protests over the death of George Floyd and other police killings of Black people grew across the country; racially diverse crowds held mostly peaceful demonstrations in dozens of cities, though many later descended into violence, with police cars set ablaze.
Birthdays
23 - Jared Gilmore (actor)
24 - Sean Giambrone (actor)
26 - Jake Short (actor)
27 - Alexxis Lemire (actress)
28 - Jonah Hauer-King (actor)
36 - Javicia Leslie (actress)
42 - Blake Bashoff (actor)
43 - Remy Ma (rapper)
48 - Cee Lo Green (rapper)
52 - Idina Menzel (actress)
52 - John Ross Bowie (actor)
59 - Mark Sheppard (actor)
59 - Wynonna Judd (singer)
61 - Tonya Pinkins (actress)
62 - Ralph Carter (actor)
65 - Ted McGinley (actor)
70 - Colm Meaney (actor)
72 - Stephen Tobolowsky (actor)
88 - Ruta Lee (actress)
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Today in Sports History - May 30
1894 - Bobby Lowe (Boston Red Sox) became the first player to hit four home runs in one game.
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 of the Washington Senators recorded his 113th career shutout. It was also the 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.
1927 - Johnny Neun (Detroit Tigers) became the seventh player to record an unassisted triple play.
1935 - Babe Ruth played in his final major league baseball game for the Boston Braves, leaving after the first inning of the first game of a double-header against the Philadelphia Phillies. (Ruth announced his retirement three days later.)
1937 - Pitcher Carl Hubbell got his 24th consecutive victory.
1948 - Tommy Lasorda of the Schenectady Blue Jays strikes out 25 batters in a 15-inning game.
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.
1967 - Whitey Ford announces his retirement from baseball.
1970 - Voting for the MLB 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.
1982 - Cal Ripken, Jr., began a record streak of playing in 2,632 games. The streak ended on September 20, 1998.
1987 - Eric Davis (Cincinnati Reds) became the first National League player to hit three grand slams in a month and set a National League record of 19 home runs in April and May.
2022 - Jeff Gladney, a defensive back for the NFL's Arizona Cardinals, died in a car crash in Dallas at age 25.
1431 - Joan of Arc was burned at the stake as a heretic.
1536 - King Henry VIII of England married his third wife, Jane Seymour, 11 days after he had his second wife, Anne Boleyn, executed.
1922 - The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. was dedicated by President Warren G. Harding, Chief Justice William Howard Taft and Robert Todd Lincoln.
1937 - Ten people were killed when police fired on steelworkers demonstrating near the Republic Steel plant in South Chicago.
1958 - Unidentified American service members killed in World War II and the Korean War were interred in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.
1968 - The Beatles began recording their "White Album" at EMI Recording Studios in London, starting with the original version of "Revolution 1."
1971 - The American space probe Mariner 9 blasted off from Cape Kennedy on a journey to Mars.
1972 - Three members of the Japanese Red Army opened fire at Los Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, killing 26 people. Two attackers died; the third was captured.
1989 - Student protesters in Beijing erected a "Goddess of Democracy" statue in Tiananmen Square (the statue was destroyed in the Chinese government's crackdown).
1998 - An earthquake in northern Afghanistan killed an estimated 5,000 and injured at least 1,500.
2002 - A solemn, wordless ceremony marked the end of the agonizing cleanup at ground zero in New York, 8 ½ months after 9/11.
2015 - Vice President Joe Biden's son, former Delaware attorney general Beau Biden, died at age 46 of brain cancer.
2018 - Harvey Weinstein was indicted in New York on rape and criminal sex act charges, furthering the first criminal case stemming from sexual misconduct allegations against the former movie mogul.
2018 - Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko stunned colleagues by appearing at a news conference in Kiev less than a day after police in the Ukrainian capital said he'd been assassinated; authorities said his death was staged to foil a plot on his life by Moscow's security services.
2018 - A senior House Republican, Trey Gowdy, said there was no evidence that the FBI planted a "spy" on Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, as Trump had alleged.
2018 - Reality TV star Kim Kardashian West visited the White House to appeal to Trump on behalf of a woman serving a life sentence for drug offenses. (Days later, Trump granted clemency for Alice Marie Johnson, freeing her from prison.)
2020 - Tense protests over the death of George Floyd and other police killings of Black people grew across the country; racially diverse crowds held mostly peaceful demonstrations in dozens of cities, though many later descended into violence, with police cars set ablaze.
Birthdays
23 - Jared Gilmore (actor)
24 - Sean Giambrone (actor)
26 - Jake Short (actor)
27 - Alexxis Lemire (actress)
28 - Jonah Hauer-King (actor)
36 - Javicia Leslie (actress)
42 - Blake Bashoff (actor)
43 - Remy Ma (rapper)
48 - Cee Lo Green (rapper)
52 - Idina Menzel (actress)
52 - John Ross Bowie (actor)
59 - Mark Sheppard (actor)
59 - Wynonna Judd (singer)
61 - Tonya Pinkins (actress)
62 - Ralph Carter (actor)
65 - Ted McGinley (actor)
70 - Colm Meaney (actor)
72 - Stephen Tobolowsky (actor)
88 - Ruta Lee (actress)
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Today in Sports History - May 30
1894 - Bobby Lowe (Boston Red Sox) became the first player to hit four home runs in one game.
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 of the Washington Senators recorded his 113th career shutout. It was also the 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.
1927 - Johnny Neun (Detroit Tigers) became the seventh player to record an unassisted triple play.
1935 - Babe Ruth played in his final major league baseball game for the Boston Braves, leaving after the first inning of the first game of a double-header against the Philadelphia Phillies. (Ruth announced his retirement three days later.)
1937 - Pitcher Carl Hubbell got his 24th consecutive victory.
1948 - Tommy Lasorda of the Schenectady Blue Jays strikes out 25 batters in a 15-inning game.
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.
1967 - Whitey Ford announces his retirement from baseball.
1970 - Voting for the MLB 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.
1982 - Cal Ripken, Jr., began a record streak of playing in 2,632 games. The streak ended on September 20, 1998.
1987 - Eric Davis (Cincinnati Reds) became the first National League player to hit three grand slams in a month and set a National League record of 19 home runs in April and May.
2022 - Jeff Gladney, a defensive back for the NFL's Arizona Cardinals, died in a car crash in Dallas at age 25.
