May 30
1431 - Joan of Arc was burned at the stake as a heretic in Rouen, France.
1536 - England's King Henry VIII 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 Chicago.
1958 - Unidentified American service members killed in World War II and the Korean War were interred in the Tomb of the Unknown Solider at Arlington National Cemetery.
1971 - The American space probe Mariner 9 blasted off from Cape Kennedy on a journey to Mars.
1989 - Student protesters in Beijing erected a “Goddess of Democracy” statue in Tiananmen Square (the statue was destroyed in the Chinese government’s crackdown).
1994 - Mormon Church president Ezra Taft Benson died in Salt Lake City at age 94.
1998 - An earthquake in northern Afghanistan (and subsequent aftershocks) killed an estimated 5,000 and injured 1,500 more.
2002 - A solemn, wordless ceremony marked the end of the agonizing cleanup at ground zero in New York, 8 1/2 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 - Gaza’s Hamas rulers said they had agreed to a cease-fire with Israel to end the largest flare-up of violence between the two sides since a 2014 war.
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.
2022 - After the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas that killed 19 elementary school students and two teachers, President Joe Biden said the “Second Amendment was never absolute” and that there may be some bipartisan support to tighten restrictions on the kind of high-powered weapons used by the gunman.
2013 - Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes was taken into custody at the Texas prison where she was sentenced to spend the next 11 years for overseeing an infamous blood-testing hoax.
Birthdays
24 - Jared Gilmore (actor)
25 - Sean Giambrone (actor)
27 - Jake Short (actor)
28 - Alexxis Lemire (actress)
32 - Danielle Harold (actress)
37 - Javicia Leslie (actress)
43 - Blake Bashoff (actor)
49 - Cee Lo Green (rapper)
53 - Idina Menzel (actress)
53 - John Ross Bowie (actor)
60 - Mark Sheppard (actor)
60 - Wynonna Judd (singer)
62 - Tonya Pinkins (actress)
63 - Ralph Carter (actor)
66 - Ted McGinley (actor)
69 - Jake "The Snake" Roberts (professional wrestler)
71 - Colm Meaney (actor)
73 - Stephen Tobolowsky (actor)
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Today in Sports History - May 30
1911 - The first Indianapolis 500 was won by Ray Harroun.
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 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 in a game 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, suiting up for the Boston Braves in a contest against the Philadelphia Phillies.
1937 - Pitcher Carl Hubbell got his 24th consecutive victory.
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.
1982 - Cal Ripken, Jr., began a record streak of playing in 2,632 games. The streak ended on September 20, 1998.
1983 - New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner was suspended for one week for his public criticism of umpires.
1985 - The Edmonton Oilers defeat the Philadelphia Flyers to win the Stanley Cup.
1986 - Barry Bonds makes his MLB debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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.
1431 - Joan of Arc was burned at the stake as a heretic in Rouen, France.
1536 - England's King Henry VIII 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 Chicago.
1958 - Unidentified American service members killed in World War II and the Korean War were interred in the Tomb of the Unknown Solider at Arlington National Cemetery.
1971 - The American space probe Mariner 9 blasted off from Cape Kennedy on a journey to Mars.
1989 - Student protesters in Beijing erected a “Goddess of Democracy” statue in Tiananmen Square (the statue was destroyed in the Chinese government’s crackdown).
1994 - Mormon Church president Ezra Taft Benson died in Salt Lake City at age 94.
1998 - An earthquake in northern Afghanistan (and subsequent aftershocks) killed an estimated 5,000 and injured 1,500 more.
2002 - A solemn, wordless ceremony marked the end of the agonizing cleanup at ground zero in New York, 8 1/2 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 - Gaza’s Hamas rulers said they had agreed to a cease-fire with Israel to end the largest flare-up of violence between the two sides since a 2014 war.
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.
2022 - After the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas that killed 19 elementary school students and two teachers, President Joe Biden said the “Second Amendment was never absolute” and that there may be some bipartisan support to tighten restrictions on the kind of high-powered weapons used by the gunman.
2013 - Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes was taken into custody at the Texas prison where she was sentenced to spend the next 11 years for overseeing an infamous blood-testing hoax.
Birthdays
24 - Jared Gilmore (actor)
25 - Sean Giambrone (actor)
27 - Jake Short (actor)
28 - Alexxis Lemire (actress)
32 - Danielle Harold (actress)
37 - Javicia Leslie (actress)
43 - Blake Bashoff (actor)
49 - Cee Lo Green (rapper)
53 - Idina Menzel (actress)
53 - John Ross Bowie (actor)
60 - Mark Sheppard (actor)
60 - Wynonna Judd (singer)
62 - Tonya Pinkins (actress)
63 - Ralph Carter (actor)
66 - Ted McGinley (actor)
69 - Jake "The Snake" Roberts (professional wrestler)
71 - Colm Meaney (actor)
73 - Stephen Tobolowsky (actor)
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Today in Sports History - May 30
1911 - The first Indianapolis 500 was won by Ray Harroun.
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 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 in a game 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, suiting up for the Boston Braves in a contest against the Philadelphia Phillies.
1937 - Pitcher Carl Hubbell got his 24th consecutive victory.
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.
1982 - Cal Ripken, Jr., began a record streak of playing in 2,632 games. The streak ended on September 20, 1998.
1983 - New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner was suspended for one week for his public criticism of umpires.
1985 - The Edmonton Oilers defeat the Philadelphia Flyers to win the Stanley Cup.
1986 - Barry Bonds makes his MLB debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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.
