Interesting things that happened May 30th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1672 Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia
In 1846 Carl Fabergé, Russian jeweler, egg seller
In 1901 Cornelia Otis Skinner, writer, actress
In 1903 Countee Cullen, poet
In 1908 Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Daffy Duck,
****ky
Pig, Tweety Bird, Sylvester the Cat, Barney Rubble, etc, etc
In 1909 Benny Goodman, clarinetist, bandleader, king of swing
In 1918 Bob Evans, restaurateur, sausage maker
In 1922 Hal Clement, teacher, science-fiction writer
In 1926 Christine Jorgensen, pioneer trans***ual
In 1927 Clint Walker, actor (Cheyenne, The Ten Commandments, The Dirty
Dozen)
In 1936 Keir Dullea, actor (2001: A Space Odyssey, Fortune)
In 1943 Gale Sayers, NFL Hall of Fame running back
+ James Chaney, American civil rights activist
In 1964 Wynonna Judd, singer
Events worth noting:
+ The REAL Memorial Day
+ Canary Islands Day
+ Feast of St. Joan of Arc - Roman Catholicism
In 1431 Jeanne d'Arc is burned at the stake in Rouen, France at age 19.
In 1539 Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay in Florida, in search of
gold.
In 1778 The French philosopher Voltaire died.
In 1806 Future US Pres. Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a
duel.
In 1849 King's College is chartered as the University of Toronto.
In 1854 The U.S. territories of Nebraska and Kansas were established.
In 1862 Gen. Beauregard evacuates Corinth, Miss.
In 1871 The Paris Commune falls.
In 1879 New York City's Gilmores Garden is renamed Madison Square
Garden.
In 1894 Bobby Lowe is first to hit 4 homers in 1 baseball game.
In 1911 Indianapolis 500 car race run for first time. Winning driver Ray
Harroun takes it with a blazing 75 mph.
In 1913 Treaty of London ends First Balkan War; Albania is independent
nation.
In 1922 The Lincoln Memorial was dedicated in Wa****ngton, D.C.
In 1931 Stan Kenton and his band gives their first performance (at the
Rendezvous Club on the Balboa Peninsula).
In 1932 Yankees dedicate a plaque to Miller Huggins.
In 1933 Patent on invisible glass installation.
In 1937 Pitcher Carl Hubbell's 24th consecutive victory.
In 1938 Yanks sweep Red Sox 10-0 and 5-4 in front of 83,533 at Yankee
Stadium.
In 1953 First major league network baseball game - Cleveland 7, Chicago
2.
In 1958 Unidentified soldiers killed in World War II and the Korean
conflict
are buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
In 1961 Maris hits his 10th and 11th of 61 homers.
In 1971 Mariner 9 launched.
In 1972 Three Japanese PFL terrorists kill 24, wound 72 at Tel Aviv's
Lydda
air****t.
In 1974 10th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 9-4.
In 1982 Spain became the 16th member of North Atlantic Treaty
Organization .
+ Cal Ripken begins his 2,130-game playing streak.
In 2002 Recovery and cleanup operations at World Trade Center officially
end.
And remember ...
National Barbecue Month
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