TODAY’S HISTORY LESSON: MAY 30
1416 Jerome of Prague is burned as a heretic by the Church.
1431 Hundred Years’ War: 19 year old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal in Rouen, France
1536 King Henry VIII of England married his 3rd wife, Jane Seymour, 11 days after he had his 2nd wife, Anne Boleyn executed.
1783 The first American daily newspaper, The Pennsylvania Evening Post, begins publishing in Philadelphia.
1814 The First Treaty of Paris is declared, returning France to its 1792 borders.
1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo between US and Mexico comes into force, giving New Mexico, California and parts of Nevada, Utah, Arizona and Colorado to the US in return for $15 million
1848 William Young patents the ice cream freezer.
1854 The Kansas-Nebraska Act repeals the Missouri Compromise.
1868 Memorial Day was observed widely for the first time in the U.S. https://www.qgazette.com/articles/the-origins-of-memorial-day-14/
1883 Rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse caused a stampede that kills 12
1911 The first Indianapolis 500 was won by Ray Harroun.
1912 U.S. Marines are sent to Nicaragua to protect American interests.
1913 Treaty of London signed by the Great Powers, the Ottoman Empire and the victorious Balkan League (Serbia, Greece, Kingdom of Bulgaria, and Montenegro) bringing an end to the First Balkan War
1921 The U.S. Navy transfers the Teapot Dome oil reserves to the Department of the Interior.
1922 The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, was dedicated by Chief Justice William Howard Taft.
1935 Babe Ruth’s final game, goes hitless for Braves against Phillies
1937 Memorial Day Massacre – Chicago police shoot on union marchers at Republic Steel Plant in Chicago, 10 die
1943 American forces secured the Aleutian island of Attu from the Japanese during World War II.
1958 Unidentified soldiers killed in World War II and the Korean conflicts were buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
1967 The Republic of Biafra is proclaimed. The short-lived state consisted of Nigeria’s Eastern Region. Its secession sparked the Nigerian Civil War, which lasted until 1970 and resulted in the region’s re-integration into Nigeria.
1971 Blue Ribbon Sports officially became Nike, Inc.
1991 Supreme Court rules prosecutors can be sued for legal advice they give police & can be held accountable
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.
2011 Germany abandons nuclear energy. The government’s decision followed the nuclear meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima power plant and years of hands-on protests and activism by Germany powerful anti-nuclear movement.
2012 New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the Portion Cap Rule. The proposed amendment to the city health code would have required that food service establishments limit the size of sugary beverages to 16 ounces. On June 26, 2014, the New York Court of Appeals ruled that the New York City Board of Health had exceeded the scope of its regulatory authority.
REFERENCE: history.net, onthisday.com, thepeopleshistory.com, timeanddate.com, scopesys.com, on-this-day.com
