WillDekkard
05-30-2010, 04:33 AM
Hear are some notable events that happened on This Date in History
- May 30th
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* 70 Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. The Jewish defenders retreats to the First Wall. The Romans built a circumvallation, all trees within fifteen kilometres are cut down.
* 1416 The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund, a supporter of Antipope John XXIII, burns Jerome of Prague following a trial for heresy.
* 1431 Hundred Years' War: in Rouen, France, 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal. Because of this the Catholic Church remember this day as the celebration of Saint Joan of Arc.
* 1434 Hussite Wars (Bohemian Wars): Battle of Lipany effectively ending the war, Utraquist forces led by Divi Bořek of Miletνnek defeat and almost annihilate Taborite forces led by Prokop the Great.
* 1536 King Henry VIII of England marries Jane Seymour, a lady-in-waiting to his first two wives.
* 1539 In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal of finding gold.
* 1574 Henry III becomes King of France.
* 1588 The last ship of the Spanish Armada sets sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel.
* 1635 Thirty Years' War: the Peace of Prague (1635) is signed.
* 1642 From this date all honours granted by Charles I are retrospectively annulled by Parliament.
* 1806 Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel after Dickinson had accused Jackson's wife of bigamy.
* 1814 Napoleonic Wars: War of the Sixth Coalition the Treaty of Paris (1814) is signed returning French borders to their 1792 extent.
* 1815 The East Indiaman ship Arniston is wrecked during a storm at Waenhuiskrans, near Cape Agulhas, present-day South Africa, with the loss of 372 lives.
* 1832 The Rideau Canal in eastern Ontario is opened.
* 1842 John Francis attempts to murder Queen Victoria as she drives down Constitution Hill, London with Prince Albert.
* 1854 The Kansas-Nebraska Act becomes law establishing the US territories of Nebraska and Kansas.
* 1859 Westminster's Big Ben rang for the first time in London.
* 1868 Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern "Memorial Day") is observed in the United States for the first time (By "Commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic" John A. Logan's proclamation on May 5).
* 1871 The Paris Commune falls.
* 1876 Ottoman sultan Abd-ul-Aziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murat V.
* 1879 New York City's Gilmores Garden is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.
* 1883 In New York City, a rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse causes a stampede that crushes twelve people.
* 1911 At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
* 1913 First Balkan War: the Treaty of London, 1913 is signed ending the war. Albania becomes an independent nation.
* 1914 The new and then largest Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City.
* 1917 Alexander I becomes king of Greece.
* 1922 In Washington, D.C. the Lincoln Memorial is dedicated.
* 1941 World War II: Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas climb on the Athenian Acropolis, tear down the Nazi swastika and replace it with the Greek flag.
* 1942 World War II: 1000 British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany.
* 1948 A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless.
* 1958 Memorial Day: the remains of two unidentified American servicemen, killed in action during World War II and the Korean War respectively, are buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.
* 1959 The Auckland Harbour Bridge, crossing the Waitemata Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, is officially opened by Governor-General Lord Cobham.
* 1961 Long time Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo is assassinated in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
* 1963 A protest against pro-Catholic discrimination during the Buddhist crisis is held outside South Vietnam's National Assembly, the first open demonstration during the eight-year rule of Ngo Dinh Diem.
* 1966 Former Congolese Prime Minister Evariste Kimba and several other politicians are publicly executed in Kinshasa on the orders of President Joseph Mobutu.
* 1967 At the Ascot Park in Gardena, California, daredevil Evel Knievel jumps his motorcycle over 16 cars lined up in a row.
* 1967 The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war.
* 1971 Mariner program: Mariner 9 is launched to map 70% of the surface, and to study temporal changes in the atmosphere and surface, of Mars.
* 1972 The Angry Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout Britain.
* 1972 In Tel Aviv members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport Massacre, killing 24 people and injuring 78 others.
* 1989 Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: the 33-foot high "Goddess of Democracy" statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators.
* 1998 A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, killing up to 5,000.
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- May 30th
c/p from Wikipedia
* 70 Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. The Jewish defenders retreats to the First Wall. The Romans built a circumvallation, all trees within fifteen kilometres are cut down.
* 1416 The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund, a supporter of Antipope John XXIII, burns Jerome of Prague following a trial for heresy.
* 1431 Hundred Years' War: in Rouen, France, 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal. Because of this the Catholic Church remember this day as the celebration of Saint Joan of Arc.
* 1434 Hussite Wars (Bohemian Wars): Battle of Lipany effectively ending the war, Utraquist forces led by Divi Bořek of Miletνnek defeat and almost annihilate Taborite forces led by Prokop the Great.
* 1536 King Henry VIII of England marries Jane Seymour, a lady-in-waiting to his first two wives.
* 1539 In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal of finding gold.
* 1574 Henry III becomes King of France.
* 1588 The last ship of the Spanish Armada sets sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel.
* 1635 Thirty Years' War: the Peace of Prague (1635) is signed.
* 1642 From this date all honours granted by Charles I are retrospectively annulled by Parliament.
* 1806 Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel after Dickinson had accused Jackson's wife of bigamy.
* 1814 Napoleonic Wars: War of the Sixth Coalition the Treaty of Paris (1814) is signed returning French borders to their 1792 extent.
* 1815 The East Indiaman ship Arniston is wrecked during a storm at Waenhuiskrans, near Cape Agulhas, present-day South Africa, with the loss of 372 lives.
* 1832 The Rideau Canal in eastern Ontario is opened.
* 1842 John Francis attempts to murder Queen Victoria as she drives down Constitution Hill, London with Prince Albert.
* 1854 The Kansas-Nebraska Act becomes law establishing the US territories of Nebraska and Kansas.
* 1859 Westminster's Big Ben rang for the first time in London.
* 1868 Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern "Memorial Day") is observed in the United States for the first time (By "Commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic" John A. Logan's proclamation on May 5).
* 1871 The Paris Commune falls.
* 1876 Ottoman sultan Abd-ul-Aziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murat V.
* 1879 New York City's Gilmores Garden is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.
* 1883 In New York City, a rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse causes a stampede that crushes twelve people.
* 1911 At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
* 1913 First Balkan War: the Treaty of London, 1913 is signed ending the war. Albania becomes an independent nation.
* 1914 The new and then largest Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City.
* 1917 Alexander I becomes king of Greece.
* 1922 In Washington, D.C. the Lincoln Memorial is dedicated.
* 1941 World War II: Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas climb on the Athenian Acropolis, tear down the Nazi swastika and replace it with the Greek flag.
* 1942 World War II: 1000 British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany.
* 1948 A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless.
* 1958 Memorial Day: the remains of two unidentified American servicemen, killed in action during World War II and the Korean War respectively, are buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.
* 1959 The Auckland Harbour Bridge, crossing the Waitemata Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, is officially opened by Governor-General Lord Cobham.
* 1961 Long time Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo is assassinated in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
* 1963 A protest against pro-Catholic discrimination during the Buddhist crisis is held outside South Vietnam's National Assembly, the first open demonstration during the eight-year rule of Ngo Dinh Diem.
* 1966 Former Congolese Prime Minister Evariste Kimba and several other politicians are publicly executed in Kinshasa on the orders of President Joseph Mobutu.
* 1967 At the Ascot Park in Gardena, California, daredevil Evel Knievel jumps his motorcycle over 16 cars lined up in a row.
* 1967 The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war.
* 1971 Mariner program: Mariner 9 is launched to map 70% of the surface, and to study temporal changes in the atmosphere and surface, of Mars.
* 1972 The Angry Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout Britain.
* 1972 In Tel Aviv members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport Massacre, killing 24 people and injuring 78 others.
* 1989 Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: the 33-foot high "Goddess of Democracy" statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators.
* 1998 A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, killing up to 5,000.
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