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Today's Significant Events

1431 - Hundred Years' War: in Rouen, France, 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal.

1539 - Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto discovers Florida

1848 - Mexico ratifies treaty giving US; New Mexico, California & parts of Nevada, Utah, Arizona & Colorado in return for $15 million

1868 - 'Decoration Day', later called Memorial Day, first observed in Northern US states

1913 - New country of Albania, forms

Today's Historical Events

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1035 - Boudouin V van Rijsel becomes earl of Flanders
1087 - German emperor Henry IV crowns his son Koenraad
1100 - Burchard becomes bishop of Utrecht
1381 - English peasant uprising begins in Essex
1416 - Jerome of Prague burned at the stake for heresy by church Council of Constance
1431 - Hundred Years' War: in Rouen, France, 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal.
1434 - The Battle of Lipany (also called the Battle of Česky Brod), ending Taborites influence
1498 - Columbus departs with 6 ships for 3rd trip to America
1522 - French troops driven out of Genoa

Explorer of the New World Christopher Columbus1527 - University of Marburg (Germany) founded
1539 - Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto discovers Florida
1574 - Henry III follows brother Charles IX as king of France
1574 - Sea battle at Lillo Belgium (Adolf Van Haemstede vs Louis de Boisot)
1584 - Earl Adolf of Nieuwenaar and Meurs becomes viceroy of Gelderland
1631 - The Treaty of Fontainebleau signed between Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, and the Kingdom of France, establishing a secret alliance between them during the Thirty Years' War.
1635 - The Peace of Prague signed between the Habsburg Emperor Ferdinand II and the Electorate of Saxony (representing Protestant states of the Holy Roman Empire). It effectively ended the civil war aspect of the Thirty Years' War
1642 - All honours granted by Charles I are retrospectively annulled by Parliament
1646 - Spain & Netherlands sign temporary cease fire

King Charles I1783 - Benjamin Tower of Phila publishes 1st daily newspaper in US
1793 - Georges Couthon chosen member of French Committee the Salut Public
1806 - Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel after Dickinson had accused Jackson's wife of bigamy.
1808 - Napoleon Bonaparte annexes Tuscany & gave it seats in French Senate
1814 - Napoleonic Wars: War of the Sixth Coalition - the Treaty of Paris (1814) is signed returning French borders to their 1792 extent.
1821 - James Boyd patents Rubber Fire Hose
1822 - House slave betrays Denmark Vesey conspiracy (37 blacks hanged)
1832 - Evariste Galois give his theory on free assembly (dies in duel May 31)
1832 - The Rideau Canal in eastern Ontario is opened.
1842 - John Francis attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria
1848 - 2nd battle at Gioto: Sardinia-Piemonte beats Austrians

French Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte1848 - William G Young patents ice cream freezer
1848 - Mexico ratifies treaty giving US; New Mexico, California & parts of Nevada, Utah, Arizona & Colorado in return for $15 million
1854 - Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed Missouri Compromise opens north slavery
1854 - Territories of Kansas & Nebraska created
1858 - Hudson's Bay Company's rights to Vancouver Island revoked
1862 - Battle of Booneville MS - captured Gen Beauregard evacuates Corinth
1864 - Cavalry fight at Battle of Bethesda Church/Totopotomoy Creek Virginia during US Civil War
1866 - Opera "Die Verkaufte Braut" premieres (Prague)
1868 - 'Decoration Day', later called Memorial Day, first observed in Northern US states
1876 - Ottoman sultan Abd-ul-Aziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murat V.
1879 - 92°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May
1879 - Gilmore Garden (NYC) renamed Madison Square Garden
1879 - An F4 tornado strikes Irving, Kansas, killing 18 and injuring 60.
1883 - Stampede caused by a rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge was going to collapse kills 12
1890 - 1st Dodger home run (Dave Foutz)
1894 - Bobby Lowe is 1st to hit 4 HRs in 1 baseball game
1895 - W G Grace scores his 1,000th Cricket run of the season after 22 days
1896 - 1st car accident occurs, Henry Wells hit a bicyclist (NYC)
1899 - 24th Preakness: R Clawson aboard Half Time wins in 1:47
1901 - Hall of Fame for Great American on NYU campus dedicated
1902 - Spanish King Alfonso XII, who was elected as a constitutional monarch, suspends the Cortes, Spain's parliament
1903 - 28th Preakness: W Gannon aboard Flocarline wins in 1:44.8
1904 - Frank Chance gets hit by pitch 5 times in a doubleheader
1904 - The Japanese Army capture the City of Dairen after landing troops along the south coast of Manchuria
1906 - 40th Belmont: Lucien Lyne aboard Burgomaster wins in 2:20
1907 - 41st Belmont: G Mountain aboard Peter Pan wins
1908 - 1st federal workmen's compensation law approved
1908 - 42nd Belmont: Joe Notter aboard Colin win
1908 - Aldrich Vineland Currency Act forerunner to Federal Reserve System
1908 - Paris advocate E Archdeacon is 1st passenger in a airplane
1908 - US Assay Office in Salt Lake City, Utah authorized
1909 - National Conference on the Negro is held
1909 - Reuben Siegel laid cornerstone of 1st home in Tel-Aviv
1910 - 44th Belmont: James Butwell aboard Sweep wins in 2:22
1911 - 1st Indianapolis 500 car race, Ray Harroun wins at 74.59 MPH (120 KPH)
1912 - US Marines sent to Nicaragua
1912 - Indianapolis 500: Joe Dawson wins in 6:21:06.144 (120.060 km/h)
1913 - 1st Balkan War ends, Treaty of London
1913 - New country of Albania, forms
1913 - John McGraw joins Fred Clarke, Cap Anson, Frank Selee, & Connie Mack as managers who have won 1,000 games
1913 - Indianapolis 500: Jules Goux wins in 6:35:05.108 (126.686 km/h)
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.
1914 - Indianapolis 500: René Thomas wins in 6:03:45.060 (132.729 km/h)
1916 - Indianapolis 500: Dario Resta wins in 3:34:16.990 (135.187 km/h)
1917 - Jazz standard "Dark Town Strutters Ball" by Original Dixieland Jass Band first recorded
1921 - Lord Dunsany's "If" premieres in London
1921 - Memorial to Capt Eddie Grant, killed in WW I, unveiled at Polo Grounds
1921 - Salzburg, Austria, votes to join Germany
1921 - Indianapolis 500: Tommy Milton wins in 5:34:44.578 (144.231 km/h)
1922 - Latvia & Vatican sign accord
1922 - Completed Lincoln Memorial dedicated by US Chief Justice William H. Taft in front of 50,000
1922 - Cubs swap Max Flack for Cards Cliff Heathcote during middle of doubleheader. Both play for both teams that day
1922 - Indianapolis 500: Jimmy Murphy wins in 5:17:30.845 (152.057 km/h)

Composer and Conductor Howard Hanson1923 - Howard Hanson's 1st Symphony "Nordic" premieres
1923 - Indianapolis 500: Tommy Milton wins in 5:31:19.618 (145.718 km/h)
1924 - Socialist Matteotti falls in Italian parliament by fascists
1924 - Indianapolis 500: Lora L. Corum/Joe Boyer wins in 5:05:23.595 (158.092 km/h)
1925 - British mariners shoot on demonstrators
1925 - Peter DePaolo became 1st man to average over 100 mph at Indy
1925 - Rogers Hornsby replaces Branch Rickey as manager of Cardinals
1925 - In China protests erupt against the Great Powers infringing on Chinese sovereignty.
1925 - Indianapolis 500: Peter DePaolo wins in 4:56:39.401 (162.748 km/h)
1927 - Walter Johnson records 113th & last shutout of his career
1927 - Indianapolis 500: George Souders wins in 5:07:33.022 (156.983 km/h)
1928 - Indianapolis 500: Louis Meyer wins in 5:01:33.725 (160.101 km/h)

MLB Pitcher Walter Johnson1929 - Indianapolis 500: Ray Keech wins in 5:07:25.458 (157.048 km/h)
1930 - Indianapolis 500: Bill Arnold wins (161.6 kph)
1931 - Phillies Chuck Klein homers off Ben Cantwell (Braves) in both ends DH
1931 - Indianapolis 500: Louis Schneider wins in 5:10:27.948 (155.509 km/h)
1932 - Yankees dedicate a plaque to Miller Huggins
1932 - Indianapolis 500: Fred Frame wins in 4:48:03.761 (167.604 km/h)
1933 - Patent on invisible glass installation
1933 - Indianapolis 500: Louis Meyer wins in 4:48:00.774 (167.632 km/h)
1934 - Indianapolis 500: Bill Cummings wins in 4:46:05.254 (168.761 km/h)
1935 - Babe Ruth's final game, goes hitless for Braves against Phillies
1935 - Indianapolis 500: Kelly Petillo wins in 4:42:22.771 (170.977 km/h)
1936 - Indianapolis 500: Louis Meyer wins in 4:35:03.314 (175.530 km/h)
1937 - 20th PGA Championship: Denny Shute at Pittsburgh FC Aspinwall PA

Golfer and Three-Time Major Championship Winner Denny Shute1937 - Memorial Day Massacre - Chicago police shoot on union marchers, 10 die
1937 - Pitcher Carl Hubbell's 24th consecutive victory
1937 - Police kill 10 strikers at Republic Steel Plant in Chicago
1937 - 61,756, 2nd-largest crowd in Polo Grounds history, sees Dodgers ends Carl Hubbell's consecutive-game winning streak at 24
1938 - Yanks sweep Red Sox 10-0 & 5-4 in front of 83,533 at Yankee Stadium
1938 - Indianapolis 500: Floyd Roberts wins in 4:15:58.362 (188.615 km/h)
1939 - Indianapolis 500: Wilbur Shaw wins in 4:20:47.412 (185.131 km/h)
1940 - Indianapolis 500: Wilbur Shaw wins in 4:22:31.201 (183.911 km/h)
1941 - 1st anti semitic measures in Serbia
1941 - British Army enters Baghdad, chasing pro-German coup government
1941 - Germans capture Crete
1941 - Indianapolis 500: Floyd Davis/Mauri Rose wins in 4:20:36.266 (185.263 km/h)
1942 - 1,047 bombers bomb Cologne in RAF's raid of WW II
1942 - Reichsfuehrer Herman Himmler arrives in Prague
1942 - Satchel Paige pitches 5 innings to defeat Dizzy Dean All-Stars 8-1
1942 - US aircraft carrier Yorktown leaves Pearl Harbor

French President Charles de Gaulle1943 - French general Charles de Gaulle arrives in Algiers
1943 - US troops reconquer Attu Aleutians
1944 - Transport number 75 departs with French Jews to Nazi Germany
1946 - Braves Bernard Malamud HR shatters Bulova clock in Ebbets Field
1946 - United flight 521 crashes on takeoff at LaGuardia Airport (NY) 42 die
1946 - Indianapolis 500: George Robson wins in 4:21:16.711 (184.785 km/h)
1947 - Indianapolis 500: Mauri Rose wins in 4:17:52.159 (187.228 km/h)
1948 - Schenectady Blue Jays Tom Lasorda strikes out 25 in 15-inning game
1948 - A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless.
1949 - East German constitution approved
1949 - NPS/VHP win 1st general election in Suriname
1949 - WRTV TV channel 6 in Indianapolis, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting

Baseball Manager Tom Lasorda1949 - Indianapolis 500: Bill Holland wins in 4:07:15.939 (195.257 km/h)
1950 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open
1951 - Ezzard Charles beats Joey Maxim in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1951 - Indianapolis 500: Lee Wallard wins in 3:57:38.103 (203.170 km/h)
1952 - Charlie Grimm succeeds Tommy Holmes as manager of Boston Braves
1952 - Darius Milhaud's "West Point Suite" premieres
1952 - Indianapolis 500: Troy Ruttman wins in 3:52:41.930 (207.480 km/h)
1953 - 1st major league network baseball game-Cleveland 7, Chicago 2
1953 - 23rd French Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats V Seixas (6-3 6-4 1-6 6-2)
1953 - 23rd French Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (6-2 6-4)
1953 - Indianapolis 500: Bill Vukovich wins in 3:53:01.668 (207.187 km/h)
1954 - Dutch bishops forbid membership to non-catholic sporting clubs
1954 - Emile Zatopek runs world record 5K (13:57.2)
1954 - Hector Villa-Lobos' "Odisseia de Uma Raca" premieres

Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major Champion Ken Rosewall1955 - KMVT TV channel 11 in Twin Falls, ID (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1955 - Said el-Mufti forms Jordan government
1955 - Tunisia begins domestic self governing
1956 - Bus boycott begins in Tallahassee Florida
1956 - Mickey Mantle misses by 18" hitting 1st HR out of Yankee Stadium
1956 - US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
1956 - Indianapolis 500: Pat Flaherty wins in 3:53:28.872 (206.785 km/h)
1957 - Real Madrid wins 2nd Europe Cup 1 in Madrid
1957 - Test Cricket debut for Rohan Kanhai v England at Edgbaston
1957 - Indianapolis 500: Sam Hanks wins in 3:41:14.238 (218.229 km/h)
1958 - US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
1958 - Unidentified soldiers killed in WW II & Korean War buried in Arlington
1958 - Indianapolis 500: Jimmy Bryan wins in 3:44:21.064 (215.316 km/h)
1959 - "First Impressions" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 84 performances
1959 - "Nervous Set" closes at Henry Miller's Theater NYC after 23 perfs

Author Henry Miller1959 - Iraq terminates milt assistance pact with US due to neutrality
1959 - Pres Somoza ends emergency crisis in Nicaragua
1959 - Pres Stroessner disbands Paraguay's parliament
1959 - World's 1st hovercraft (SR-N1) tested at Cowes, England
1959 - The Auckland Harbour Bridge is officially opened in Auckland, New Zealand.
1959 - Indianapolis 500: Rodger Ward wins in 3:40:47.470 (218.641 km/h)
1960 - Indianapolis 500: Jim Rathmann wins in 3:36:11.384 (223.324 km/h)
1961 - Dutch DC-8 crashes after takeoff at Lisbon, 62 die
1961 - Maris hits his 10th & 11th of 61 HRs
1961 - Long time Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo is assassinated in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
1961 - Indianapolis 500: A. J. Foyt wins in 3:35:37.540 (223.908 km/h)
1962 - 69 killed in bus crash (Ahmedabad India)
1962 - Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem" premieres
1962 - Indianapolis 500: Rodger Ward wins in 3:33:50.291 (225.780 km/h)
1963 - Indianapolis 500: Parnelli Jones wins in 3:29:35.365 (230.357 km/h)
1964 - "Beyond the Fringe" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 673 perfs
1964 - Beatles 1961 record of "Cry for a Shadow" is #1 in Australia
1964 - Beatles' "Love Me Do" single goes #1
1964 - Giants sweep Mets 5-3 & 8-6 in 23 inn, records include elapsed time of 9:50, 47 strikeouts, 7:22 for 2nd game & NY's 22 K's in 2nd games
1964 - Indianapolis 500: A. J. Foyt wins in 3:23:35.813 (237.137 km/h)
1965 - France performs nuclear test at Ecker Algeria (Underground)
1965 - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
1965 - Viet Cong offensive against US base Da Nang, begins
1965 - Vivian Malone is 1st black to graduate from University of Alabama
1966 - 300 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam
1966 - Indianapolis 500: Graham Hill wins (232.2 kph)
1966 - US launches Surveyor 1 to Moon
1967 - Biafra declares independence from Nigeria
1967 - King Hussein of Jordan visits Cairo

Motorcycle Daredevil Evel Knievel1967 - Robert "Evel" Knievel's motorcycle jumps 16 automobiles
1967 - Yankee Whitey Ford, nearing 41, announces his retirement from baseball
1968 - Beatles begin work on their only double album "Beatles"
1968 - President De Gaulle disbands French parliament
1968 - University church in Leipzig, German DR, blown up
1968 - West German Parliament accepts emergency crisis law
1968 - Indianapolis 500: Bobby Unser wins in 3:16:13.786 (246.040 km/h)
1969 - Derek Clayton runs world record marathon (2:08:33.6) at Antwerp
1969 - Gibraltar adopts constitution
1969 - People revolt in Willemstad, Curacao
1969 - Riots on the Caribbean island of Curaçao
1969 - Indianapolis 500: Mario Andretti wins in 3:11:14.689 (252.453 km/h)
1970 - "Minnie's Boys" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 80 performances
1970 - Baseball All-Star voting is returned to fans

Racing Car Driver Mario Andretti1970 - Indianapolis 500: Al Unser wins in 3:12:37.057 (250.654 km/h)
1971 - 36 hospitalized during Grateful Dead concert; drunk LSD apple juice
1971 - Train crash at Duivendrecht, Netherlands, 5 die
1971 - US Mariner 9 1st satellite to orbit Mars launched
1971 - Willie Mays hits his 638th HR, sets NL record of 1,950 runs scored
1972 - 3 Jap PFL terrorists kills 24, wound 72 at Tel Aviv's Lod Intl airport
1972 - The Angry Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout Britain.
1973 - Ajax wins 3rd Europe Cup
1974 - 10th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 9-4
1975 - European Space Agency (ESA) forms
1975 - Wings release "Venus & Mars" album
1976 - 22nd LPGA Championship won by Betty Burfeindt
1976 - Bobby Unser sets world record for fastest pit stop (4 seconds)

MLB Legend Willie Mays1976 - Indianapolis 500: Johnny Rutherford wins in 1:42:52.466 (239.350 km/h)
1977 - Cleve Indian Dennis Eckersley no-hits California Angels, 2-0
1979 - Nottingham Forrest wins 24th Europe Cup 1 at Munich
1979 - Pat Underwood makes his pitching debut for Detroit beats brother Tom
1979 - Percom Data Company Inc release Microdos for Radio Shack's TRS-80
1979 - Ted Coombs begins a 5,193 mile roller skate from LA to NYC
1980 - 1st papal visit to France since 1814
1980 - Tiger reliever John Hiller, 37, (who had a 1971 heart attack), retires
1980 - Turner's painting "Juliet & Her Nurse" sells for $6.4 million
1980 - Twins Ken Landreaux ends his hitting streak after 31 games
1981 - "Nightline" extends from 4 nights to 5 nights a week (Friday)
1981 - Bangladesh Pres Ziaur Rahman is shot by group of rebel officers
1981 - LA Dodgers are quickest to get 1,000,000 attendence (22 games)
1982 - "Do Black Patent Leather Shoes..." closes at Alvin NYC after 5 perf
1982 - Closest Indy 500, Gordon Johncock beats Rick Mears by 0.16 seconds
1982 - Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
1982 - Spain becomes 16th member of NATO
1983 - Surrey all out for 14 vs Essex, their lowest score ever

New York Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner1983 - AL Pres Lee MacPhail suspends Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for one week, for his public criticism of umpires
1984 - Bomb explodes in rebel leader Eden Pastora's headquarters in Nicaragua
1984 - Liverpool wins 29th Europe Cup 1 in Rome
1984 - NL suspends Mario Soto 5 days for Reds-Cubs fight on May 27th
1985 - Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat Phila Flyers, 4 games to 1
1986 - Ariane-2 (ESA) launched
1986 - Bobby Rahal is 1st to average over 170 mph in Indianapolis 500
1986 - France performs nuclear test
1986 - Barry Bonds makes his MLB debut for the Pittsburgh Pirates
1987 - Mike Tyson TKOs Pinklon Thomas in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1987 - North American Philips Company unveils compact disc video
1987 - Tony Tucker TKOs Buster Douglas in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1987 - West German Mathias Rust lands airplane on Red Square

Comedian and Television Host David Letterman1989 - Margaret Ray pleads guilty to breaking into David Letterman's house
1990 - 135 die in a (6.4) earthquake in Peru
1990 - Dow Jones average hits a record 2,878.56
1990 - Earthquake hit Peru, killing 135
1991 - 64th National Spelling Bee: Joanne Lagatta wins spelling antipyretic
1991 - Arturo Barrios runs world record one-hour distance (21,096 km)
1991 - Supreme Court rules prosecutors can be sued for legal advice they give police & can be held accountable
1992 - Minn Twin Bert Blyleven is 2nd to win as teenager & 40 year old
1992 - NY Lotto pays $30 million to one winner (#s are 12-15-30-33-40-48)
1992 - NY Yankee Scott Sanderson becomes 9th to beat all 26 teams
1992 - UN votes for sanctions against Serb-led Yugoslavia to halt fighting
1993 - Betsy King wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Game Golf Tournament
1993 - Kelly Robbins wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic

LPGA Golfer Kelly Robbins1993 - Indianapolis 500: Emerson Fittipaldi wins in 3:10:49.860 (253.000 km/h)
1996 - 69th National Spelling Bee: Wendy Guey wins spelling vivisepulture
1996 - John Tesh's final day as host of "Entertainment Tonight"
1996 - Albert Belle uses a forearm to break up a double play & nearly breaks Brewer 2nd baseman Fernando Vina's nose, Belle gets 2 game suspension
1997 - Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcolm X, set on fire by 12-year old grandson
1997 - Ken Dryden becomes president of NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs
1998 - A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, killing up to 5,000.
1999 - Indianapolis 500: Kenny Bräck wins in 3:15:51.182 (246.513 km/h)
2000 - 35th Academy of Country Music Awards: Shania Twain, Faith Hill & Tim McGraw wins
2004 - Indianapolis 500: Buddy Rice wins in 3:14:55.2395 (222.923 km/h)

Singer Shania Twain2010 - Indianapolis 500: Dario Franchitti wins in 3:05:37.0131 (260.107 km/h)
2012 - A number of nations including Germany, Turkey and Canada, expel Syrian diplomats following the Houla massacre
2012 - Vishwanathan Anand wins his fifth World Chess Championship
2014 - Seth MacFarlane's "A Million Ways to Die in the West" is released to theatres, MacFarlane's first live-action role on the big screen
2014 - Former military chief al-Sisi wins 93 percent of the vote in Egypt's presidential election

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