By The Associated Press
- Today is Sunday, May 30, the 150th day of 1999. There are 215 days
left in the year.
- On May 30, 1431 Joan of Arc, condemned as a heretic, was burned at
the stake in Rouen, France.
- In 1539 Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto landed in Florida.
- In 1854 the territories of Nebraska and Kansas were established.
- In 1883 12 people were trampled to death when a rumor that the
recently opened Brooklyn Bridge was in imminent danger of collapsing
triggered a stampede.
- In 1899 legendary MGM production executive Irving G. Thalberg was
born in Brooklyn, N.Y.
- In 1922 the Lincoln Memorial was dedicated in Washington by Chief
Justice William Howard Taft.
- In 1943 American forces secured the Aleutian island of Attu from the
Japanese during World War II.
- In 1958 unidentified soldiers killed in World War II and the Korean
conflict were buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
- In 1982 Spain became NATO's 16th member.
- In 1996 Britain's Prince Andrew and the former Sarah Ferguson were
granted an uncontested decree ending their 10-year marriage.
- Ten years ago U.S. Rep. Claude Pepper, D-Fla., a champion of the
nation's elderly, died in Washington at age 88. Student
demonstrators at Tiananmen Square in Beijing erected a 33-foot
statue they called the "Goddess of Democracy."
- Five years ago the U.N. Security Council warned North Korea to stop
refueling a nuclear reactor and allow U.N. monitors to perform full
inspections. Mormon Church president Ezra Taft Benson died in Salt
Lake City at age 94.
- One year ago northern Afghanistan was rocked by a powerful
earthquake believed to have killed up to 5,000 people. A tornado
tore through Spencer, S.D., killing six people. Pakistan set off
another nuclear blast.
*Happy Birthday*
- Country musician Johnny Gimble is 73.
- Actor Clint Walker is 72.
- Actress Ruta Lee is 63.
- Actor Michael J. Pollard is 60.
- Actor Stephen Tobolowsky is 48.
- Actor Ted McGinley is 41.
- Actor Ralph Carter is 38.
- Country singer Wynonna is 35.
- Rock musician Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine) is 35.
- Rock musician Patrick Dahlheimer (Live) is 28.
- Actor Trey Parker is 27.
- Rapper Cee-Lo (Goodie Mob) is 25.
- Actor Blake Bashoff is 18.