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.