Volume 13 , Issue 22

This Day In History (May 30)

On this day, May 30, 1958, unidentified soldiers killed in World War II and the Korean conflict were buried at Arlington National Cemetery. READ Article Here.

On May 30, 1909, Benny Goodman, an American jazz clarinetist and orchestra leader, was born. Following his death on 13 June 1986, Goodman's Obituary appeared in The Times.

On this day in History (May 30):

• 1431 - Joan of Arc, condemned as a heretic, was burned at the stake in Rouen, France.
• 1539 - Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto landed in Florida.
• 1854 - The territories of Nebraska and Kansas were established.
• 1922 - The Lincoln Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C.
• 1982 - Spain became NATO's 16th member.
• 1982 - Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles played in the first of a record 2,632 consecutive major league baseball games.
• 1989 - Student demonstrators at Tiananmen Square in Beijing erected a 33-foot statue they called the "Goddess of Democracy."

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