Today In History
Today is Tuesday, May 30, the 150th day of 2017. There are 215 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
› 1922: The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., was dedicated in a ceremony attended by President Warren G. Harding, Chief Justice William Howard Taft and Robert Todd Lincoln.
ON THIS DATE
› 1431: Joan of Arc, condemned as a heretic, was burned at the stake in Rouen, France.
› 1911: The first Indy 500 took place at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway; the winner was Ray Harroun, who drove a Marmon Wasp for more than 6 1/2 hours at an average speed of 74.6 mph and collected a prize of $10,000.
› 1958: Unidentified American service members killed in World War II and the Korean War were interred in the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery.
› 1966: NASA launched Surveyor 1, a probe that made a soft landing on the moon three days later. The Beatles single “Paperback Writer” was released in the United States by Capitol Records.
› 1971: The American space probe Mariner 9 blasted off from Cape Kennedy on a journey to Mars.
› 1982: Spain became NATO’s 16th member.
› 2002: A solemn, wordless ceremony marked the end of the agonizing cleanup at ground zero in New York, 8 1/2 months after 9/11.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Actor Clint Walker is
90. Actress Ruta Lee is 82. Actor Keir Dullea is 81. Actor Michael J. Pollard is 78. Pro and College Football Hall of Famer Gale Sayers is 74. Rock musician Lenny Davidson (The Dave Clark Five) is 73. Actor Stephen Tobolowsky is 66. Actor Colm Meaney is 64. Actor Ted McGinley is 59. Actor Ralph Carter is 56. Actress Tonya Pinkins is 55. Country singer Wynonna Judd is 53. Rock musician Tom Morello (Audioslave; Rage Against The Machine) is 53. Actor Mark Sheppard is 53. Movie director Antoine Fuqua is 52. Actor John Ross Bowie is 46. Rock musician Patrick Dahlheimer (Live) is 46. Actress Idina Menzel is
46. Actor Trey Parker is
45. Rapper Cee Lo Green is 42. Rapper Remy Ma is 37. Actor Blake Bashoff is 36. Christian rock musician James Smith (Underoath) is 35. Actor Jake Short is 20. Actor Sean Giambrone is 18.