TODAY IN HISTORY

Today is Saturday, May 30, the 150th day of 2015. There are 215 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On May 30, 1935, Babe Ruth played in his last major league baseball game for the Boston Braves, leaving after the first inning of the first of a double-header against the Philadelphia Phillies, who won both games (Ruth announced his retirement three days later).

On this date:

In 1431, Joan of Arc, condemned as a heretic, was burned at the stake in Rouen (roo-AHN’), France.

In 1814, the first Treaty of Paris was signed, ending war between France and the Sixth Coalition (the United Kingdom, Russia, Austria, Sweden, Portugal and Prussia).

In 1937, ten people were killed when police fired on steelworkers demonstrating near the Republic Steel plant in South Chicago.

In 1943, during World War II, American troops secured the Aleutian island of Attu from Japanese forces.

In 1971, the American space probe Mariner 9 blasted off from Cape Kennedy on a journey to Mars.

In 1980, Pope John Paul II arrived in France on the first visit there by the head of the Roman Catholic Church since the early 19th century.

In 1996, Britain’s Prince Andrew and the former Sarah Ferguson were granted an uncontested decree ending their 10-year marriage.

Today’s Birthdays: Actor Clint Walker is 88. Actress Ruta Lee is 80. Actor Keir Dullea is 79. Pro and College Football Hall of Famer Gale Sayers is 72. Rock musician Lenny Davidson (The Dave Clark Five) is 71. Actor Colm Meaney is 62. Actor Ralph Carter is 54. Country singer Wynonna Judd is 51. Rock musician Tom Morello (Audioslave; Rage Against The Machine) is 51. Movie director Antoine Fuqua is 50. Actor Trey Parker (Film: “Newsies”) is 43. Rapper Remy Ma is 35. Actor Jake Short is 18. Actor Sean Giambrone is 16. Actor Jared Gilmore is 15.

Thought for Today: “For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the cliffs of despair.” — Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American writer (1906-2001).