TODAY IN HISTORY

1381: The Peasants’ Revolt against economic injustice erupted in England during the reign of King Richard II; the king and his men, initially caught offguard, were able to crush the rebellion several weeks later.

1431: Joan of Arc, condemned as a heretic, was burned at the stake in Rouen, France.

1883: 12 people were trampled to death in a stampede sparked by a rumor that the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge was in danger of collapsing.

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.

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.

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

1937: Ten people were killed when police fired on steelworkers demonstrating near the Republic Steel plant in South Chicago.

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