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On This Day:
Saturday May 30, 2009
This is the 150th day of the year, with 215 days remaining in 2009.
Fact of the Day: Memorial Day
Memorial Day was originally set aside to honor the Civil War dead from
the North by decorating their graves with flowers and it at first called
"Decoration Day." In 1866, the first commemorations were held in Waterloo, New
York, and in Columbus, Mississippi. The American flag was flown at half-staff
and a veterans' parade marched to the village cemetery, where patriotic
speeches were given. The first national Decoration Day was held on May 30, 1868
by Union Army veterans known as the Grand Army of the Republic. The May 30 date
was close to the date of the final surrender of the Confederate Army (May 26,
1865). The Southern states started remembering their soldiers on a Confederate
Memorial Day on various dates. After World War I, the American Legion took over
the observance, renaming it Memorial Day, setting it for the last Monday in
May, and dedicating in honor of all those who died in U.S. wars. Some southern
states continue to observe a separate day to honor the Confederat e dead.
Holidays
Feast day of St. Hubert, St. Joan of Arc, St. Ferdinand, St.
Exuperiantius of Ravenna, St. Isaac of Constantinople, St. Luke Kirby, St.
Madelgisilus, and St. Walstan.
Croatia: Statehood Day.
Virginia: Confederate Memorial Day.
Trinidad: Indian Arrival Day.
Events
1539 - Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto landed in Florida.
1783 - "The Pennsylvania Evening Post" became the first published
newspaper in the U.S.
1806 - In Logan County, Kentucky, future president Andrew Jackson
participated in a duel, killing Charles Dickinson, a lawyer.
1848 - William Young patented the ice cream freezer.
1854 - The territories of Nebraska and Kansas were established.
1868 - By proclamation, the first Decoration Day (now Memorial Day),
honoring Civil War dead, was held by decorating their graves with flowers.
1896 - The first recorded auto accident occurred when a Duryea Motor
Wagon, driven by Henry Wells from Springfield, Massachusetts, collided with a
bicycle ridden by Evylyn Thomas of New York City.
1922 - The Lincoln Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C.
1933 - Sally Rand performed her famous fan dance for the first time, at
Chicago's Century of Progress Exposition.
1958 - Unidentified soldiers killed in World War II and the Korean War
were buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
1967 - The breakaway state of Biafra proclaimed its independence from
Nigeria.
1971 - Space probe Mariner 9 was launched on a mission to gather
scientific information on Mars.
1997 - Jesse Timmendequas was convicted of murdering his neighbor,
seven-year-old Megan Kanka - the case which inspired "Megan's Law."
2003 - The Air France Concorde made its final commercial flight from
Paris to New York City.
Births
1672 - Peter I (Peter the Great) Czar of Russia.
1899 - Irving Thalberg, American movie executive.
1908 - Mel Blanc, American cartoon voice, actor.
1909 - Benny Goodman, American clarinetist, bandleader.
1936 - Keir Dullea, American actor.
1964 - Tom Morello, American guitarist.
Deaths
1431 - Joan of Arc, condemned as a heretic, burned at the stake in Rouen,
France.
1912 - Wilbur Wright, American aviation pioneer.
1964 - Eddie Sachs and Dave MacDonald, American auto racers, were killed
in an accident during the 1964 Indianapolis 500.
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