Today is Friday, May 30, the 150th day of 2003 with 215 to follow. On this day, May 30, in history:
In 1431, Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in Rouen, France, at age 19. She had been convicted of sorcery. In 1783, the "Pennsylvania Evening Post" became the first daily newspaper published in the United States. In 1806, future President Andrew Jackson took part in a duel, killing Charles Dickinson, a Kentucky lawyer who had called Jackson's wife Rachel a bigamist. In 1868, the first major Memorial Day observance was held to honor those killed during the Civil War. It was originally known to some as "Decoration Day." In 1922, the Lincoln Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C. In 1937, a battle between police and strikers at the Republic Steel Corp. plant in Chicago killed 10 people and wounded 90. In 1943, the Aleutian Islands of Kiska and Attu off the Alaskan coast were retaken by U.S. forces after being occupied by Japanese troops during World War II. In 1972, three Japanese terrorists killed 22 people with automatic weapons at the airport in Tel Aviv, Israel. In 1972, the unmanned U.S. space probe Mariner 9 was launched on a mission to gather scientific data on Mars, ultimately sending back valuable information and becoming the first spacecraft to orbit a planet other than the earth. In 1982, Spain became the 16th member nation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). In 1987, Goa becomes the 25th state of the Indian Union. In 1993, Ross Perot ran a 30-minute commercial on television denouncing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which President Clinton supported. In 1995, the United States announced it had moved seven ships and 12,000 Marines and sailors to the Adriatic Sea in response to the Serbian hostage-taking of U.N. peacekeepers. In 1997, the National Transportation Safety Administration announced it was setting up a privately funded airline disaster response center in New York City to coordinate the release of information to the victims' relatives and the public following an air crash. In 1998, Pakistan conducted another underground nuclear test, despite condemnation from many leading countries and the imposition of U.S. economic sanctions. In 2002, elections held to elect the 10th Goa State Legislative Assembly produced a hung assembly. However, despite the fractured mandate the BJP managed to garner the support of the splinter groups and the lone independent to form Goa's tenth ministry. In 2002. Attorney General John Ashcroft announced the FBI would have expanded powers to monitor religious, political and other organizations as well as internet and other media as a guard against possible future terrorist attacks. Also in 2002, the massive cleanup of the ruins of New York's World Trade Center, destroyed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack, was completed. ======================================================= Let's compile a chronicle of Goan History. If you have an authentic date and event in Goan History, please e-mail the details to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ======================================================= ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
