05-30-2005, 06:52 AM
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May 30th
1431 ~ Death of Joan of Arc, French commander and saint (burned at the stake by a pro-English tribunal)
1640 ~ Death of Peter Paul Rubens, German painter.
1778 ~ Death of Voltaire, French philosopher, author.
1814 ~ The first Treaty of Paris returned French borders to their 1792 limits. Napoleon I of France was exiled to Elba on the same day.
1926 ~ Birthday of Christine Jorgensen, transsexual activist.
1942 ~ World War II: 1000 British bombers launched a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany.
1964 ~ Death of Leó Szilárd, Hungarian-American nuclear physicist.
1967 ~ The Nigerian state of Biafra seceded, sparking a civil war.
1982 ~ Baseball player Cal Ripken, Jr played the first of 2,632 consecutive games. His streak ended on September 20, 1998.
1989 ~ The 33-foot high "Goddess of Democracy" statue was unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators.
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