On This Day:
Friday May 30, 2014 This is the 150th day of the year, with 215 days remaining in 2014. Fact of the Day: U.S. armed forces The purpose of armed forces has always been the same: to protect and defend, and sometimes to conquer. The various components of the United States armed forces have differing responsibilities and provide different services. The first regular U.S. fighting force, the Continental Army, was organized by the Second Continental Congress on June 14, 1775, to supplement local militia forces in the imminent American Revolution (1775-1783). The Continental Navy was established by the Second Continental Congress on October 13, 1775, to supply and support the Continental Army during the Revolution.
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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