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This Day in History

Infoplease - This Day in History

Events from This Day in History from the Editors of Infoplease

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May 30, 1431: Joan of Arc was burned at the stake as a heretic.

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May 29, 1790: Rhode Island became the 13th state in the United States, the last of the original colonies to ratify the Constitution.

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May 28, 1929: The first all-color, full-length talking picture, On With the Show!, debuted.

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May 27, 1703: St. Petersburg was founded by Czar Peter the Great.

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May 26, 1868: President Andrew Johnson avoided conviction for impeachment charges of "high crimes and misdemeanors" by one vote.

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May 25, 1965: Muhammad Ali knocked Sonny Liston out cold in the first round, after 1 minute and 56 seconds, for the world heavyweight title.

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May 24, 1844: Samuel Morse transmitted the first telegraph message, in which he asked, "What hath God wrought?"

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May 23, 1788: South Carolina became the 8th state in United States.

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May 22, 1455: The first battle in the 30-year War of Roses took place at St. Albans.

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May 21, 1881: Clara Barton founded what became the American Red Cross.

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May 19, 1536: Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, was beheaded.

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May 18, 1896: The Supreme Court affirmed racial segregation in Plessy v. Ferguson as "separate but equal."

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May 17, 1875: The first Kentucky Derby was held at Churchill Downs, in Louisville, Kentucky.

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May 16, 1770: Marie Antoinette married the future King Louis XVI of France.

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May 15, 1862: The U.S. Department of Agriculture was created by an act of Congress on this day.

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May 14, 1904: The Olympic Games were held in the United States for the first time, in St. Louis, Missouri.

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May 13, 1938: Louis Armstrong and his orchestra recorded the New Orleans's jazz classic, When the Saints Go Marching In, on Decca Records.

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May 12, 1870: Manitoba became a province of Canada.

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May 11, 1858: Minnesota became the 32nd state in the United States.

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May 10, 1863: Confederate General Stonewall Jackson died after being accidentally shot by his own troops.

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