On This Day in History

Today in History for Friday 30th May 2014

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Our today in history archives contain 200,000 events, birthdays, weddings, divorces and deaths.

Historical Events

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1431 - Hundred Years' War: in Rouen, France, 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal.
1806 - Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel after Dickinson had accused Jackson's wife of bigamy.
1848 - Mexico ratifies treaty giving US; New Mexico, California & parts of Nevada, Utah, Arizona & Colorado in return for $15 million
1868 - 'Decoration Day', later called Memorial Day, first observed in Northern US states
1913 - New country of Albania, forms

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Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 3 of 209

Alexander Nevsky (1220)

Brian Kobilka (1955)

Tom Morello (1964)

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Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 5 of 7
1536 - English king Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour, his 3rd wife
1797 - Abolitionist William Wilberforce (37) weds Barbara Spooner (25) at St Swithins Church in Walcot, Bath
1966 - Country singer Dolly Parton (20) weds Carl Dean (23) in Ringgold, Georgia
1992 - Paul Simon weds Edie Brickell
1998 - Nephew of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven (30) weds to commoner Marilene van den Broek (28) in Apeldoorn

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