Today is Friday, May 30, the 150th day of 2003. There are 215 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Friday, May 30, the 150th day of 2003. There are 215 days left in the year. On this date in 1431, Joan of Arc, condemned as a heretic, is burned at the stake in Rouen, France.
In 1539, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto lands in Florida. In 1883, 12 people are trampled to death when a rumor that the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge was in imminent danger of collapsing triggers a stampede. In 1911, Indianapolis sees its first long-distance auto race; Ray Harroun is the winner. In 1922, the Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in Washington, by Chief Justice William Howard Taft. In 1943, American forces secure the Aleutian island of Attu from the Japanese during World War II. In 1958, unidentified soldiers killed in World War II and the Korean conflict are buried at Arlington National Cemetery. In 1971, the American space probe Mariner Nine blasts off from Cape Kennedy, Florida, on a journey to Mars. In 1982, Spain becomes NATO's 16th member. In 1996, Britain's Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson are granted an uncontested decree ending their 10-year marriage.
May 30, 1978: Traffic accidents kill 485 people during the three-day Memorial Day weekend, compared to 432 deaths over the holiday period a year earlier.
The village of Lordstown is fined $2,220 for failure to deposit employee retirement pay in the Public Employee Retirement System during 1977.
A group of residents of the Howland-Springs Road area, concerned about possible short-term and long- term effects of a huge excavation project near their homes, begins circulating a petition to change the township's zoning regulations to require public hearings for projects such as the 42-acre "borrow pit" being excavate by the A.P. O'Horo Co. The pit is providing material for the $11.3 million Warren bypass project.
May 30, 1963: Gov. James A. Rhodes offers Youngstown University $5 million as its share of an administration-supported $250 million bond issue, if the issue is placed on the ballot and is approved.
An additional $6,000 appropriation is approved for the park department by Youngstown City Council, clearing the way for the city's 40 playgrounds and six swimming pools to open June 24.
Washington School, the oldest elementary school on Youngstown's West Side and one of the oldest schools in the city, is preparing to mark its 50th anniversary when the new school season opens.
May 30, 1953: The operator of a Poland Ave. tavern and an employee at a service station are fined $100 and given suspended jail sentences of 30 days each after pleading guilty to contributing to the delinquency of minors by purchasing stolen cigarettes from two boys. The boys had stolen 2,500 cartons of cigarettes in a series of thefts, principally from supermarkets.
The first wave of the Memorial Day weekend traffic moves smoothly through the Mahoning Valley, but state highway patrolmen warn that the worst is yet to come.
Catholics in the Youngstown Diocese account for one-fifth of the total population of the diocese's geographic area, according to the 1953 Official Catholic Directory, published by P.J. Kennedy & amp; Sons of New York.
May 30, 1928: George C. Salen, a police desk clerk in Warren, is appointed to the newly created position of Captain of Police. Capt. Salen will be second-in-command to Chief B.J. Gillen and will be in charge of the force at night and in the absence of the chief.
Six motorized boats, ranging from skiffs with outboard motors to speedy motor boats, will vie for honors in the second annual Memorial Day regatta at Lake Milton.
Attorney-General Edward Turner will be called upon to render an opinion on the legality of the proposed Mahoning Valley Sanitary District as a result of a resolution introduced by Councilman Jerry Sullivan and approved by Youngstown City Council.