Today is Monday, May 30, the 150th day of 2005. There are 215 days left in the year. This is the

Today is Monday, May 30, the 150th day of 2005. There are 215 days left in the year. This is the Memorial Day observance. 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 1854, the territories of Nebraska and Kansas are established. 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 was the winner. In 1922, the Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., 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, Fla., on a journey to Mars. In 1982, Spain becomes NATO's 16th member. In 1994, Mormon Church president Ezra Taft Benson dies in Salt Lake City at age 94. In 1995, in a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic demands guarantees of no further NATO air attacks and de facto recognition of a self-styled Serb state. In 2000, President Clinton arrives in Portugal as he opens a weeklong visit to Europe.
May 30, 1980: The U.S. Economic Development Administration announces a grant of $3 million in starter money for the Mahoning Valley Economic Development Corp.'s program to revitalize diversified industry in the Mahoning Valley.
A new wave of industrial layoffs is hitting the Youngstown district as the recession in both the automobile and basic steel industry tightens its grip in this area and nationally.
The Edward J. DeBartolo Corp. of Youngstown, the nation's leading developer of shopping malls, is joining the Oxford Development Co. of Pittsburgh in developing a 46-story, $100 million office and retail building in the heart of Pittsburgh's Golden Triangle.
May 30, 1965: The 699 June graduates of Youngstown University begin their commencement week activities at a tea at the on-campus home of University President Dr. Howard W. Jones and Mrs. Jones.
A record-shattering $14 million to $15 million a week is being pumped into Youngstown's booming economy in the form of wages and salaries.
An elementary school principal, Miss Margaret E. Stage, and three elementary teachers, Miss Alice Wire, Mrs. Myrtle E. Baker and Miss Evelyn Jones, are retiring after long careers in Youngstown schools.
May 30, 1955: Atty. William R. Stewart, at 91 the oldest member of the Mahoning County Bar Association, is honored for his record of practicing for 67 years.
John M. Bannon of Youngstown and Richard P. Warrick of Columbiana graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis and are commissioned ensigns in the U. S. Navy.
With 18 traffic deaths over the Memorial Day weekend, Ohio is leading the nation in holiday road deaths.
The Rev. Dr. E.W. Bloomquiest is the speaker at the baccalaureate service for the 1955 graduating class of Youngstown College. Speaking in the Strouss Memorial Auditorium he urges the graduates to pursue "a life built on high integrity, understanding and humility before God."
May 30, 1930: New United States flags are flying from nearly 5,000 soldier's graves in Youngstown and vicinity, put in place by various veterans organizations. The largest number, 1,280, were placed by the Grand Army of the Republic.
Mrs. Maude Lowther, 23-year-old housemaid, and Trilby Smith, 26, both of Ashtabula are under arrest in Jefferson, charged with first-degree murder in the death of Smith's wife. Police say Mrs. Smith was shot to death because she stood in the way of a romance that blossomed between her husband and her maid.
The chances of dying in an automobile accident in Youngstown were higher in the past year than in any other city of 78 polled by the Department of Commerce. Youngstown had 34 deaths for every 100,000 in population.