Today is Friday, May 30, the 151st day of 2008. There are 215 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Friday, May 30, the 151st day of 2008. There are 215 days left in the year. On this date in 1958, unidentified American service members killed in World War II and the Korean War are interred in the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery.

In 1431, Joan of Arc, condemned as a heretic, is burned at the stake in Rouen, France. 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 is in imminent danger of collapsing triggers a stampede. In 1908, “the man of a thousand voices,” Mel Blanc, is born in San Francisco. 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 President Harding, Chief Justice William Howard Taft and Robert Todd Lincoln. In 1937, 10 people are killed when police fire on steelworkers demonstrating near the Republic Steel plant in South Chicago. In 1943, American forces secure the Aleutian island of Attu from the Japanese during World War II.

May 30, 1983: The economy is on the mend, but officials say job prospects for nearly 3.5 million young Americans entering the job force are not much brighter than a year ago.

Shenango Cable TV Inc. says it will be out of business by the end of the year unless it can get some relief from a 1,500 percent increase in television copyright fees.

Racing in his 10th Indianapolis 500, Tom Sneva holds off a challenge by Al Unser Sr., who was getting some help from his 21-year-old son, Al Jr., and wins the race by 11 seconds.

May 30, 1968: Rumors of a possible take-over of Youngstown Sheet Tube Co. spurs heavy trading in the company’s stock, driving the price from $43.75 to $45.75.

Three graduating seniors at Ursuline High School receive appointments to United States service academies, Michael Matune to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and James Lewis and Michael Wittenauer to the U.S. Naval Academy.

A Youngstown woman, the former Theresa Kollar, is the wife of Chief Petty Officer Walter Bishop, who is among the sailors on the crew of the missing nuclear submarine Scorpion.

May 30, 1958: Two Youngstown firms, Standard Slag Co. and Bessemer Limestone Cement Co., will move their executive and general offices into the Stambaugh Building when the Youngstown Sheet Tube Co. moves to its new building in Market Street Boardman.

More than 100,000 people in nine western Pennsyvlania counties will receive surplus foods from the federal government in June.

A plaque honoring all Boardman veterans is installed at the base of the flag pole in Boardman Park and is dedicated during Memorial Day services.

May 30, 1933: Fifty-two graves of city policemen and 28 graves of firemen are decorated by committees from the Youngstown police and fire departments for Memorial Day.

Youngstown Water Commissioner Dan Parish says he will ask the court to order further economies in operation of the Mahoning Valley Sanitary District to get a reduction in the charge of $45 per million gallons the city is being charged.

J.P. Morgan and Company’s reports to Senate investigators show the firm made nearly $10 million on sale and underwriting of securities in 1930 and 1931, years in which the bank’s partners paid only $48,000 in income taxes.