YEARS AGO FOR MAY 30

Today is Thursday, May 30, the 150th day of 2019. There are 215 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

1381: The Peasants’ Revolt against economic injustice erupts in England during the reign of King Richard II; the king and his men, initially caught off-guard, crush the rebellion several weeks later.

1431: Joan of Arc, condemned as a heretic, is burned at the stake in Rouen, France.

1833: Twelve people are trampled to death in a stampede sparked by a rumor that the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge is in danger of collapsing.

1911: The first Indy 500 takes place at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway; the winner is Ray Harroun, who drove a Marmon Wasp for more than 61/2 hours at an average speed of 74.6 mph and collected a prize of $10,000.

1922: The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., is dedicated in a ceremony attended by President Warren G. Harding.

1935: Babe Ruth plays in his last major league baseball game for the Boston Braves.

1937: Ten people are killed when police fire on steelworkers demonstrating near the Republic Steel plant in South Chicago.

1996: Britain’s Prince Andrew and the former Sarah Ferguson were granted an uncontested decree ending their 10-year marriage.

2018: Harvey Weinstein is indicted in New York on rape and criminal sex-act charges, furthering the first criminal case stemming from sexual misconduct allegations against the former movie mogul.

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1994: Since 1984, 26 companies have taken advantage of Youngstown’s tax abatements by locating in enterprise-zone industrial parks in the city.

Ken Carano, speech teacher at Austintown Fitch High School, says that since 1989, when the Ohio High School Speech League reinstituted a state title for speech teams, Austintown has won four state titles and Cardinal Mooney, two.

The Missionaries to America African Choir Team performs at Mount Calvary Pentecostal Church.

1979: The Ohio Senate votes 24-8 to block the federal government from considering Northeastern Ohio as a national dumping ground for nuclear waste.

Youngstown’s latest offer of a 4 percent pay increase for city police and firefighters, aimed at avoiding a strike, is rejected by negotiators for the safety forces.

“If I could, I would destroy the EPA totally,” U.S. Rep. Lyle Williams, R-17th, tells members of the Home Builders Association of the Mahoning Valley at Sandalini’s Restaurant in Niles. The Environmental Protection Agency, he said, “is regulating everyone to death.”

1969: Trumbull County commissioners give formal recognition to the separation of Liberty Township from the city of Girard.

There will be 457 graduates in Cardinal Mooney High School’s 10th graduating class. Awards for the highest scholastic average will go to John Varga (95.57) and Letitia Parillo (95.44).

Plans for six three-story apartment buildings with 72 luxury units on Market Street near Lake Forest are announced by Dominic Ranelli, head of Ranelli & Borda Builders.

1944: Rayen School wins its 13th out of 17 city golf championships with a 16-0 decision over Chaney at the Henry Stambaugh course. Merle Moskowitz took medal honors for Rayen with an 82.

A fleet of airplanes is being purchased by Youngstown Airways Inc., which recently leased the Youngstown Municipal Airport and its facilities for the company’s student pilots.

Two Youngstown men, Pvt. Robert E. Lehman and S/Sgt. Robert J. Thornton are reported to be prisoners in Germany. Three other area men previously reported as missing in action are also prisoners: S/Sgt. Clyde Baker of Warren, Pfc. Stephen F. Chomos of Masury and Sgt. Marvin H. Gordon of Bristolville.