1431 – Hundred Years’ War: 19 year old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal in Rouen, France
1539 – Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto’s expedition of 10 ships and 700 men lands in Florida
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 is first observed in Northern US states
1913 – Treaty of London signed by the Great Powers, the Ottoman Empire and the victorious Balkan League (Serbia, Greece, Kingdom of Bulgaria, and Montenegro) bringing an end to the First Balkan War
1971 – The U.S. unmanned space probe Mariner 9 is launched on a mission to gather scientific information on Mars, the fourth planet from the sun.
2012 – Charles Taylor, the former president of Liberia, was sentenced to 50 years in prison after being convicted of crimes against humanity and war crimes that were committed during Sierra Leone’s civil war.
Births & Deaths:1909 – American jazz musician and bandleader Benny Goodman, who was known as the “King of Swing,” was born.
Film & TV:1987 – North American Philips Company unveils compact disc video
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