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 discovers 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.
1951 Indianapolis 500: Lee Wallard wins in 3:57:38.103 (203.170 km/h)
1952 Charlie Grimm succeeds Tommy Holmes as manager of Boston Braves
1952 Darius Milhaud's "West Point Suite" premieres
1952 Indianapolis 500: Troy Ruttman wins in 3:52:41.930 (207.480 km/h)
1953 1st major league network baseball game-Cleveland 7, Chicago 2
1953 Indianapolis 500: Bill Vukovich wins in 3:53:01.668 (207.187 km/h)
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1953 52nd Men's French Championships: Ken Rosewall beats Victor Elias Seixas (6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2)
1953 52nd Women's French Championships: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (6-2, 6-4)
1954 Dutch bishops forbid membership to non-catholic sporting clubs
1954 Emile Zatopek runs world record 5K (13:57.2)
1954 Hector Villa-Lobos' "Odisseia de Uma Raca" premieres
1955 KMVT TV channel 11 in Twin Falls, ID (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1955 Said el-Mufti forms Jordan government
1955 Tunisia begins domestic self governing
1956 Bus boycott begins in Tallahassee Florida
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1956 Mickey Mantle misses by 18" hitting 1st HR out of Yankee Stadium
1956 US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
1956 Indianapolis 500: Pat Flaherty wins in 3:53:28.872 (206.785 km/h)
1957 Test Cricket debut for Rohan Kanhai v England at Edgbaston
1957 Indianapolis 500: Sam Hanks wins in 3:41:14.238 (218.229 km/h)
1957 2nd European Cup: Real Madrid beats Fiorentina 2-0 at Madrid
1958 US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
1958 Unidentified soldiers killed in WW II & Korean War buried in Arlington
1958 Indianapolis 500: Jimmy Bryan wins in 3:44:21.064 (215.316 km/h)
1959 "First Impressions" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 84 performances
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1959 "Nervous Set" closes at Henry Miller's Theater NYC after 23 performances
1959 Iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact (Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey, and the United Kingdom)
1959 President Luis Somoza Debayle ends emergency crisis in Nicaragua
1959 President Stroessner disbands Paraguay's parliament
1959 The Auckland Harbour Bridge is officially opened in Auckland, New Zealand.
1959 Indianapolis 500: Rodger Ward wins in 3:40:47.470 (218.641 km/h)
1959 58th Men's French Championships: Nicola Pietrangeli beats Ian Vermaak (3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1)
1959 58th Women's French Championships: Christine Truman beats Zsuzsi Kormoczy (6-4, 7-5)
1960 Indianapolis 500: Jim Rathmann wins in 3:36:11.384 (223.324 km/h)
1961 Dutch DC-8 crashes after takeoff at Lisbon, 62 die
1961 Maris hits his 10th & 11th of 61 HRs
1961 Long time Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo is assassinated in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
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