FRIDAY, MAY 30, 2008

Today is Friday, the 151st day of 2008. There are 215 days left in the year.

1498 _ Columbus departs with six ships for third trip to America

1536 _ English king Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour

1588 _ Spanish Aramada under Medina-Sidonia departs Lisbon to invade England

1821 _ James Boyd patents Rubber Fire Hose

1889 _ The brassiere is invented

1909 _ National Conference on the Negro is held

1913 _ First Balkan War ends, Treaty of London

1958 _ Unidentified soldiers killed in WWII and Korean War buried in Arlington

1972 _ Three Japanese PFL terrorists kill 24, wound 72 at Tel Aviv's Lod International Airport

1982 _ Spain becomes 16th member of NATO