SATURDAY, MAY 30, 2020

1848- Mexico ratifies treaty giving US; New Mexico, California & parts of Nevada, Utah, Arizona & Colorado in return for $15 million

1848-William G Young patents ice cream freezer

1949-East Germans constitution approved

1958-Unidentified soldiers killed in WWII & Korean War buried in Arlington

1964-Beatles' "Love Me Do" single goes #1

1965-Viet Cong offensive against US base Da Nang, begins

1966-300 U.S. airplanes bomb North Vietnam

1981-Bangladesh President Ziaur Rahman is shot by group of rebel officers

1982-Spain becomes 16th member of NATO

1987-West German Mathias Rust lands airplane on Red Square

1990-Earthquake (6.4) hits Peru, killing 135

1991-Arturo Barrios runs world record one-hour distance (21,096 km)

1992-Paul Simon weds Edie Brickell

1992 U.N. votes for sanctions against Serb-led Yugoslavia to halt fighting