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MONDAY, MAY 30, 2011

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  • Published May 29, 2011 3:01 pm KST
  • Updated May 29, 2011 3:01 pm KST

Today is Monday, May 30, the 150th day of 2011. There are 215 days left in the year.

1536 ― English king Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour

1783 ― Benjamin Tower of Philadelphia publishes first daily newspaper in U.S.

1814 ― First Treaty of Paris, after Napoleon's first abdication

1848 ― Mexico ratifies treaty giving U.S.; New Mexico, California and parts of Nevada, Utah, Arizona and Colorado in return for $15 million

1889 ― The brassiere is invented

1896 ― First car accident occurs, Henry Wells hit a bicyclist (NYC)

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

1970 ― Baseball All-Star voting is returned to fans

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

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