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SATURDAY, MAY 30, 2015

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  • Published May 29, 2015 4:17 pm KST
  • Updated May 29, 2015 4:17 pm KST

Today is Saturday, May 30, the 150th day of 2015. 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

1821 ― James Boyd patents rubber fire hose

1848 ― William G. Young patents ice-cream freezer

1872 ― Mahlon Loomis patents wireless telegraphy

1889 ― The brassiere is invented

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

1913 ― First Balkan War ends; Treaty of London

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

1968 ― President De Gaulle disbands French parliament