On This Day for May 30 - Joan of Arc burned at the stake, Countee Cullen is featured, and more

Created: 2020-05-30 10:02 Updated: 2020-05-30 10:02 Notebook: On this Day in History

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May 30

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Countee Cullen

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres: painting of Joan of Arc

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1431

Joan of Arc burned at the stake

MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY

2012: Charles Taylor, the former president of Liberia, was sentenced to 50 years in prison after being convicted of crimes against humanity and war crimes that were committed during Sierra Leone 's civil war.

Benny Goodman (left) and members of his band, c. 1938.

1909: American jazz musician and bandleader Benny Goodman, who was known as the “King of Swing,” was born.

1942: During World War II the British Royal Air Force dispatched more than 1,000 bombers against Cologne, Germany.

1925: In the May Thirtieth Incident, some 12 labour demonstrators were killed by British police in Shanghai, sparking nationwide strikes and protests in China.