1431 Hundred Years' War: 19 year old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal in Rouen, France.
1842 John Francis attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria.
1868 "Decoration Day", later called Memorial Day is first observed in Northern US states.
1914 The new and then largest Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City.
1942 US aircraft carrier Yorktown leaves Pearl Harbour.
1958 Unidentified soldiers killed in WW II & Korean War buried in Arlington.
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