Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau(first premier of Quebec after Confederation)–
Norman Cota(U.S. brigadier general)–
Howard Hawks(director of film)–
Mel Blanc(voice of Bugs Bunny and other characters)–
Benny Goodman(musician & bandleader)–
Wynonna Judd(country music singer)–
Manny Ramirez(baseball player)–
Died
Wilbur Wright(aviator)–
Boris Pasternak(writer)–
Marcel Dupré(composer)–
Perry Ellis(fashion designer)–
Gus Wickstrom(retired farmer who used pig spleens to forecast the weather [claimed 90% accuracy])–
Events
U.S. and Mexico ratifications of Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo exchanged at Queretaro. (Treaty was originally signed on Feb. 2, 1848.)–
First U.S. national celebration of Memorial (Decoration) Day took place in the Arlington National Cemetery of Virginia–
First 500 mile automobile race at Indianapolis Speedway was held–
Lincoln Memorial dedicated in Washington, D.C.–
From Cape Kennedy, Florida, the U.S. launched Mariner 9, first spacecraft to orbit another planet–
Thirteen-year-old Arvind Mahankali, of Bayside Hills, New York, correctly spelled knaidel to become the champion of the 2013 Scripps National Spelling Bee, in Oxon Hill, Maryland–
Boston Red Sox outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury stole five bases during his team’s 9-2 win against the Philadelphia Phillies. It was a club record.–
May 30-31: 8 co-champions were declared for the Scripps Spelling Bee–
Weather
Massive flooding of Columbia River caused dike break that destroyed Vanport, Oregon–
Hanford, Washington, had a temperature of 104 degrees F–
