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 –
