This is Saturday, May 30, 2026, day #150 of the year.  Some historic events on this day. 1431  19-year old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake. Why?  Heresy and cross-dressing. She was an example of efforts being made by the English to undermine the legitimacy of French King Charles. Twenty years later, the verdict was nullified by the Catholic Church, declaring her to instead be a matryr and saint. 1806  Future U.S. President Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel. 1868  Decoration Day is observed in the U.S. for the first time...became Memorial Day.  This happened only in 1967 when Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, moving this day from May 30 to the last Monday in May to create a 3-day weekend. 1899  Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona. The first recorded stagecoach robbery occurred in California in 1856, when bandits targeted shipments of gold from the Gold Rush....