Too Tough Trivia

May 30 1996
Britain's Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson were granted an uncontested decree ending their 10-year marriage.
May 30 1982
Kelsey Grammer marries Doreen Alderman.
May 30 1982
Spain became NATO's 16th member.
May 30 1981
Tommy Lee Jones marries Kimberlea Gayle Cloughley.
May 30 1981
The compact disk is introduced.
May 30 1980
Pope John Paul II arrived in France on the first visit by the head of the Roman Catholic Church since the early 19th century.
May 30 1971
The American space probe Mariner IX blasted off from Cape Kennedy, Fla., on a journey to Mars.
May 30 1958
Unidentified soldiers killed in World War II and the Korean conflict were buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
May 30 1943
American forces secured the Aleutian island of Attu from the Japanese during World War II.
May 30 1937
10 people were killed when police fired on steelworkers demonstrating near the Republic Steel plant in South Chicago.
May 30 1922
The Lincoln Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C., by Chief Justice William Howard Taft.
May 30 1911
Indianapolis 500 car race run for first time. Winning driver Ray Harroun takes it with a blazing 75 mph.
May 30 1883
12 people were trampled when rumors that the Brooklyn Bridge was in danger of collapsing.
May 30 1854
The territories of Nebraska and Kansas were established.
May 30 1539
Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto landed in Florida.
May 30 1431
Joan of Arc burned at the stake for being a heretic.