{"id":803,"date":"2026-05-30T08:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T08:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=803"},"modified":"2026-05-30T08:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T08:09:09","slug":"today-in-history-may-30-10-killed-in-clash-between-striking-steelworkers-and-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=803","title":{"rendered":"Today in History: May 30, 10 killed in clash between striking steelworkers and police"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>Today is Saturday, May 30, the 150th day of 2026. There are 215 days left in the year.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=801\">Time\u2019s up: NCS championship doubleheaders could be moved mid-game if not done in 2 \u00bd hours<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Today in history:<\/h4>\n<p>On May 30, 1937, 10 people were killed when police fired on steelworkers demonstrating near the Republic Steel plant in South Chicago.<\/p>\n<h4>Also on this date:<\/h4>\n<p>In 1431, Joan of Arc, condemned as a heretic, was burned at the stake in Rouen, France.<\/p>\n<p>In 1911, the first Indianapolis 500 auto race was held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway; driver Ray Harroun won the race with an average speed of 74.6 mph (120 kph).<\/p>\n<p>In 1922, the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., was dedicated in a ceremony attended by President Warren G. 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Two attackers died; the third was captured.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In 2002, a solemn, wordless ceremony marked the end of the cleanup at ground zero in New York, 8 1\/2 months after the terror attacks of Sept. 11 brought down the World Trade Center\u2019s twin towers.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, former Liberian President Charles Taylor was sentenced to 50 years in prison after being convicted on 11 counts of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity at a trial at The Hague.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes began serving an 11-year sentence at a Texas prison after being convicted on felony counts of fraud and conspiracy for overseeing an infamous blood-testing hoax.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, Donald Trump became the first former American president to be convicted of felony crimes as a New York jury found him guilty of all 34 charges in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through a hush money payment to a porn actor who said the two had sex. (Trump received a no-penalty sentence, or unconditional discharge, just 10 days before his January 2025 inauguration to a second term.)<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=797\">Judge says Kennedy Center board broke law putting Trump\u2019s name on building, blocks closure<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Today\u2019s Birthdays:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Actor Keir Dullea is 90.<\/li>\n<li>Actor Stephen Tobolowsky is 75.<\/li>\n<li>Actor Colm Meaney is 73.<\/li>\n<li>Country singer Wynonna Judd is 62.<\/li>\n<li>Musician Tom Morello (Audioslave; Rage Against The Machine) is 62.<\/li>\n<li>Filmmaker Antoine Fuqua is 61.<\/li>\n<li>Actor-singer Idina Menzel is 55.<\/li>\n<li>Rapper-singer Cee Lo Green is 51.<\/li>\n<li>Rapper Lucki is 30.<\/li>\n<li>Actor Jake Short is 29.<\/li>\n<li>Actor Sean Giambrone is 27.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 people were killed when police fired on steelworkers demonstrating near the Republic Steel plant in South Chicago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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