Holidays and commemorative dates:
World Asthma and Allergy Day – is celebrated on the initiative of WHO. About 40% of the world’s population has one or another manifestation of allergic reactions. This indicator is increasing due to the deterioration of the environment, the quality of food products, the regular use of household chemicals, etc.
Women’s Emancipation Day – is noted as a symbol of the desire to equalize the rights of men and women. It was on May 30, 1932 that the “Law on the Legal Status of Women Officials” was adopted in Germany.
International Cat Hug Day – regular cuddles with your cat have been proven to improve immunity and purring is soothing.
Events on this day:
1431 — Joan of Arc was burned in Rouen.
“In order for God to grant victory, the soldiers must fight,” said the woman who led and inspired the huge army.
Joan of Arc is a national heroine of France. Her childhood fell on the difficult period of the Hundred Years’ War for France, when France was actually annexed to England, as a result of the actions of the queen, and the prophecy spread throughout the country: “A woman has ruined France, a virgin will save her.”
And such an innocent virgin-messenger of God appeared. A girl from a simple village family won the favor of the king. Instead of any benefits and wealth offered to her, she only asked not to collect taxes from her village. Before each battle, she seemed to hear the voice of God, which guided her to the true path.
The army led by her acted quickly, decisively and extremely successfully. Jeanne offered the English to surrender and gave them time to retreat, and cities often surrendered without a fight.
The girl-warrior wore men’s clothes and even when she was offered to renounce men’s clothes at the court, she did not agree, because she promised to wear them to God. She also refused protection, because she believed that she was under the protection of God.
On May 30, at 9 o’clock in the morning, Joan of Arc was taken out of prison and taken in a cart under an escort of 80 English soldiers to the Old Market Square. Wooden platforms for judges have already been knocked down here and scaffolds have been erected. The third scaffold was intended for Joan of Arc.
In the middle of the scaffold stood a pillar with a board on which was written: “Jeanne, who calls herself the Virgin, an apostate, a witch, a damned blasphemer, a blood drinker, a servant of Satan, a schismatic and a heretic.” The bishop announced the verdict of the ecclesiastical court, and the executioner raised a fire to the decomposed wood… This is how the Virgin of Orleans died.
Already in 1455-1456, Bourges underwent the process of posthumous rehabilitation of Joan of Arc, and on May 16, 1920, she was included in the list of saints by the Catholic Church.
1876 — in the German town of Ems, the Russian Tsar Alexander II signed the Ems Decree aimed at suppressing the Ukrainian language and culture.
1778 — Voltaire (Marie Francois Arouet), French writer and philosopher, died.
1896 — in New York, the first road accident in history was recorded: a cyclist broke his leg in a collision with a car.
1985 — The first demonstration of the An-124 “Ruslan” aircraft took place at the aerospace salon in France
