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FearlessF · « **Reply #6468 on:** May 30, 2026, 10:54:43 AM »

On this day in Sioux City history: The Floyd Monument dedication ceremony was held on May 30, 1901. Thousands attended the Memorial Day dedication ceremonies, and many came by a special train that was provided free by the Sioux City and Pacific Railway Company. The monument honors Sergeant Charles Floyd, the only member Lewis and Clark Expedition to die during the journey. For more about the monument, visit SiouxCityMuseum.org/history-website/floyd-monument.

FearlessF · « **Reply #6469 on:** May 30, 2026, 08:58:04 PM »

On May 30, 2011, the Lincoln Public Schools District Office was set on fire by a former teacher.

Full Story: https://www.1011now.com/.../this-day-history-may-30.../

FearlessF · « **Reply #6470 on:** May 31, 2026, 08:07:07 AM »

THIS DAY IN HISTORY:

Titanic's Last Survivor Dies (2009)
More than 1,500 lives were lost when the Titanic sank on its maiden voyage in 1912. However, several hundred of the ship's 2,200 passengers managed to survive. Among them was Millvina Dean, who, at just three months of age, was the ship's youngest passenger. Though she escaped with her mother and brother, her father did not survive. Eventually, she became the disaster's last living survivor.

MrNubbz · « **Reply #6471 on:** May 31, 2026, 07:36:39 PM »

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/article/sealed-bronze-bottle-in-chinese-tomb-holds-2-300-year-old-beer/ss-AA24savX?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=633dacd797954819d1851ed1e2edec65&ei=10

Sealed bronze bottle in Chinese tomb holds 2,300-year-old beer

FearlessF · « **Reply #6472 on:** May 31, 2026, 08:27:07 PM »

NEBRASKA (WOWT) - On this day in 1935, Nebraska endured the deadliest flood in the history of the state.

The Republican River flood of 1935 killed more than 110 people.

Torrential rains fell on ground too hard to absorb it. The runoff overwhelmed the Republican River and its tributaries.

Normally a few hundred feet wide, the river swelled up to four miles across in some areas.

Property damage, including lost homes and devastated farmland, reached approximately $26 million — a staggering sum for the time.

FearlessF · « **Reply #6473 on:** **Today** at 07:12:10 AM »

THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
Former Slave Isabella Baumfree Becomes Sojourner Truth (1843)
Born into slavery in New York, Baumfree had four different masters before escaping with her infant daughter in 1826, one year before the state abolished slavery. She traveled and championed abolition, changing her name in 1843. Her dictated memoirs were published as The Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave. In 1851, she delivered what is now known as the "Ain't I a Woman?" speech at the Women's Rights Convention.

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