May 28, 1998 Pakistan matches India and sets off five of its own underground nuclear tests in the Chagai Hills. As a result, US and European countries impose an economic embargo on Pakistan.

May 29, 1953 Mount Everest is conquered as Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tensing Norgay, a Sherpa of Nepal, become the first climbers to reach the summit.

May 30, 1431 Joan of Arc, condemned as a heretic, is burned at the stake in Rouen, France.

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