May 30th

May 30th is a fantastic day.

It is the feast day of Saint Joan of Arc, a saint largely misunderstood in an age when fashionable causes are more important than substance. Saint Joan of Arc was a peasant girl in Domremy, France (though it was not a part of France then). She was visited by Saints Michael, Catherine of Alexandria and Margaret of Antioch. She was told to lead the French charge against the English, which she did. The gratitude of the French, however, waned and she was sold to English, tried on some spurious charge and burned at the stake. She is patron saint of France and the Women's Army Corps, her image being quite empowering.

It is also the feast day of Saints Isaac of Constantinople, Ferdinand of Castile and Luke Kirby, one of the English martyrs.

The Rideau Canal in Ottawa was opened on this date in 1832.

It's Mother's Day in Nicaragua.

And May 30th was the birthdate of the man with a thousand voices- Mel Blanc.

That's all, folks.