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New York's 1-0 victory over the Montreal Canadiens in Game 6 on Thursday night.
• The Rangers, who spent parts of the season as a question mark to make the playoffs, are in the finals for the first time since winning the title 20 years ago.
• "We played so well the entire game," Lundqvist said. "For me it was more about just being focused on the shots they had."
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Today in History
The Associated Press
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• Today is Friday, May 30, the 150th day of 2014. There are 215 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On May 30, 1814, the first Treaty of Paris was signed, ending war between France and the Sixth Coalition (the United Kingdom, Russia, Austria, Sweden, Portugal and Prussia), with France retaining its boundaries of 1792.
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• On this date:
• In 1431, Joan of Arc, condemned as a heretic, was burned at the stake in Rouen (roo-AHN'), France.
• In 1883, 12 people were trampled to death in a stampede sparked by a rumor that the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge was in danger of collapsing.
• In 1911, the first Indy 500 took place at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway; the winner was Ray Harroun, who drove a Marmon Wasp for more than 6 1/2 hours at an average speed of 74.6 mph and collected a prize of $10,000.
• In 1922, the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., was dedicated in a ceremony attended by President Warren G. Harding, Chief Justice William Howard Taft and Robert Todd Lincoln.
• In 1937, ten people were killed when police fired on steelworkers demonstrating near the Republic Steel plant in South Chicago.
• In 1943, during World War II, American troops secured the Aleutian island of Attu from Japanese forces.
• In 1958, unidentified American service members killed in World War II and the Korean War were interred in the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery.
• In 1962, Benjamin Britten's War Requiem had its world premiere at the new Cov (Continued on page 33)
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