June 30
is the 181st day of the year (182nd in
leap years) in the
Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining.
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350 -
Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the
Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the
usurper Magnentius, in
Rome*
1651 - The
Battle of Beresteczko ends with a
Polish victory.
*
1688 - The
Immortal Seven issue the
Invitation to William, beginning the struggle for
English independence from
Rome which would culminate in the
Glorious Revolution.
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1758 -
Seven Years' War:
Battle of Domstadtl.
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1805 - The
U.S. Congress organizes
Michigan Territory.
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1864 -
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants
Yosemite Valley to
California for "public use, resort and recreation."
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1882 -
Charles Guiteau hanged in
Washington, DC for the shooting death of
President James Garfield.
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1883 - The first appearance of
The Black Arrow by
Robert Louis Stevenson in
Young Folks; A Boys' and Girls' Paper of Instructive and Entertaining Literature.
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1886 - The first transcontinental train trip across
Canada departs from
Montréal. It arrived in
Port Moody, British Columbia on
July 4 of the same year.
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1905 -
Albert Einstein publishes the article "
On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies", where he introduces
special relativity.
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1906 -
Congress passes the
Meat Inspection Act and
Pure Food and Drug Act.
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1908 - The
Tunguska impact event occurs in
Siberia.
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1912 - The
Regina Cyclone hits
Regina, Saskatchewan, killing 28. It remains Canada's deadliest tornado event.
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1934 - The
Night of the Long Knives,
Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in
Germany, takes place.
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1935 - The
Senegalese Socialist Party holds its first congress.
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1936 -
Gone with the Wind by
Margaret Mitchell published.
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1944 - The
Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to
American forces.
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1956 - A
TWA Super Constellation and a
United Airlines DC-7 (
Flight 718) collide above the
Grand Canyon in
Arizona,
United States, killing 128.
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1960 -
Congo gains independence from
Belgium.
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1963 -
Ciaculli massacre: a car bomb, intended for
Mafia boss
Salvatore Greco, kills seven police and military officers near
Palermo.
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1969 -
Nigeria bans
Red Cross aid to
Biafra.
*
1971 - The crew of the
Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve.
* 1971 -
Ohio ratifies the
26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, lowering the voting age to 18, thereby putting the amendment into effect.
*
1977 -
Virginia Wade wins the
Ladies Singles title at
Wimbledon, the last
British champion at the
All England Club.
*
1978 -
Willie McCovey becomes the 12th member of the
500 home run club with a
home run at
Fulton County Stadium in
Atlanta, Georgia.
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1990 -
East and
West Germany merge their economies.
*
1992 - Former Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher joins the House of Lords as Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven.
*
1997 -
China resumes sovereignty over the city-state of
Hong Kong, ending 156 years of
British colonial rule.
*
2005 -
Spain legalizes
same-sex marriage.
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1286 -
John de Warenne, 8th Earl of Surrey, English politician (d.
1347)
*
1470 - King
Charles VIII of France (d.
1498)
*
1503 -
John Frederick, Elector of Saxony (d.
1554)
*
1641 -
Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, Irish general (d.
1719)
*
1685 -
John Gay, English writer (d.
1732)
* 1685 -
Dominikus Zimmermann, architect (d.
1766)
*
1717 -
Johann Stamitz, Czech-born composer (d.
1757)
*
1755 -
Paul François Jean Nicolas Barras, French politician (d.
1829)
*
1789 -
Horace Vernet, French painter and graphic artist (d.
1863)
*
1803 -
Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (d. 1849)
*
1807 -
Friedrich Theodor von Vischer, German narrator, lyricist, and philosopher (d.
1887)
*
1817 -
Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist (d.
1911)
*
1843 -
Ernest Mason Satow, British diplomat (d.
1929)
*
1891 -
Man Mountain Dean, American professional wrestler (d.
1953)
*
1892 -
Oswald Pohl, German Nazi leader (d.
1951)
*
1893 -
Walter Ulbricht, German politician (d.
1973)
*
1899 -
Madge Bellamy, American actress (d.
1990)
* 1899 -
Harry Shields, American jazz clarinetist (d.
1971)
*
1906 -
Ralph Allen, English footballer (d.
1981)
*
1908 -
Winston Graham, English writer (d.
2003)
*
1911 -
Czesław Miłosz, Polish-born writer,
Nobel Prize laureate (d.
2004)
*
1912 -
Ludwig Bölkow, German aeronautical engineer (d.
2003)
* 1912 -
Dan Reeves - Owner of the
Cleveland/Los Angeles Rams (d.
1971)
*
1913 -
Harry Wismer, original owner of the
New York Jets (d.
1967)
*
1917 -
Susan Hayward, American actress (d.
1975)
* 1917 -
Lena Horne, American actress and singer
*
1926 -
Paul Berg, American chemist,
Nobel Prize laureate
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1934 -
Harry Blackstone Jr., American magician (d.
1997)
*
1936 -
Nancy Dussault, American actress
*
1939 -
José Emilio Pacheco, Mexican poet and writer
*
1943 -
Florence Ballard, American singer (
The Supremes) (d.
1976)
*
1944 -
Raymond Moody, American parapsychologist
* 1944 -
Terry Funk, American professional wrestler
*
1951 -
Stanley Clarke, American musician
* 1951 -
Andrew Scott, British rock guitarist (
Sweet (band))
*
1952 -
David Garrison, comedian, played Steve Rhoades on
Married With Children*
1953 -
Hal Lindes, English-American musician (
Dire Straits)
*
1954 -
Pierre Charles,
Prime Minister of Dominica (d.
2004)
*
1955 -
David Alan Grier, American actor and comedian
*
1957 -
Sterling Marlin, American Nascar driver
*
1958 -
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish conductor and composer
*
1959 -
Vincent D'Onofrio, American actor
* 1959 -
Brendan Perry, English musician (
Dead Can Dance)
*
1962 -
Tony Fernandez, Dominican baseball player
*
1963 -
Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Swedish guitarist
*
1965 -
Mitch Richmond, American basketball player
*
1966 -
Mike Tyson, American boxer
*
1968 -
Philip Anselmo, American musician
*
1970 -
Mark Grudzielanek, Baseball player
*
1971 -
Anette Michel, Mexican actress
*1971 -
Monica Potter, American actress
*
1973 -
Chan Ho Park, Korean
Major League Baseball player
*
1975 -
Ralf Schumacher, German race car driver
*
1979 -
Matisyahu, Hasidic Jewish Reggae Rapper
* 1979 -
Rick Gonzalez, Hispanic-American actor
*
1982 -
Dan Jacobs, American guitarist (
Atreyu)
*
1982 -
Andy Knowles, English musician (
Franz Ferdinand)
*
1983 -
Marlin Jackson, American football player
* 1983 -
Patrick Wolf, English Musician and Singer/Songwriter
* 1983 -
Cheryl Tweedy, English singer (
Girls Aloud)
*
1984 -
Fantasia Barrino, American singer
*1984 -
Gabriel Badilla, Costa Rican footballer
*
1985 -
Michael Phelps, American swimmer
* 1985 -
Fabiana Vallejos, Argentine footballer
*
350 -
Nepotianus,
Roman usurper*
1181 -
Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester, English politician (b.
1147)
*
1364 -
Arnost of Pardubice, Archbishop of Prague (b.
1297)
*
1538 -
Charles of Egmond, Duke of Guelders (b.
1467)
*
1579 -
Mehmed Pasha Sokolović, Turkish Janissary
*
1597 -
Willem Barents, Dutch explorer
*
1607 -
Caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (b.
1538)
*
1660 -
William Oughtred, English mathematician (b.
1575)
*
1666 -
Alexander Brome, English poet (b.
1620)
*
1670 -
Henrietta Anne Stuart, Princess of England, Scotland, and Ireland (b.
1644)
*
1709 -
Edward Lhuyd, Welsh scientist (b.
1660)
*
1785 -
James Oglethorpe, English general and founder of the state of Georgia (b.
1696)
*
1796 -
Abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (b.
1724)
*
1857 -
Alcide d'Orbigny, French naturalist (b.
1802)
*
1882 -
Charles J. Guiteau, American assassin of President
James A. Garfield (b.
1841)
*
1890 -
Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, American composer (b.
1819)
*
1919 -
John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist,
Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1842)
*
1934 -
Kurt von Schleicher,
Chancellor of Germany (b.
1882)
*
1953 -
Charles William Miller, father of football in Brazil (b.
1874)
*
1959 -
José Vasconcelos, Mexican writer and politician (b.
1882)
*
1961 -
Lee DeForest, American inventor (b.
1873)
*
1966 -
Giuseppe Farina, Italian race car driver (b.
1906)
*
1971 -
Herbert Biberman, Jewish American screenwriter and film director (b.
1900)
* 1971 - Crew of Soyuz 11
**
Viktor Patsayev (b.
1933)
**
Georgi Dobrovolski (b.
1928)
**
Vladislav Volkov (b.
1935)
*
1974 -
Vannevar Bush, American engineer and politician (b.
1890)
*
1976 -
Firpo Marberry, baseball player (b.
1898)
*
1984 -
Lillian Hellman, American playwright (b.
1905)
*
1993 -
George "Spanky" McFarland, American actor (b.
1928)
* 1993 -
Wong Ka Kui, Hong Kong singer (b.
1962)
*
1995 -
Gale Gordon, American actor (b.
1906)
* 1995 -
Georgi Beregovoi, Soviet cosmonaut (b.
1921)
* 1995 -
Phyllis Hyman, American jazz vocalist (b.
1949)
*
1997 -
Larry O'Day, wrestler (b.
1944)
*
2001 -
Chet Atkins, American guitarist (b.
1924)
*
2003 -
Buddy Hackett, American comic (b.
1924)
* 2003 -
Robert McCloskey, American children's book writer and illustrator (b.
1915)
*
2006 -
Robert Gernhardt, German satirist (b.
1937)
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Independence Day in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo.
*
First Martyrs of the
See of Rome.
Liturgical feasts
*
Saint Adolf (died 1224)
*
Saint Martialis* Blessed
Arnold Cornibout*
Saint Adilia van Orp (died 670)
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Saint Emiliana*
Saint Luciana*
BBC: On This Day*
The New York Times: On This Day*
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