June 30
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June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 184 days remaining until the end of the year.
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[edit] Events
- 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the usurper Magnentius, in Rome.
- 1422 - Battle of Arbedo between the duke of Milan and the Swiss cantons.
- 1520 - The Spaniards are expelled from Tenochtitlan.
- 1559 - King Henry II of France is seriously injured in a jousting match against Gabriel de Montgomery.
- 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.
- 1758 - Seven Years' War: Battle of Domstadtl.
- 1805 - The U.S. Congress organizes Michigan Territory.
- 1859 - French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
- 1864 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation."
- 1882 - Charles Guiteau hanged in Washington, DC for the shooting death of President James Garfield.
- 1886 - The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4 of the same year.
- 1905 - Albert Einstein publishes the article "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies", where he introduces special relativity.
- 1906 - The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
- 1908 - The Tunguska impact event occurs in Siberia.
- 1912 - The Regina Cyclone hits Regina, Saskatchewan, killing 28. It remains Canada's deadliest tornado event.
- 1921 - U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft chief justice of the United States.
- 1934 - The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place.
- 1935 - The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its first congress.
- 1944 - The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces.
- 1952 - The Guiding Light airs on television for the first time.
- 1953 - The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
- 1956 - A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 (Flight 718) collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona, United States, killing all 128 on the two planes.
- 1960 - Congo gains independence from Belgium.
- 1963 - Ciaculli massacre: a car bomb, intended for Mafia boss Salvatore Greco, kills seven police and military officers near Palermo.
- 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.
- 1972 - +1 leap second was added to the UTC time system.
- 1977 - Virginia Wade wins the Ladies Singles title at Wimbledon, the last British champion at the All England Club to date.
- 1985 - Thirty-nine American hostages from a hijacked TWA jetliner are freed in Beirut after being held for 17 days.
- 1986 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules that states could outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults.
- 1987 - The Royal Canadian Mint introduces the $1 coin, known as the Loonie
- 1988 - French archbishop Marcel Lefebvre is excommunicated by the Catholic church.
- 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 - First Harry Potter book is published.
- 1997 - The United Kingdom transfers sovereignty over Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China.
- 2005 - Spain legalizes same-sex marriage.
- 2007 - A car crashes into Glasgow International Airport in Scotland, believed to be a terrorist attack.
[edit] Births
- 1286 - John de Warenne, 8th Earl of Surrey, English politician (d. 1347)
- 1470 - 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, British writer (d. 1732)
- 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, British botanist (d. 1911)
- 1823 - Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, Indian industrialist (d. 1901)
- 1843 - Ernest Mason Satow, British diplomat (d. 1929)
- 1884 - Georges Duhamel, French author (d. 1966)
- 1891 - Man Mountain Dean, American professional wrestler (d. 1953)
- 1891 - Ed "Strangler" Lewis, American professional wrestler (d. 1966)
- 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)
- 1906 - Anthony Mann, American film actor and director (d. 1967)
- 1908 - Winston Graham, British writer (d. 2003)
- 1911 - Czesław Miłosz, 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, owner of the New York Jets (d. 1967)
- 1913 - Alfonso López Michelsen, 32nd Colombian President (d. 2007)
- 1917 - Susan Hayward, American actress (d. 1975)
- 1917 - Lena Horne, American actress and singer
- 1919 - Ed Yost, American inventor (d. 2007)
- 1926 - Paul Berg, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1929 - James Goldman, American screenwriter (d. 1998)
- 1931 - Bert Eriksson, Flemish neo-Nazi (d. 2005)
- 1931 - Andrew Hill, American jazz pianist (d. 2007)
- 1933 - Lea Massari, Italian actress
- 1933 - Orval Tessier, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1934 - Harry Blackstone Jr., American magician (d. 1997)
- 1936 - Nancy Dussault, American actress
- 1936 - Dave Van Ronk, American folk singer/songwriter (d. 2002)
- 1938 - Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek singer (d. 1999)
- 1939 - José Emilio Pacheco, Mexican poet
- 1940 - Mark Spoelstra, American folksinger (d. 2007)
- 1941 - Peter Pollock, South African cricket player
- 1942 - Robert Ballard, Oceanographer
- 1942 - Ron Harris, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1943 - Florence Ballard, American singer (The Supremes) (d. 1976)
- 1944 - Raymond Moody, American parapsychologist
- 1944 - Terry Funk, American professional wrestler
- 1944 - Ron Swoboda, American baseball player
- 1950 - Leonard Whiting, British actor
- 1951 - Stanley Clarke, American musician
- 1952 - David Garrison, Broadway and television actor
- 1952 - Athanassios S. Fokas, Greek mathematician
- 1953 - Hal Lindes, British-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, British musician (Dead Can Dance)
- 1960 - Murray Cook, Australian children's singer (The Wiggles)
- 1962 - Tony Fernandez, Dominican baseball player
- 1963 - Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Swedish guitarist
- 1964 - Alexandra Christina Manley, Former Danish princess, now countess
- 1965 - Mitch Richmond, American basketball player
- 1965 - Steve Duchesne, French Canadian ice hockey player
- 1965 - Gary Pallister, former English football player (Manchester United)
- 1966 - Mike Tyson, American former boxer
- 1966 - Marton Csokas, New Zealand actor
- 1968 - Philip Anselmo, American musician
- 1969 - Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1970 - Mark Grudzielanek, baseball player
- 1971 - Anette Michel, Mexican actress
- 1971 - Monica Potter, American actress
- 1972 - James Martin, English celebrity chef
- 1973 - Chan Ho Park, Major League Baseball player
- 1974 - Melanie Lambert American ice skater and winner of ITV's Dancing on Ice
- 1975 - Ralf Schumacher, German race car driver
- 1977 - Richard Henderson, famous packaging engineer
- 1977 - Chris Maxwell, baseball player (New Mexico)
- 1978 - Owen Lafave, ex-husband of Debra Lafave
- 1979 - Matisyahu, Hasidic Jewish Reggae Rapper
- 1979 - Rick Gonzalez, Hispanic-American actor
- 1981 - Can Artam, Turkish racing driver
- 1981 - Matt Kirk, Canadian football Player
- 1981 - Karolina Sadalska, Polish kayaker
- 1982 - Dan Jacobs, American guitarist (Atreyu)
- 1982 - Andy Knowles, British musician (Franz Ferdinand)
- 1982 - Lizzy Caplan, American actress (Mean Girls, 2004)
- 1983 - Brendon James, British drummer (Thirteen Senses)
- 1983 - Marlin Jackson, American football player
- 1983 - Patrick Wolf, British musician
- 1983 - Cheryl Cole, British singer (Girls Aloud)
- 1984 - Fantasia Barrino, American singer
- 1984 - Gabriel Badilla, Costa Rican footballer
- 1985 - Rafal Blechacz, Polish classical pianist
- 1985 - Michael Phelps, American swimmer
- 1985 - Fabiana Vallejos, Argentine footballer
- 1985 - T-Pain, American rapper/singer
[edit] Deaths
- 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
- 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)
- 1704 - John Quelch, a pirate was hanged (b. 1665)
- 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)
- 1973 - Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky C.Ss.R Bishop and Martyr (b. 1903)
- 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 country guitar player and producer (b. 1924)
- 2001 - Joe Henderson, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1937)
- 2002 - Chico Xavier, popular medium in Brazil´s spiritism movement (b. 1910)
- 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)
- 2007 - Sahib Singh Verma, Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Delhi (b. 1943)
[edit] Holidays and observances
- Independence Day in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- First Martyrs of the See of Rome.
[edit] Liturgical feasts
- Saint Adolf (died 1224)
- Saint Martialis
- Blessed Arnold Cornibout
- Saint Adilia van Orp (died 670)
- Saint Emiliana
- Saint Luciana
- Saint Theobald of Provins
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