Date | Name | Location / Topic | |
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June 30 Revolution | |||
Revolution Day | |||
National Prayer Day | |||
Independence Day | |||
Army Day | |||
National Meteor Watch Day | |||
Social Media Day | |||
National OOTD Day | |||
International Asteroid Day | |||
Birth Anniversary of Guru Rinpoche | |||
National Corvette Day | |||
International Day Of Parliamentarism |
Historical Events on June 30
- 1758: The Battle of Domstadtl starts during the 7 Years War.
- 1794: Blue Jacket leads Native American forces on an attack of Fort Recovery.
- 1805: The United States Congress organizes the Michigan Territory on this date.
- 1859: Charles Blondin – a French acrobat – crosses Niagara Falls by walking across a tightrope.
- 1860: At the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, the 1860 Oxford Evolution Debate takes place.
- 1864: Yosemite Valley is granted to California by United States President Abraham Lincoln.
- 1882: For the assassination of United States President James Garfield, Charles J. Guiteau is hanged to death in Washington, D.C.
- 1905: Albert Einstein forwards the article “On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies” for publication in Annalen Der Physik. This article is the first introduction of special relativity to the public.
- 1906: The Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act are passed by the U.S Congress.
- 1937: London introduces the first emergency telephone number in the world. It’s 999.
- 1944: American forces seize the port of Cherbourg after the Battle of Cherbourg comes to and end during World War 2.
- 1953: Coming off a Flint Michigan assembly line, the Chevrolet Corvette is born today.
- 1959: A U.S Air Force F-100 Super Sabre crashes into an elementary school near Kadena Air Base in Okinawa. 17 people are killed.
- 1986: The U.S Supreme Court rules that states can outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults in the case of Bowers v. Hardwick.
- 1990: East and West Germany combine their economies.
Famous Birthdays on June 30
- American actress Susan Hayward is born in 1917.
- American actress and singer, Lena Horne is born in 1917.
- American boxer and actor Mike Tyson is born in 1966.
- American actress Monica Potter is born in 1971.
- American baseball player Ryan Cook is born in 1987.
- American singer-songwriter and TV personality, Elisa Jordana is born in 1988.
- Australian footballer David Myers is born in 1989.