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June 30 leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 184 days remaining until the end of the year.
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 for the shooting death of President James Garfield .1886 - The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal . It arrives in Port Moody 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 , 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 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.Births [ ] 1286 - John de Warenne , English politician (d. 1347 )1470 - Charles VIII of France (d. 1498 )1503 - John Frederick (d. 1554 )1641 - Meinhardt 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 laureate1929 - 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 actress1933 - Orval Tessier , Canadian ice hockey player
1934 - Harry Blackstone Jr. , American magician (d. 1997 )1936 - Nancy Dussault , American actress1936 - Dave Van Ronk , American folk singer/songwriter (d. 2002 )
1938 - Apostolos Nikolaidis , Greek singer (d. 1999 )1939 - José Emilio Pacheco , Mexican poet1940 - Mark Spoelstra , American folksinger (d. 2007 )1941 - Peter Pollock , South African cricket player1942 - Robert Ballard , Oceanographer 1942 - Ron Harris , Canadian ice hockey player1943 - Florence Ballard , American singer (The Supremes ) (d. 1976 )1944 - Raymond Moody , American parapsychologist1944 - Terry Funk , American professional wrestler
1944 - Ron Swoboda , American baseball player
1950 - Leonard Whiting , British actor1951 - Stanley Clarke , American musician1952 - David Garrison , Broadway and television actor1952 - 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 comedian1957 - Sterling Marlin , American Nascar driver1958 - Esa-Pekka Salonen , Finnish conductor and composer1959 - Vincent D'Onofrio , American actor1959 - Brendan Perry , British musician (Dead Can Dance )
1960 - Murray Cook , Australian children's singer (The Wiggles )1962 - Tony Fernandez , Dominican baseball player1963 - Yngwie J. Malmsteen , Swedish guitarist1964 - Alexandra Christina Manley , Former Danish princess , now countess 1965 - Mitch Richmond , American basketball player1965 - Steve Duchesne , French Canadian ice hockey player
1965 - Gary Pallister , former English football player (Manchester United )
1966 - Mike Tyson , American former boxer1966 - Marton Csokas , New Zealand actor
1968 - Philip Anselmo , American musician1969 - Sanath Jayasuriya , Sri Lankan cricketer1970 - Mark Grudzielanek , baseball player1971 - Anette Michel , Mexican actress1971 - Monica Potter , American actress
1972 - James Martin , English celebrity chef1973 - Chan Ho Park , Major League Baseball player1975 - Ralf Schumacher , German race car driver1977 - Richard Henderson , famous packaging engineer1977 - Chris Maxwell , baseball player (New Mexico)
1978 - Owen Lafave , ex-husband of Debra Lafave 1979 - Matisyahu , Hasidic Jewish Reggae Rapper1979 - Rick Gonzalez , Hispanic-American actor
1981 - Can Artam , Turkish racing driver1981 - 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 singer1984 - Gabriel Badilla , Costa Rican footballer
1985 - Rafal Blechacz , Polish classical pianist1985 - Michael Phelps , American swimmer
1985 - Fabiana Vallejos , Argentine footballer
1985 - T-Pain , American rapper/singer Deaths [ ] 350 - Nepotianus , Roman usurper 1181 - Hugh de Kevelioc , 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 Janissary1607 - 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 , 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
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 )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 )Holidays and observances [ ] Liturgical feasts [ ] External links [ ]
118 Familypedia people were born on June 30
125 Familypedia people died on June 30
77 Familypedia people were first married on June 30
