June 30: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining, and the last day of June.

Events

• 1651 - The Battle of Beresteczko ends with a Polish victory.
• 1805 - The U.S. Congress organizes Michigan Territory.
• 1864 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation."
• 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
• 1905 - Albert Einstein publishes the article "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies", where he introduces special relativity.
• 1906 - Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act
• 1908 - The Tunguska impact event occurs in Siberia
• 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.
• 1936 - Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell published.
• 1956 - A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona, United States, killing 128.
• 1960 - Congo gains independence from Belgium.
• 1971 - The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through faulty valve.
• 1971 - The 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, lowering the voting age to 18, is ratified as Ohio became the 38th state to approve it.
• 1977 - Virginia Wade won 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.
• 1990 - East and West Germany merge their economies.
• 1997 - China resumes sovereignty over the city-state of Hong Kong, ending 156 years of British colonial rule.
• 2002 - Brazil defeats Germany 2-0 in Yokohama, Japan, to earn a record fifth title in the 17th Football World Cup.
• 2005 - Spain legalizes same-sex marriage.

• 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)
• 1807 - Friedrich Theodor von Vischer, German narrator, lyricist, and philosopher (d. 1887)
• 1817 - Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist (d. 1911)
• 1843 - Ernest Mason Satow, German-born author (d. 1929)
• 1891 - Man Mountain Dean, American professional wrestler (d. 1953)
• 1893 - Walter Ulbricht, German politician (d. 1973)
• 1899 - Madge Bellamy, American actress (d. 1990)
• 1899 - Harry Shields, American jazz clarinetist (d. 1971)
• 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)
• 1917 - Susan Hayward, American actress (d. 1975)
• 1917 - Lena Horne, American actress and singer
• 1926 - Paul Berg, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 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, parapsychologist
• 1954 - Pierre Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica (d. 2004)
• 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, baseball player
• 1963 - Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Swedish guitarist
• 1965 - Mitch Richmond, American basketball player
• 1966 - Mike Tyson, American boxer
• 1968 - Philip Anselmo, American musician
• 1973 - Chan Ho Park, Korean Major League Baseball player
• 1975 - Ralf Schumacher, German race car driver
• 1984 - Fantasia Barrino, American singer
• 1985 - Michael Phelps, American swimmer
• 1985 - Fabiana Vallejos, Argentine footballer

• 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 Llwyd, 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 - Ernst Röhm, Nazi official (b. 1887)
• 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 - 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
• 1995 - Gale Gordon, American actor (b. 1906)
  • Georgi Beregovoi, cosmonaut (b. 1921)
• 2001 - Chet Atkins, American guitarist (b. 1924)
• 2003 - Buddy Hackett, American comic (b. 1924)
  • Robert McCloskey, American children's book writer and illustrator (b. 1915)

• Independence Day in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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