June 30
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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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Events
- 1651 - Battle of Beresteczko ends with Polish victory
- 1908 - Tunguska impact event occurs in Siberia
- 1936 - Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell published
- 1956 - A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collided above Grand Canyon, Arizona killing 128
- 1971 - Crew of Soyuz 11 spacecraft killed when air supply escapes through faulty valve
- 1971 - The 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, lowering the voting age to 18, ratified as Ohio became the 38th state to approve it
- 2002 - May 31 through June 30 - 17th Football World Cup in Japan and South Korea.
Births
- 1470 - Charles VIII of France, King of France (+ 1498)
- 1685 - Dominikus Zimmermann, master builder (+ 1766)
- 1775 - Paul de Barras, politician (+ 1829)
- 1789 - Horace Vernet, painter and graphic artist (+ 1863)
- 1807 - Friedrich Theodor von Vischer, narrator, lyricist, philosopher (+ 1887)
- 1893 - Walter Ulbricht, politician (+ 1973)
- 1917 - Lena Horne, actress and singer
- 1917 - Susan Hayward, actress (+ 1975)
- 1934 - Harry Blackstone, Junior, magician (+ 1997)
- 1943 - Florence Ballard, singer; member of the Supremes (+1976)
- 1963 - Yngwie J. Malmsteen, guitarist
- 1966 - Mike Tyson, world champion boxer
- 1985 - Fabiana Vallejos, Argentine soccer player
Deaths
- 2001 - Chet Atkins, country and western musician
- 1995 - Gale Gordon, actor
- 1995 - Georgi Beregovoi, cosmonaut
- 1993 - George "Spanky" McFarland, actor
- 1971 - Viktor Patsayev, Georgi Dobrovolsky, and Vladislav Volkov, cosmonauts on Soyuz 11
- 1961 - Lee DeForest, American inventor
- 1934 - [[Ernst R�hm]], Nazi government official
Holidays and observances
See Also:
June 29 - July 1 - May 30 - July 30 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "June 30" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_30 December 16, 2003
