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 after June 30 until the end of the year.
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[change] Births
- 1470 – King Charles VIII of France (d. 1498)
- 1685 – John Gay, English writer (d. 1732)
- 1685 – Dominikus Zimmermann, master builder (d. 1766)
- 1768 – Elizabeth Monroe, First Lady of the United States (d. 1830)
- 1775 – Paul de Barras, French politician (d. 1829)
- 1789 – Horace Vernet, painter and graphic artist (d. 1863)
- 1807 – Friedrich Theodor von Vischer, narrator, lyricist, and philosopher (d. 1887)
- 1817 – Joseph Dalton Hooker, British botanist (d. 1911)
- 1819 – William A. Wheeler, Vice President of the United States (d. 1887)
- 1843 – Ernest Mason Satow, author (d. 1929)
- 1884 – Georges Duhamel, French writer (d. 1966)
- 1891 – Man Mountain Dean, American professional wrestler (d. 1953)
- 1893 – Walter Ulbricht, East German politician (d. 1973)
- 1899 – Harry Shields, American jazz musician (d. 1971)
- 1908 – Winston Graham, English writer (d. 2003)
- 1911 – Czesław Miłosz, Polish poet, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature (d. 2004)
- 1917 – Susan Hayward, American actress (d. 1975)
- 1917 – Lena Horne, American actress and singer (d. 2010)
- 1921 – Oswaldo Lopez Arellano, President of Honduras (d. 2010)
- 1926 – Peter Alexander, Austrian singer and actor (d. 2011)
- 1926 – Paul Berg, American biochemist
- 1934 – Harry Blackstone Jr.,American magician (d. 1997)
- 1943 – Florence Ballard, American singer (The Supremes) (d. 1976)
- 1944 – Raymond Moody, American parapsychologist
- 1954 – Serzh Sargsyan, President of Armenia
- 1954 – Pierre Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica (d. 2004)
- 1958 – Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish conductor and composer
- 1959 – Vincent D'Onofrio, actor
- 1959 – Brendan Perry, musician (Dead Can Dance)
- 1960 – Jack McConnell, Scottish politician, former First Minister of Scotland
- 1962 – Tony Fernandez, American baseball player
- 1963 – Yngwie J. Malmsteen, guitarist
- 1964 – Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg, Hong Kong-born former member of the Danish royal family
- 1965 – Gary Pallister, English footballer
- 1966 – Cheryl Bernard, Canadian curler
- 1966 – Mike Tyson, American world champion boxer
- 1968 – Philip Anselmo, musician
- 1971 – Monica Potter, American actress
- 1972 – James Martin, English chef
- 1973 – Frank Rost, German footballer
- 1973 – Chan Ho Park, Korean baseball pitcher
- 1975 – Rami Shaaban, Swedish footballer
- 1975 – Ralf Schumacher, German race car driver
- 1977 – Justo Villar, Paraguayan footballer
- 1980 – Seyi Olofinjana, Nigerian footballer
- 1982 – Andy Knowles, British musician (Franz Ferdinand)
- 1983 – Cheryl Cole, British singer, formerly of Girls Aloud
- 1984 – Fantasia Barrino, American singer
- 1985 – Michael Phelps, American swimmer
- 1985 – Fabiana Vallejos, Argentine footballer
- 1985 – Charley Uchea, Reality show star
- 1986 – Allegra Versace, Italian heiress
[change] Deaths
- 1520 – Moctezuma II (Montezuma), Aztec ruler (b. around 1465)
- 1670 – Henrietta of England, daughter of Charles I (b. 1644)
- 1861 – Robert O'Hara Burke, Irish explorer of Australia (b. 1820)
- 1882 – Charles J. Guiteau, assassin of US President James A. Garfield (b. 1841)
- 1919 – John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist (b. 1842)
- 1934 – Kurt von Schleicher, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1882)
- 1934 – Gregor Strasser, Nazi politician (b. 1892)
- 1934 – Gustav Ritter von Kahr, Prime Minister of Bavaria (b. 1862)
- 1934 – Karl Ernst, Sturmabteilung leader (b. 1904)
- 1934 – Erich Klausener, German politician (b. 1885)
- 1959 – Jose Vasconcelos, Mexican writer and politician (b. 1882)
- 1966 – Giuseppe Farina, Italian racing driver (b. 1906)
- 1971 – Viktor Patsayev, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1933)
- 1971 – Georgi Pobrovolski, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1928)
- 1971 – Vladislav Volkov, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1935)
- 1974 – Vannevar Bush, American engineer and politician (b. 1890)
- 1984 – Lillian Hellman, American playwright (b. 1905)
- 1985 – Haruo Remeliik, President of Palau (b. 1933)
- 1993 – George "Spanky" McFarland, American actor (b. 1928)
- 1995 – Georgi Beregovoi, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1921)
- 2001 – Chet Atkins, American musician and producer (b. 1924)
- 2009 – Pina Bausch, German choreographer (b. 1940)
- 2011 – Georg Sterzinsky, German cardinal (b. 1936)
[change] Events
- 1859 – French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
- 1861 – A group of 3000 European gold miners attack Chinese miners at Lambing Flat, New South Wales.
- 1882 – Charles J. Guiteau is executed for the assassination of US President James A. Garfield.
- 1894 – London Tower Bridge is opened to traffic.
- 1908 – The Tunguska Incident occurs, as a large area of forest in Siberia is destroyed. The circumstances have not yet been fully explained, but it is widely believed to have been the explosion of a meteor.
- 1934 – The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's purge of political rivals, begins.
- 1954 – A total Solar eclipse is seen over parts of North America, Europe and Asia.
- 1960 – The present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo becomes independent.
- 1969 – Nigeria bans Red Cross aid from Biafra.
- 1971 – The crew of Soyuz 11 are suffocated when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve.
- 1972 – The first Leap second is added to the UTC time.
- 1985 – Palau's President Haruo Remeliik is murdered.
- 1987 – The Canadian 1 Dollar coin, the 'Loonie', is introduced.
- 1990 – East Germany and West Germany merge their economies.
- 1996 – Germany wins the UEFA Euro 1996 Championship against the Czech Republic, with Oliver Bierhoff scoring the first-ever 'Golden Goal'.
- 2002 – Brazil wins the FIFA World Cup for a fifth time.
- 2007 – Islamist extremists drive a jeep packed with explosives into the main building at Glasgow Airport in Scotland.
- 2009 – A Yemenia Airlines plane crashes into the Indian Ocean near the Comoros. Only one of the 153 people on board survives.
- 2010 – Benigno Aquino III becomes President of the Philippines.
- 2010 – Christian Wulff is chosen to succeed Horst Koehler as President of Germany.
[change] Observances
- Independence Day (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
