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| Birthday June 30, 1470 Charles VIII, king of France (1483-98), invaded Italy |
| Birthday June 30, 1768 Elizabeth Kortright Monroe, first lady |
| Birthday June 30, 1819 William A. Wheeler, (R) 19th U.S. vice-president (1877-81) |
| Birthday June 30, 1904 Jan Peerce, tenor |
| Birthday June 30, 1909 Juan Bosch, poet, president of the Dominican Republic (1962-63) |
| Birthday June 30, 1911 Czeslaw Milosz, Polish-American writer (Nobel 1980) |
| Birthday June 30, 1912 Dan Reeves, NFL team owner (Cleveland/Los Angeles Rams) |
| Birthday June 30, 1917 Lena Horne, singer Bkln NY |
| Birthday June 30, 1917 Buddy Rich, drummer |
| Birthday June 30, 1918 Susan Hayward, in Flatbush Bkln |
| Birthday June 30, 1934 Harry Blackstone Jr, magician |
| Birthday June 30, 1936 Nancy Dussault, in Florida |
| History June 30, 1520 Spanish retreat from Aztec capital |
| History June 30, 1775 Congress impugns Parliament and adopts Articles of War |
| History June 30, 1794 Battle of Ft Recovery - Ohio |
| History June 30, 1812 Madison makes urgent call to commission more officers to fight the British |
| History June 30, 1834 Congress creates Indian Territory |
| History June 30, 1859 Daredevil crosses Niagara Falls on tightrope |
| History June 30, 1859 Charles Blondin is 1st to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope |
| History June 30, 1862 Fighting continues in the Seven Days' Battles |
| History June 30, 1870 Ada Kepley becomes 1st female law college graduate |
| History June 30, 1876 Soldiers are evacuated from the Little Big Horn by steamboat |
| History June 30, 1893 Excelsior diamond (blue-white 995 carats) discovered |
| History June 30, 1894 Korea declares independence from China - asks for Japanese aid |
| History June 30, 1900 Fire breaks out at New Jersey pier |
| History June 30, 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act adopted |
| History June 30, 1908 Giant fireball impacts in Central Siberia (Tunguska Event) |
| History June 30, 1908 Cy Young no hits Yankees Red Sox win 8-0 |
| History June 30, 1914 European powers maintain focus despite killings in Sarajevo |
| History June 30, 1914 Mahatma Gandhi's 1st arrest campaign for Indian rights in S Africa |
| History June 30, 1923 New Zealand claims Ross Dependency in Antarctica |
| History June 30, 1930 1st round-the-world radio broadcast Schenectady NY |
| History June 30, 1934 Adolf Hitler begins pogrom against his enemies |
| History June 30, 1934 Portsmouth Spartans become Detroit Lions |
| History June 30, 1934 Night of the Long Knives |
| History June 30, 1936 Gone With the Wind is published |
| History June 30, 1936 40 hour work week law approved (federal) |
| History June 30, 1943 Operation Cartwheel is launched |
| History June 30, 1948 Transistor demonstrated Murray Hill NJ |
| History June 30, 1950 Pres Truman orders American troops into Korea |
| History June 30, 1950 Truman orders U.S. forces to Korea |
| History June 30, 1952 The Guiding Light soap opera moves from radio to TV |
| History June 30, 1953 First Corvette built |
| History June 30, 1953 US ground forces enter Korean conflict |
| History June 30, 1954 Yank pitcher Tom Morgan ties record by hitting 3 batters in 1 inning. This was also Bobby Brown's last game he retired to become a Dr. |
| History June 30, 1960 Zaire (then Belgian Congo) gains ind |
| History June 30, 1962 Pope Paul VI crowned in St Peter's Square |
| History June 30, 1962 Sandy Koufax pitches first no-hitter |
| History June 30, 1967 Thieu becomes president |
| History June 30, 1970 Cooper-Church Amendment passes in Senate |
| History June 30, 1971 26th Amendment ratified gives vote to 18 year olds-Ohio ratifies |
| History June 30, 1971 3 cosmonauts die as Soyuz XI depressurizes during reentry |
| History June 30, 1971 Soviet cosmonauts perish in reentry disaster |
| History June 30, 1972 1st leap second - day |
| History June 30, 1975 Cher marries Greg Allman |
| History June 30, 1977 Yankee DH Cliff Johnson hit 3 consecutive HRs in Toronto |
| History June 30, 1977 Jimmy Carter cans B-1A bomber later "B-1's the B-52" |
| History June 30, 1981 A first-time offender ends up on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List |
| History June 30, 1982 Equal Rights Amendment dies without ratification |
| History June 30, 1982 New Jersey NHL Franchise named the Devils |
| History June 30, 1985 39 remaining hostages from Flight 847 are freed |
| History June 30, 1986 Georgia sodomy law upheld by the Supreme Court |
| History June 30, 1989 Do the Right Thing released |
| History June 30, 2003 Make Way for Ducklings author Robert McCloskey dies |
| History June 30, 2013 19 firefighters die in Arizona blaze |