June 30

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
1864 - Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation"
1908 - Tunguska impact event occurs in Siberia
1934 - Night of the Long Knives in Germany
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.

1470 - Charles VIII of France, King of France (d. 1498)
1685 - Dominikus Zimmermann, master builder (d. 1766)
1775 - Paul de Barras, politician (d. 1829)
1789 - Horace Vernet, painter and graphic artist (d. 1863)
1807 - Friedrich Theodor von Vischer, narrator, lyricist, philosopher (d. 1887)
1817 - Joseph Dalton Hooker, botanist (d. 1911)
1891 - Man Mountain Dean, professional wrestler (d. 1953)
1893 - Walter Ulbricht, politician (d. 1973)
1899 - Harry Shields, jazz musician (d. 1971)
1917 - Lena Horne, actress and singer
1917 - Susan Hayward, actress (d. 1975)
1934 - Harry Blackstone, Junior, magician (d. 1997)
1943 - Florence Ballard, singer; member of the Supremes (d.1976)
1944 - Raymond Moody, parapsychologist
1959 - Vincent D'Onofrio, actor (Full Metal Jacket, Ed Wood, Law & Order: Criminal Intent)
1962 - Tony Fernandez, baseball player
1963 - Yngwie J. Malmsteen, guitarist
1966 - Mike Tyson, world champion boxer
1973 - Chan Ho Park, Korean baseball pitcher
1985 - Fabiana Vallejos, Argentine soccer player