June 30

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

Events

350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the usurper Magnentius, in Rome
1651 - The Battle of Beresteczko ends with a Polish victory.
1688 - The Immortal Seven issue the Invitation to William, beginning the struggle for English independence from Rome which would culminate in the Glorious Revolution.
1758 - Seven Years' War: Battle of Domstadtl.
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."
1882 - Charles Guiteau hanged in Washington, DC for the shooting death of President James Garfield.
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.
1886 - The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montréal. It arrived in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4 of the same year.
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.
1912 - The Regina Cyclone hits Regina, Saskatchewan, killing 28. It remains Canada's deadliest tornado event.
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.
1944 - The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces.
1956 - A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 (Flight 718) collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona, United States, killing 128.
1960 - Congo gains independence from Belgium.
1969 - Nigeria bans Red Cross aid to Biafra.
1971 - The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve.
1971 - Ohio ratifies the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, lowering the voting age to 18, thereby putting the amendment into effect.
1977 - Virginia Wade wins 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.
1992 - Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher joins the House of Lords as Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven.
1997 - China resumes sovereignty over the city-state of Hong Kong, ending 156 years of British colonial rule.
2005 - Spain legalizes same-sex marriage.

Births

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)
1803 - Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (d. 1849)
1807 - Friedrich Theodor von Vischer, German narrator, lyricist, and philosopher (d. 1887)
1817 - Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist (d. 1911)
1843 - Ernest Mason Satow, British diplomat (d. 1929)
1891 - Man Mountain Dean, American professional wrestler (d. 1953)
1892 - Oswald Pohl, German Nazi leader (d. 1951)
1893 - Walter Ulbricht, German politician (d. 1973)
1899 - Madge Bellamy, American actress (d. 1990)
1899 - Harry Shields, American jazz clarinetist (d. 1971)
1906 - Ralph Allen, English footballer (d. 1981)
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)
1913 - Harry Wismer, original owner of the New York Jets (d. 1967)
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, American parapsychologist
1944 - Terry Funk, Wrestler
1951 - Stanley Clarke, American musician
1951 - Andrew Scott, British rock guitarist (Sweet (band))
1952 - David Garrison, comedian, played Steve Rhoades on Married With Children
1953 - Hal Lindes, English-American musician (Dire Straits)
1954 - Pierre Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica (d. 2004)
1955 - David Alan Grier, American actor and comedian
1957 - Sterling Marlin, American Nascar driver
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, Dominican baseball player
1963 - Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Swedish guitarist
1965 - Mitch Richmond, American basketball player
1966 - Mike Tyson, American boxer
1968 - Philip Anselmo, American musician
1971 - Anette Michel, Mexican actress
1971 - Monica Potter, American actress
1973 - Chan Ho Park, Korean Major League Baseball player
1975 - Ralf Schumacher, German race car driver
1979 - Matisyahu, Hasidic Jewish Reggae Rapper
1979 - Rick Gonzalez, Hispanic-American actor
1982 - Dan Jacobs, American guitarist (Atreyu)
1982 - Andy Knowles, English musician (Franz Ferdinand)
1983 - Marlin Jackson, American football player
1983 - Patrick Wolf, English Musician and Singer/Songwriter
1983 - Cheryl Tweedy, English singer (Girls Aloud)
1984 - Fantasia Barrino, American singer
1984 - Gabriel Badilla, Costa Rican footballer
1985 - Michael Phelps, American swimmer
1985 - Fabiana Vallejos, Argentine footballer

Deaths

350 - Nepotianus, Roman usurper
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 - Kurt von Schleicher, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1882)
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 - Herbert Biberman, Jewish American screenwriter and film director (b. 1900)
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 (b. 1962)
1995 - Gale Gordon, American actor (b. 1906)
1995 - Georgi Beregovoi, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1921)
1995 - Phyllis Hyman, American jazz vocalist (b. 1949)
2001 - Chet Atkins, American guitarist (b. 1924)
2003 - Buddy Hackett, American comic (b. 1924)
2003 - Robert McCloskey, American children's book writer and illustrator (b. 1915)
2006 - Robert Gernhardt, German satirist (b. 1937)

Holidays and observances

Independence Day in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
First Martyrs of the See of Rome.

Liturgical feasts

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