Historical Events In June - 30

1966  Beatles land in Tokyo for a concert tour on this day in history.   

1967  On June - 30 maj Robert H Lawrence Jr named first black astronaut   

1968  On June - 30 gaullists win victory in the French National Assembly elections   

1968  On this day in history john Gough, actor (Circus Kid, 2 for Tonight), dies at 73   

1969  On June - 30 spain cedes Ifni to Morocco   

1969  Jan Evangelista Zelinka, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1970  Brazil beats Italy 4-1 in soccer's 9th World Cup at Mexico City on June - 30.   

1970  On June - 30 t Smirnova discovers asteroid #2139 Makharadze   

1971  On June - 30 georgi T Dobrovolsky, Odessa, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11), dies at 43   

1973  On June - 30 observers aboard Concorde jet observe 72-min solar eclipse   

1973  On June - 30 elmer Layden, one of Notre Dame's legendary 4-horsemen, died   

1974  On June - 30 petty thief Peter Leonard sets fire to cover burglary that torches "Gulliver's" nightclub. 24 die (Port Chester NY)   

1974  Alberta King, mother of Martin Luther King Jr, assassinated in church on this day in history.   

1975  Bundy victim Shelley Robertson disappears in Colorado on June - 30.   

1975  On June - 30 cher, just 4 days after divorcing Sonny Bono marries Gregg Allman   

1976  On June - 30 a Naval Aviator tradition came to an end when brown shoes were stricken from the officers' and chiefs' uniforms. The tradition initially distinguished the Brown Shoe Navy of the aviators from the black shoes of the surface officers.   

1977  On June - 30 jimmy Carter cans B-1A bomber later "B-1's the B-52"   

1977  On June - 30 marvel Comics publish the "Kiss book" tributing the rock group Kiss   

1977  On June - 30 uS Railway Post Office final train run (NY to Wash DC)   

1979  Johnny Rotten &Joan Collins appear together on BBC's Juke Box Jury on this day in history.   

1979  Alfons Vranckx, Belgian politician, dies at 72 on June - 30.   

1980  Virginia Brown Faire, actress (Lonesome Trail, Temptress), dies on June - 30.   

1981  China's Communist Party condemns the late Mao Tse-tung's policy on June - 30.   

1982  Federal Equal Rights Amendment fails 3 states short of ratification on this day in history.   

1982  Orbiter Challenger (OV-099) rolled out at Palmdale on June - 30.   

1983  On June - 30 bo Gentry, songwriter/producer, dies   

1984  On this day in history lillian Hellman, playwright, (Little Foxes), dies at 79   

1985  39 remaining hostages from Flight 847 are freed in Beirut on this day in history.   

1985  On June - 30 james Dewar, inventor (Twinkie), dies   

1986  On this day in history georgia sodomy law upheld by Supreme Court (5-4)   

1987  On this day in history patrik Sjoberg of Sweden set a new world record in the high jump   

1987  On June - 30 federico Mompou, composer, dies at 94   

1988  On this day in history brooklyn dedicates a bus depot honoring Jackie Gleason   

1989  Attorney General Thornburgh orders Joseph Doherty deported to the UK on June - 30.   

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1286  On June - 30 birth of john de Warenne, 8th Earl of Surrey, English politician (d. 1347)   

1468  On this day in history birth of johan, the Standvastige, monarch of Saxon   

1470  Charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), invaded Italy was born on this day in history.   

1503  On this day in history birth of johan Frederik, elector of Saxon (1532-47)   

1503  On this day in history birth of john Frederick, Elector of Saxony (d. 1554)   

1641  On June - 30 birth of meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, Irish general (d. 1719)   

1669  Mauritius Vogt, composer was born on this day in history.   

1685  On June - 30 birth of dominikus Zimmermann, German architect/painter (Liebfrauenkirche)   

0350  Death of Nepotianus, Roman usurper on June - 30.   

1109  On June - 30 alfonso VI, (imperator totius Hispaniae), king of Leon, dies   

1181  Death of Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester, English politician (b. 1147) on this day in history.   

1224  On June - 30 death of adolf of Osnabrück, Saint Adolf (b. 1185)   

1364  On this day in history death of arnost of Pardubice, Archbishop of Prague (b. 1297)   

1520  Death of Montezuma II, the last Aztec emperor, killed on this day in history.   

1538  Charles van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1579  Death of Mehmed Pasha Sokolović, Turkish Janissary on June - 30.