Historical Events In June - 30

1939  Heinkel He 176 rocket plane flies for 1st time, at Peenemunde on June - 30.   

1940  "Brenda Starr" cartoon strip, by Dale Messick, first appears on this day in history.   

1940  US Fish &Wildlife Service established on June - 30.   

1940  "Brenda Starr" cartoon strip, by Dale Messick, 1st appears on June - 30.   

1941  HMAS WATERHEN (RAN), lost in the Eastern Mediterranean off Bardia, east Libya by German divebombers on the 29th June on this day in history.   

1941  On June - 30 hMAS Waterhen sunk on Tobruk run   

1941  On June - 30 61 U-boats (310,000 ton) sunk this month   

1942  Australian troops raid Salamaua on June - 30.   

1942  On June - 30 uS Mint in New Orleans ceases operation   

1942  144 U boats (700,000 ton) sunk this month on June - 30.   

1942  Arnoldus J H Aerts, Dutch bishop of New-Guinea, executed at 62 on this day in history.   

1946  On June - 30 michael Zadora, composer, dies at 64   

1948  Cleve Indian Bob Lemon no-hits Detroit Tigers, 2-0 on June - 30.   

1948  On this day in history transistor as a substitute for Radio tubes announced (Bell Labs)   

1948  Karl Wolfskehl, writer, dies at 78 on June - 30.   

1950  Pres Truman orders US troops into Korea on this day in history.   

1950  US President allows American troops deployement in Korea on June - 30.   

1951  NAACP begins attack on school segregation &discrimination on June - 30.   

1952  "The Guiding Light" soap opera moves from radio to TV on this day in history.   

1953  Elsa Beskow, (Maartman), Swedish author (children's book), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1954  USSR opens its first atomic power plant on this day in history.   

1956  United DC-7 &TWA collide over Grand Canyon killing 128 on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history lazare Saminsky, composer, dies at 76   

1960  On June - 30 belgian Congo becomes an independent state   

1960  Za‹re (then Belgian Congo) gains independence from Belgium on this day in history.   

1960  Clarence Cameron White, composer, dies at 79 on June - 30.   

1961  Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history lee de Forest, inventor (Electron Tube), dies at 87   

1962  LA Dodger Sandy Koufax no-hits NY Mets, 5-0 on June - 30.   

1962  Rwanda &Burundi become independent on June - 30.   

1962  On June - 30 caspar Neher, German set designer/librettist, dies at 65   

1963  On June - 30 cardinal Montini elected Pope Paul VI, 262nd head of RC Church   

1964  On June - 30 centaur 3 launch vehicle fails to make Earth orbit   

1965  Bessie Barriscale, actress (Plain Jane, Show Folks), dies on June - 30.   

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1286  John de Warenne, 8th Earl of Surrey, English politician (d. 1347) was born on June - 30.   

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 June - 30.   

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

1503  John Frederick, Elector of Saxony (d. 1554) was born on June - 30.   

1641  Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, Irish general (d. 1719) was born on this day in history.   

1669  On June - 30 birth of mauritius Vogt, composer   

1685  Dominikus Zimmermann, German architect/painter (Liebfrauenkirche) was born on June - 30.   

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

1109  Alfonso VI, (imperator totius Hispaniae), king of Leon, dies on June - 30.   

1181  Death of Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester, English politician (b. 1147) on June - 30.   

1224  Death of Adolf of Osnabrück, Saint Adolf (b. 1185) on this day in history.   

1364  Death of Arnost of Pardubice, Archbishop of Prague (b. 1297) on June - 30.   

1520  Death of Montezuma II, the last Aztec emperor, killed on June - 30.   

1538  Charles van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen, dies at 70 on June - 30.   

1579  On this day in history death of mehmed Pasha Sokolović, Turkish Janissary