Page 7: Historical Events In June - 30

1966  Beatles land in Tokyo for a concert tour on June - 30.   

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  John Gough, actor (Circus Kid, 2 for Tonight), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history spain cedes Ifni to Morocco   

1969  On June - 30 jan Evangelista Zelinka, composer, dies at 76   

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

1970  T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2139 Makharadze on this day in history.   

1971  Georgi T Dobrovolsky, Odessa, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11), dies at 43 on this day in history.   

1973  Observers aboard Concorde jet observe 72-min solar eclipse on June - 30.   

1973  Elmer Layden, one of Notre Dame's legendary 4-horsemen, died on June - 30.   

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

1974  On this day in history alberta King, mother of Martin Luther King Jr, assassinated in church   

1975  On this day in history bundy victim Shelley Robertson disappears in Colorado   

1975  Cher, just 4 days after divorcing Sonny Bono marries Gregg Allman on June - 30.   

1976  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 on June - 30.   

1977  Jimmy Carter cans B-1A bomber later "B-1's the B-52" on this day in history.   

1977  Marvel Comics publish the "Kiss book" tributing the rock group Kiss on June - 30.   

1977  US Railway Post Office final train run (NY to Wash DC) on June - 30.   

1979  Johnny Rotten &Joan Collins appear together on BBC's Juke Box Jury on June - 30.   

1979  Alfons Vranckx, Belgian politician, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1982  Federal Equal Rights Amendment fails 3 states short of ratification on June - 30.   

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

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

1984  Lillian Hellman, playwright, (Little Foxes), dies at 79 on June - 30.   

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

1985  James Dewar, inventor (Twinkie), dies on this day in history.   

1986  On June - 30 georgia sodomy law upheld by Supreme Court (5-4)   

1987  Patrik Sjoberg of Sweden set a new world record in the high jump on June - 30.   

1987  Federico Mompou, composer, dies at 94 on June - 30.   

1988  Brooklyn dedicates a bus depot honoring Jackie Gleason on this day in history.   

1989  Attorney General Thornburgh orders Joseph Doherty deported to the UK 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  On this day in history birth of charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), invaded Italy   

1503  Johan Frederik, elector of Saxon (1532-47) was born on June - 30.   

1503  John Frederick, Elector of Saxony (d. 1554) was born on this day in history.   

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

1669  Mauritius Vogt, composer was born on June - 30.   

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

0350  On this day in history death of nepotianus, Roman usurper   

1109  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of adolf of Osnabrück, Saint Adolf (b. 1185)   

1364  Death of Arnost of Pardubice, Archbishop of Prague (b. 1297) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1579  Death of Mehmed Pasha Sokolović, Turkish Janissary on this day in history.