Historical Events In June - 30

1966  On this day in history beatles land in Tokyo for a concert tour   

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

1968  On this day in history gaullists win victory in the French National Assembly elections   

1968  John Gough, actor (Circus Kid, 2 for Tonight), dies at 73 on June - 30.   

1969  Spain cedes Ifni to Morocco on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history t Smirnova discovers asteroid #2139 Makharadze   

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

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

1973  Elmer Layden, one of Notre Dame's legendary 4-horsemen, died on this day in history.   

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 June - 30.   

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 this day in history.   

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  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  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history china's Communist Party condemns the late Mao Tse-tung's policy   

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

1982  On June - 30 orbiter Challenger (OV-099) rolled out at Palmdale   

1983  On this day in history bo Gentry, songwriter/producer, dies   

1984  Lillian Hellman, playwright, (Little Foxes), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1985  39 remaining hostages from Flight 847 are freed in Beirut on June - 30.   

1985  On this day in history james Dewar, inventor (Twinkie), dies   

1986  Georgia sodomy law upheld by Supreme Court (5-4) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1988  On June - 30 brooklyn dedicates a bus depot honoring Jackie Gleason   

1989  On this day in history attorney General Thornburgh orders Joseph Doherty deported to the UK   

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

1468  Johan, the Standvastige, monarch of Saxon was born on this day in history.   

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  Mauritius Vogt, composer was born on June - 30.   

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

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

1109  Alfonso VI, (imperator totius Hispaniae), king of Leon, dies on this day in history.   

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

1224  On June - 30 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  On June - 30 death of montezuma II, the last Aztec emperor, killed   

1538  On this day in history charles van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen, dies at 70   

1579  On June - 30 death of mehmed Pasha Sokolović, Turkish Janissary