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Tuesday, 30 June 2026
1996 US male Figure Skating championship won by Rudy Galindo 
1997 At least a dozen people are reported dead after a pair of earthquakes in China's westernmost province. The quakes in the Xinjiang region heavily damaged or destroyed hundreds of homes. The inaugural quake had a magnitude of 6.4, the second a magnitude of 6.3.
1997 In the face of continuing reports of legally dubious fund-raising practices, the Democratic National Committee announced it would no longer take donations from foreign nationals or from U.S. subsidiaries of foreign companies.
1997 Newt Gingrich is fined and reprimanded as the U.S. House of Representatives votes for inaugural time in history to discipline the Speaker of the House for ethical misconduct.
1997 The full House voted 395-28 to reprimand Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., for violating House rules and misleading congressional investigators looking into his possible misuse of tax-exempt donations for political purposes.
1998 Pope John Paul II arrived in Havana for his inaugural-ever visit to Cuba
1998 Pope John Paul II visits Cuba.
1998 U.S. President Bill Clinton denies reports of an affair with former intern Monica Lewinsky and that he influenced her to lie about it.
1999 Raul Salinas de Gortari, brother of a former Mexican president, is convicted of arranging the murder of a political rival and sentenced to 50 years in prison.
1999 The brother of former Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari was convicted of masterminding the 1994 shooting death of a ruling party official.
2003 Lee Boyd Malvo, 17, was indicted by a grand jury on murder charges stemming from the Washington area sniper attacks.
2003 The U.S. Census Bureau says Hispanics have moved past African-Americans as the largest minority group in the United States.
2004 A U.S. scientist who had toured North Korea nuclear facilities told Congress there was evidence they could produce enriched plutonium.
2004 China ushered in the year of the monkey, a positive sign in Chinese astrology for business and growth.
2005 In Belize's capital city Belmopan, the unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots
2007 Yokozuna Asashoryu won the Emperor's Cup at the New Year's Grand Sumo Tournament (Hatsu Basho) in Tokyo, Japan.
2013 30 people are killed in a car bombing in Salamiyeh, Syria
2017 More than 2 million people protest worldwide in the 'Women's March' against Donald Trump , with 500000 marching in Washington D.C
2017 Millions of people worldwide join the Women's March in response to the inauguration of Donald Trump as President of the United States. 420 marches were reported in the U.S. and 168 in other countries, becoming the largest single-day protest in American history and the largest worldwide protest in recent history
2018 NFC Championship, Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia: Philadelphia Eagles beat Minnesota Vikings, 38-7.
2018 Gambian Dictator Yahya Jammeh finally concedes office and leaves Gambia 2 months after losing the presidential election
2018 AFC Championship, Gillette Stadium, Foxborough: New England Patriots beat Jacksonville Jaguars, 24-20.
2019 Li Na of China is recorded as becoming inaugural Asian player to be elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame; joins Russian Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Mary Pierce of France as Class of 2019 inductees.
2019 2019 Piper PA-46 Malibu crash: An aircraft carrying new Cardiff City F.C. footballer Emiliano Sala and pilot David Ibbotson en route from Nantes, France, to Cardiff, Wales, goes missing over the English Channel. Sala's body is recovered on February 7.
2021 Avril Haines is sworn in as the inaugural female US Director of National Intelligence by VP Kamala Harris
2023 Burkina Faso requests French forces to withdraw from its territory after suspending a military accord that allowed the presence of French troops in the country
2023 Tigray War: Eritrean forces withdraw from Shire and other major towns in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia.
2024 Florida Governor Ron DeSantis pulls out of the 2024 US Presidential race in a post on X [1].
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