Page 6: Historical Events In June - 30

1939  Heinkel He 176 rocket plane flies for 1st time, at Peenemunde on this day in history.   

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

1940  On June - 30 uS Fish &Wildlife Service established   

1940  On this day in history "Brenda Starr" cartoon strip, by Dale Messick, 1st appears   

1941  On June - 30 hMAS WATERHEN (RAN), lost in the Eastern Mediterranean off Bardia, east Libya by German divebombers on the 29th June.   

1941  HMAS Waterhen sunk on Tobruk run on this day in history.   

1941  61 U-boats (310,000 ton) sunk this month on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history australian troops raid Salamaua   

1942  On this day in history uS Mint in New Orleans ceases operation   

1942  On this day in history 144 U boats (700,000 ton) sunk this month   

1942  On this day in history arnoldus J H Aerts, Dutch bishop of New-Guinea, executed at 62   

1946  On this day in history michael Zadora, composer, dies at 64   

1948  On June - 30 cleve Indian Bob Lemon no-hits Detroit Tigers, 2-0   

1948  Transistor as a substitute for Radio tubes announced (Bell Labs) on this day in history.   

1948  On June - 30 karl Wolfskehl, writer, dies at 78   

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

1950  On June - 30 uS President allows American troops deployement in Korea   

1951  On June - 30 nAACP begins attack on school segregation &discrimination   

1952  "The Guiding Light" soap opera moves from radio to TV on June - 30.   

1953  Elsa Beskow, (Maartman), Swedish author (children's book), dies at 79 on June - 30.   

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

1956  On this day in history united DC-7 &TWA collide over Grand Canyon killing 128   

1959  Lazare Saminsky, composer, dies at 76 on June - 30.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On June - 30 lA Dodger Sandy Koufax no-hits NY Mets, 5-0   

1962  On June - 30 rwanda &Burundi become independent   

1962  Caspar Neher, German set designer/librettist, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1963  Cardinal Montini elected Pope Paul VI, 262nd head of RC Church on this day in history.   

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

1965  On this day in history bessie Barriscale, actress (Plain Jane, Show Folks), dies   

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1286  On this day in history birth of john de Warenne, 8th Earl of Surrey, English politician (d. 1347)   

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 this day in history.   

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  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  On this day in history death of hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester, English politician (b. 1147)   

1224  Death of Adolf of Osnabrück, Saint Adolf (b. 1185) on June - 30.   

1364  On June - 30 death of arnost of Pardubice, Archbishop of Prague (b. 1297)   

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

1538  On June - 30 charles van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen, dies at 70   

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