Page 6: 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  On this day in history uS Fish &Wildlife Service established   

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

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

1941  On June - 30 hMAS Waterhen sunk on Tobruk run   

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

1942  Australian troops raid Salamaua on this day in history.   

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

1946  Michael Zadora, composer, dies at 64 on June - 30.   

1948  Cleve Indian Bob Lemon no-hits Detroit Tigers, 2-0 on this day in history.   

1948  Transistor as a substitute for Radio tubes announced (Bell Labs) on June - 30.   

1948  Karl Wolfskehl, writer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1950  On June - 30 pres Truman orders US troops into Korea   

1950  On this day in history uS President allows American troops deployement in Korea   

1951  NAACP begins attack on school segregation &discrimination on this day in history.   

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 June - 30.   

1954  On this day in history uSSR opens its first atomic power plant   

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 this day in history belgian Congo becomes an independent state   

1960  Za‹re (then Belgian Congo) gains independence from Belgium on June - 30.   

1960  On this day in history clarence Cameron White, composer, dies at 79   

1961  On June - 30 explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit   

1961  Lee de Forest, inventor (Electron Tube), dies at 87 on June - 30.   

1962  On this day in history lA Dodger Sandy Koufax no-hits NY Mets, 5-0   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1641  On June - 30 birth of meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, Irish general (d. 1719)   

1669  On this day in history birth of mauritius Vogt, composer   

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

0350  On June - 30 death of nepotianus, Roman usurper   

1109  On June - 30 alfonso VI, (imperator totius Hispaniae), king of Leon, dies   

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

1224  On this day in history death of adolf of Osnabrück, Saint Adolf (b. 1185)   

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 this day in history.   

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 June - 30.