Page 7: Historical Events In June - 30

1966  Beatles land in Tokyo for a concert tour on this day in history.   

1967  Maj Robert H Lawrence Jr named first black astronaut on this day in history.   

1968  Gaullists win victory in the French National Assembly elections on this day in history.   

1968  John Gough, actor (Circus Kid, 2 for Tonight), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1969  On June - 30 spain cedes Ifni to Morocco   

1969  Jan Evangelista Zelinka, composer, dies at 76 on June - 30.   

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

1970  On June - 30 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  On June - 30 elmer Layden, one of Notre Dame's legendary 4-horsemen, died   

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

1974  Alberta King, mother of Martin Luther King Jr, assassinated in church on this day in history.   

1975  Bundy victim Shelley Robertson disappears in Colorado on June - 30.   

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

1976  On this day in history 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  On June - 30 jimmy Carter cans B-1A bomber later "B-1's the B-52"   

1977  On this day in history marvel Comics publish the "Kiss book" tributing the rock group Kiss   

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  On June - 30 alfons Vranckx, Belgian politician, dies at 72   

1980  On this day in history virginia Brown Faire, actress (Lonesome Trail, Temptress), dies   

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 this day in history orbiter Challenger (OV-099) rolled out at Palmdale   

1983  Bo Gentry, songwriter/producer, dies on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history lillian Hellman, playwright, (Little Foxes), dies at 79   

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

1985  James Dewar, inventor (Twinkie), dies on June - 30.   

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 this day in history.   

1987  On June - 30 federico Mompou, composer, dies at 94   

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

1989  On June - 30 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  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  On June - 30 birth of john Frederick, Elector of Saxony (d. 1554)   

1641  On this day in history birth of meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, Irish general (d. 1719)   

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

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

0350  Death of Nepotianus, Roman usurper on this day in history.   

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  Death of Adolf of Osnabrück, Saint Adolf (b. 1185) on this day in history.   

1364  On this day in history death of arnost of Pardubice, Archbishop of Prague (b. 1297)   

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  Death of Mehmed Pasha Sokolović, Turkish Janissary on June - 30.