Historical Events In June - 30

1966  On June - 30 beatles land in Tokyo for a concert tour   

1967  Maj Robert H Lawrence Jr named first black astronaut on June - 30.   

1968  Gaullists win victory in the French National Assembly elections on June - 30.   

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

1969  On this day in history spain cedes Ifni to Morocco   

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  T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2139 Makharadze on June - 30.   

1971  Georgi T Dobrovolsky, Odessa, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11), dies at 43 on June - 30.   

1973  Observers aboard Concorde jet observe 72-min solar eclipse on this day in history.   

1973  Elmer Layden, one of Notre Dame's legendary 4-horsemen, died on June - 30.   

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

1974  On this day in history alberta King, mother of Martin Luther King Jr, assassinated in church   

1975  Bundy victim Shelley Robertson disappears in Colorado on this day in history.   

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  Jimmy Carter cans B-1A bomber later "B-1's the B-52" on June - 30.   

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

1977  On this day in history uS Railway Post Office final train run (NY to Wash DC)   

1979  On June - 30 johnny Rotten &Joan Collins appear together on BBC's Juke Box Jury   

1979  On June - 30 alfons Vranckx, Belgian politician, dies at 72   

1980  On June - 30 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  On June - 30 federal Equal Rights Amendment fails 3 states short of ratification   

1982  Orbiter Challenger (OV-099) rolled out at Palmdale on this day in history.   

1983  On June - 30 bo Gentry, songwriter/producer, dies   

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

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

1985  On June - 30 james Dewar, inventor (Twinkie), dies   

1986  On this day in history georgia sodomy law upheld by Supreme Court (5-4)   

1987  On this day in history patrik Sjoberg of Sweden set a new world record in the high jump   

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  Attorney General Thornburgh orders Joseph Doherty deported to the UK on June - 30.   

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1286  On June - 30 birth of john de Warenne, 8th Earl of Surrey, English politician (d. 1347)   

1468  On June - 30 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  Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, Irish general (d. 1719) was born on June - 30.   

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

1685  On this day in history 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 June - 30.   

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 June - 30.   

1364  Death of Arnost of Pardubice, Archbishop of Prague (b. 1297) on this day in history.   

1520  On this day in history death of montezuma II, the last Aztec emperor, killed   

1538  Charles van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen, dies at 70 on June - 30.   

1579  On this day in history death of mehmed Pasha Sokolović, Turkish Janissary