Page 7: Historical Events In June - 30

1966  Beatles land in Tokyo for a concert tour.   

1967  Maj Robert H Lawrence Jr named inaugural black astronaut.   

1968  Gaullists win victory in the French National Assembly elections.   

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

1969  Spain cedes Ifni to Morocco.   

1969  Jan Evangelista Zelinka, composer, dies at 76.   

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

1970  T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2139 Makharadze.   

1971  Georgi T Dobrovolsky, Odessa, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11), dies at 43.   

1973  Observers aboard Concorde jet observe 72-min solar eclipse.   

1973  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).   

1974  Alberta King, mother of Martin Luther King Jr, assassinated in church   

1975  Bundy victim Shelley Robertson disappears in Colorado.   

1975  Cher, just 4 days after divorcing Sonny Bono marries Gregg Allman   

1976  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".   

1977  Marvel Comics publish the "Kiss book" tributing the rock group Kiss.   

1977  US Railway Post Office final train run (NY to Wash DC)   

1979  Johnny Rotten and Joan Collins appear together on BBC's Juke Box Jury   

1979  Alfons Vranckx, Belgian politician, dies at 72   

1980  Virginia Brown Faire, actress (Lonesome Trail, Temptress), dies.   

1981  China's Communist Party condemns the late Mao Tse-tung's policy.   

1982  Federal Equal Rights Amendment fails 3 states short of ratification   

1982  Orbiter Challenger (OV-099) rolled out at Palmdale.   

1983  Bo Gentry, songwriter/producer, dies   

1984  Lillian Hellman, playwright, (Little Foxes), dies at 79.   

1985  39 remaining hostages from Flight 847 are freed in Beirut.   

1985  James Dewar, inventor (Twinkie), dies   

1986  Georgia sodomy law upheld by Supreme Court (5-4)   

1987  Patrik Sjoberg of Sweden set a new world record in the high jump   

1987  Federico Mompou, composer, dies at 94   

1988  Brooklyn dedicates a bus depot honoring Jackie Gleason.   

1989  Attorney General Thornburgh orders Joseph Doherty deported to the UK.   

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1286  John de warenne: 8th earl of surrey, english politician   

1468  Johan: The standvastige, monarch of saxon   

1470  Charles viii: King of france (1483-98), invaded italy   

1503  Johan frederik: Elector of saxon (1532-47)   

1503  John frederick: Elector of saxony   

1641  Meinhardt schomberg: 3rd duke of schomberg, irish general   

1669  Mauritius vogt: Composer   

1685  Dominikus zimmermann: German architect/painter (liebfrauenkirche)   

0350  Death of Nepotianus: Roman usurper   

1109  Death of Alfonso vi: (imperator totius hispaniae), king of leon,   

1181  Hugh de kevelioc: 3rd earl of chester, english politician (b. 1147)   

1224  Death of Adolf of osnabrück: Saint adolf (b. 1185)   

1364  Death of Arnost of pardubice: Archbishop of prague (b. 1297)   

1520  Death of Montezuma ii: The last aztec emperor, killed   

1538  Charles van egmond: Duke of gelre/earl of zutphen,   

1579  Death of Mehmed pasha sokolović: Turkish janissary