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Tuesday, 30 June 2026
1989 Harry Andrews, actor (Equus, Helen of Troy, Hill), dies at 77. 
1990 SR-71 sets a transcontinental record, flying 2404 miles in 1 08 17
1990 The Soviet government allows its citizens to own factories and hire workers.
1991 Following Iraq's capitulation in the Persian Gulf conflict, President Bush told Congress that "aggression is defeated; The war is over"
1992 Elvia Allman, actress (Night at Earl Carroll's), dies of pneumonia.
1993 Cyril Collard, French director (Lesson nuits fauves), dies at 35.
1994 United Arab Emirates beat Kenya by 2 wickets to win ICC Trophy.
1994 Leighton Noble, singer/Bandleader, dies at 81
1995 9th American Comedy Awards Rodney Dangerfield.
1995 American Express Travel begins charging for domestic air tickets.
1996 10th American Comedy Awards.
1996 Aravinda De Silva smashes 145 vs Kenya in cricket World Cup at Kandy Sri Lamar
1999 Sheik Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, emir of Bahrain, dies at age 65.
2007 Mega Millions sets a new world record for the highest lottery jackpot of US $370 million.
2012 9000 residents are evacuated from Wagga Wagga, Australia, as the Murrimbidgee River threatens to overflow
2013 Syrian rebels capture Ar-Raqqah, their inaugural major city.
2014 Crimea's parliament votes unanimously to make the Crimea a part of Russia.
2017 US President Donald Trump signs his second executive order barring travelers from 6 mostly-Muslim countries for 90 days but leaves out Iraq
2017 In this year, Wikileaks publishes "Vault 7" CIA documents detailing its hacking and surveillance techniques
2018 "Highest overdose death rates ever recorded in the US", 142000 overdoses in 2016-17 period according to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
2018 Sri Lanka imposes inaugural nationwide state of emergency since civil war after unrest between Sinhalese and Muslim areas in Kandy District.
2018 World's oldest message in a bottle are discovered in Western Australia, thrown from German ship Paula 132 years ago (12 June 1886).
2018 American WWII aircraft carrier USS Lexington rediscovered in Australia's Coral Sea, lost during 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea
2018 Nashville mayor Megan Barry steps down a month after admitting to an extramarital affair with her bodyguard
2018 Pope Francis announces that murdered Salvadorean Archbishop Óscar Romero will be made a saint.
2018 British health officials tells the country it's time "to get on a diet" and urging manufacturers to reduce calories in foods
2018 Forbes names Amazon founder Jeff Bezos the world's richest person for the inaugural time at $112 billion, Bill Gates no. 2.
2019 LeBron James scores his 32293rd point in the 2nd quarter of a Lakers' 115-99 loss to Denver in LA to pass Michael Jordan into 4th place on the NBA all-time point scoring list.
2019 Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg reveals plans to turn the social media platform into a more "privacy-focused platform"
2019 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis: Venezuela expels German ambassador Daniel Kriener for his alleged meddling in internal affairs.
2021 On his inaugural visit to Iraq, Pope Francis meets with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in the Shiite cleric's home in Najaf
2021 Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama is vaccinated against COVID-19 in Dharamsala , India and urges others to do so.
2021 Pope Francis meets with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in Najaf, Iraq. It is the inaugural ever meeting between a pope and a grand ayatollah
2024 Nikki Haley ends her US presidential campaign after Super Tuesday, ceding the GOP nomination to Donald Trump [1].
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