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June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 184 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 350 – Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the usurper Magnentius, in Rome.
• 1422 – Battle of Arbedo between the duke of Milan and the Swiss cantons.
• 1520 – The Spaniards are expelled from Tenochtitlan.
• 1559 – King Henry II of France is seriously injured in a jousting match against Gabriel de Montgomery.
• 1651 – The Deluge: Khmelnytsky Uprising – the Battle of Beresteczko ends with a Polish victory.
• 1688 – The Immortal Seven issue the Invitation to William, continuing the struggle for English independence from Rome which would culminate in the Glorious Revolution.
• 1758 – Seven Years' War: The Battle of Domstadtl takes place.
• 1794 – Native American forces under Blue Jacket attack Fort Recovery.
• 1805 – The U.S. Congress organizes the Michigan Territory.
• 1859 – French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
• 1860 – The 1860 Oxford evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History takes place.
• 1864 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation".
• 1882 – Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of President James Garfield.
• 1886 – The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
• 1905 – Albert Einstein publishes the article "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies", in which he introduces special relativity.
• 1906 – The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
• 1908 – The Tunguska event occurs in remote Siberia.
• 1912 – The Regina Cyclone hits Regina, Saskatchewan, killing 28. It remains Canada's deadliest tornado event.
• 1921 – U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft Chief Justice of the United States.
• 1934 – The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place.
• 1935 – The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its first congress.
• 1936 – Emperor Haile Selassie of Abbysinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Mussolinis invasion of his country
• 1941 – World War II: Operation Barbarossa – Germany captures Lviv, Ukraine.
• 1944 – World War II: The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces.
• 1953 – The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
• 1956 – A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 (Flight 718) collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona, United States, killing all 128 on board the two planes.
• 1959 – A United States Air Force F-100 Super Sabre from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa crashes into a nearby elementary school, killing 11 students plus six residents from the local neighborhood.
• 1960 – Congo gains independence from Belgium.
• 1963 – Ciaculli massacre: A car bomb, intended for Mafia boss Salvatore Greco, kills seven police and military officers near Palermo.
• 1968 – Credo of the People of God by Pope Paul VI.
• 1969 – Nigeria bans Red Cross aid to Biafra.
• 1971 – The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve.
• 1971 – Ohio ratifies the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, lowering the voting age to 18, thereby putting the amendment into effect.
• 1972 – The first leap second is added to the UTC time system.
• 1985 – Thirty-nine American hostages from a hijacked TWA jetliner are freed in Beirut after being held for 17 days.
• 1986 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules that states can outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults.
• 1987 – The Royal Canadian Mint introduces the $1 coin, known as the Loonie.
• 1990 – East Germany and West Germany merge their economies.
• 1991 – 32 miners are killed when a coal mine fire in the Donbass region of the Ukraine releases toxic gas.
• 1992 – Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher joins the House of Lords as Baroness Thatcher.
• 1997 – The United Kingdom transfers sovereignty over Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China.
• 2007 – A car crashes into Glasgow International Airport in Scotland, in an attempted terrorist attack.
• 2009 – Yemenia Flight 626 crashes off the coast of Moroni, Comoros killing 152 people and leaving 1 survivor

Births

• 1286 – John de Warenne, 8th Earl of Surrey, English politician (d. 1347)
• 1470 – Charles VIII of France (d. 1498)
• 1503 – John Frederick, Elector of Saxony (d. 1554)
• 1641 – Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, Irish general (d. 1719)
• 1685 – John Gay, British writer (d. 1732)
• 1755 – Paul François Jean Nicolas Barras, French politician (d. 1829)
• 1789 – Horace Vernet, French painter and graphic artist (d. 1863)
• 1803 – Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (d. 1849)
• 1807 – Friedrich Theodor von Vischer, German narrator, lyricist, and philosopher (d.1887)
• 1817 – Joseph Dalton Hooker, British botanist (d. 1911)
• 1823 – Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, Indian industrialist (d. 1901)
• 1843 – Ernest Mason Satow, British diplomat (d. 1929)
• 1864 – Frederick Bligh Bond, English architect, illustrator, archaeologist and psychical researcher (d. 1945)
• 1884 – Georges Duhamel, French author (d. 1966)
• 1891 – Man Mountain Dean, American professional wrestler (d. 1953)
• 1891 – Ed "Strangler" Lewis, American professional wrestler (d. 1966)
• 1892 – Oswald Pohl, German Nazi leader (d. 1951)
• 1893 – Walter Ulbricht, German politician (d. 1973)
• 1899 – Madge Bellamy, American actress (d. 1990)
• 1899 – Harry Shields, American jazz clarinetist (d. 1971)
• 1906 – Ralph Allen, English footballer (d. 1981)
• 1906 – Anthony Mann, American film actor and director (d. 1967)
• 1907 – Roman Shukhevych, Ukrainian politician (d. 1950)
• 1908 – Winston Graham, British writer (d. 2003)
• 1911 – Czesław Miłosz, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
• 1912 – Ludwig Bölkow, German aeronautical engineer (d. 2003)
• 1912 – Dan Reeves, American sports team owner (d. 1971)
• 1913 – Harry Wismer, American sports team owner (d. 1967)
• 1913 – Alfonso López Michelsen, Colombian politician (d. 2007)
• 1914 – Francisco da Costa Gomes, Portuguese politician (d. 2001)
• 1917 – Susan Hayward, American actress (d. 1975)
• 1917 – Lena Horne, American actress and singer
• 1919 – Ed Yost, American inventor (d. 2007)
• 1925 – Fred Schaus, American basketball coach and executive (d. 2010)
• 1926 – Paul Berg, American biochemist; Nobel Prize laureate
• 1929 – James Goldman, American screenwriter (d. 1998)
• 1929 – Hans Krondahl, Swedish painter and textile designer
• 1930 – Thomas Sowell, American economist
• 1931 – Bert Eriksson, Flemish neo-Nazi (d. 2005)
• 1931 – Andrew Hill, American jazz pianist (d. 2007)
• 1933 – Lea Massari, Italian actress
• 1933 – M. J. K. Smith, English cricketer
• 1933 – Orval Tessier, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1934 – Harry Blackstone Jr., American magician (d. 1997)
• 1935 – John Harlin, American mountaineer (d. 1966)
• 1936 – Assia Djebar, Algerian writer and filmmaker
• 1936 – Nancy Dussault, American actress
• 1936 – Tony Musante, American actor
• 1936 – Dave Van Ronk, American folk singer/songwriter (d. 2002)
• 1938 – Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek singer (d. 1999)
• 1939 – José Emilio Pacheco, Mexican poet
• 1940 – Mark Spoelstra, American folk singer (d. 2007)
• 1941 – Peter Pollock, South African cricket player
• 1942 – Robert Ballard, American oceanographer
• 1942 – Ron Harris, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1943 – Florence Ballard, American singer (The Supremes) (d. 1976)
• 1944 – Raymond Moody, American parapsychologist
• 1944 – Terry Funk, American professional wrestler
• 1944 – Glenn Shorrock, Australian singer-songwriter (Little River Band)
• 1944 – Ron Swoboda, American baseball player
• 1950 – Leonard Whiting, British actor
• 1951 – Stanley Clarke, American musician
• 1952 – David Garrison, Broadway and television actor
• 1952 – Athanassios S. Fokas, Greek mathematician
• 1953 – Hal Lindes, British-American musician (Dire Straits)
• 1953 – Lin Feng-Jiao, Taiwanese actress
• 1954 – Pierre Charles, Dominican politician (d. 2004)
• 1954 – Serzh Sargsyan, Armenian politician
• 1955 – David Alan Grier, American actor and comedian
• 1957 – Sterling Marlin, American race car driver (NASCAR)
• 1958 – Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish conductor and composer
• 1959 – Vincent D'Onofrio, American actor
• 1959 – Brendan Perry, British musician (Dead Can Dance)
• 1960 – Murray Cook, Australian singer (The Wiggles)
• 1962 – Tony Fernández, Dominican baseball player
• 1962 – Julianne Regan, British singer and musician (All About Eve)
• 1963 – Yngwie Malmsteen, Swedish guitarist
• 1964 – Alexandra Christina Manley, Danish royal
• 1964 – Mark Waters, American film director
• 1965 – Mitch Richmond, American basketball player
• 1965 – Steve Duchesne, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1965 – Gary Pallister, English footballer
• 1966 – Mike Tyson, American boxer
• 1966 – Marton Csokas, New Zealand actor
• 1966 – Cheryl Bernard, Canadian curler
• 1967 – David Busst, English former footballer
• 1968 – Philip Anselmo, American musician
• 1969 – Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1970 – Brian Bloom, American actor
• 1970 – Antonio Chimenti, Italian footballer
• 1970 – Mark Grudzielanek, American baseball player
• 1971 – Anette Michel, Mexican actress
• 1971 – Monica Potter, American actress
• 1972 – Sandra Cam, Belgian swimmer
• 1972 – James Martin, English celebrity chef
• 1973 – Chan-ho Park, South Korean baseball player
• 1973 – Frank Rost, German footballer
• 1973 – Noam Zylberman, Israeli-born Canadian actor
• 1974 – Tony Rock, American actor and stand-up comedian
• 1975 – Ralf Schumacher, German F1 race car driver
• 1975 – Rami Shaaban, Swedish footballer
• 1975 – James Bannatyne, New Zealander footballer
• 1977 – Justo Villar, Paraguayan footballer
• 1977 – Mark Van Gisbergen, English rugby union player
• 1978 – Ben Cousins, Australian Football League player
• 1978 – Claudio Rivalta, Italian footballer
• 1979 – Matisyahu, American reggae singer
• 1979 – Rick Gonzalez, American actor
• 1980 – Rade Prica, Swedish footballer
• 1980 – Seyi Olofinjana, Nigerian footballer
• 1981 – Can Artam, Turkish racing driver
• 1981 – Matt Kirk, Canadian football player
• 1981 – Karolina Sadalska, Polish kayaker
• 1981 – Ben Utecht, American football player
• 1982 – Dan Jacobs, American guitarist (Atreyu)
• 1982 – Andy Knowles, British musician (Franz Ferdinand)
• 1982 – Mitch Maier, American baseball player
• 1982 – Delwyn Young, American baseball player
• 1982 – Lizzy Caplan, American actress
• 1983 – Brendon James, British drummer (Thirteen Senses)
• 1983 – Marlin Jackson, American football player
• 1983 – Patrick Wolf, British musician
• 1983 – Cheryl Cole, British singer (Girls Aloud)
• 1984 – Miles Austin, American football player
• 1984 – Fantasia Barrino, American singer
• 1984 – Gabriel Badilla, Costa Rican footballer
• 1985 – Trevor Ariza, American basketball player
• 1985 – Rafal Blechacz, Polish classical pianist
• 1985 – Michael Phelps, American swimmer
• 1985 – Fabiana Vallejos, Argentine footballer
• 1985 – Cody Runnels, American wrestler
• 1986 – Victoria Crawford, American wrestler and model
• 1986 – Allegra Versace, Italian heiress
• 1986 – Nicola Pozzi, Italian footballer
• 1986 – Freddy Guarín, Colombian footballer
• 1989 – Miguel Vítor, Portuguese footballer
• 1991 – Kaho, Japanese actress

Deaths

• 350 – Nepotianus, Roman usurper
• 1181 – Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester, English politician (b. 1147)
• 1224 – Adolf of Osnabrück, Saint Adolf (b. 1185)
• 1364 – Arnost of Pardubice, Archbishop of Prague (b. 1297)
• 1538 – Charles of Egmond, Duke of Guelders (b. 1467)
• 1579 – Mehmed Pasha Sokolović, Turkish Janissary (b. 1506)
• 1607 – Caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (b. 1538)
• 1660 – William Oughtred, English mathematician (b. 1575)
• 1666 – Alexander Brome, English poet (b. 1620)
• 1670 – Henrietta Anne Stuart, Princess of England, Scotland, and Ireland (b. 1644)
• 1704 – John Quelch, English pirate (b. 1665)
• 1709 – Edward Lhuyd, Welsh scientist (b. 1660)
• 1785 – James Oglethorpe, English general and founder of the state of Georgia (b. 1696)
• 1796 – Abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (b. 1724)
• 1857 – Alcide d'Orbigny, French naturalist (b. 1802)
• 1882 – Charles J. Guiteau, American assassin of President James A. Garfield (b. 1841)
• 1882 – Alberto Henschel, German-Brazilian photographer and businessman (b. 1827)
• 1890 – Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, American composer (b. 1819)
• 1917 – Antonio de La Gandara, French painter (b. 1861)
• 1919 – John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1842)
• 1934 – Night of the Long Knives murders
  • Kurt von Schleicher, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1882)
  • Gregor Strasser, former German Nazi politician (b. 1892)
  • Gustav Ritter von Kahr, Prime Minister of Bavaria (b. 1862)
  • Karl Ernst, German SA-gruppenführer (b. 1904)
  • Erich Klausener, German catholic politician (b. 1885)
• 1953 – Charles William Miller, father of football in Brazil (b. 1874)
• 1956 – Thorleif Lund, Norwegian actor (b. 1880)
• 1959 – José Vasconcelos, Mexican writer and politician (b. 1882)
• 1961 – Lee DeForest, American inventor (b. 1873)
• 1966 – Giuseppe Farina, Italian Formula One champion. First person to win an F1 championship. (b. 1906)
• 1971 – Herbert Biberman, American screenwriter and film director (b. 1900)
• 1971 – Soviet crew of Soyuz 11
  • Viktor Patsayev (b. 1933)
  • Georgi Dobrovolski (b. 1928)
  • Vladislav Volkov (b. 1935)
• 1973 – Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky C.Ss.R Ukrainian-born Canadian Bishop and Martyr (b. 1903)
• 1974 – Vannevar Bush, American engineer and politician (b. 1890)
• 1976 – Firpo Marberry, American baseball player (b. 1898)
• 1984 – Lillian Hellman, American playwright (b. 1905)
• 1985 – Haruo Remeliik, 1st President of Palau (murdered) (b. 1933)
• 1993 – George "Spanky" McFarland, American actor (b. 1928)
• 1993 – Wong Ka Kui, Hong Kong singer (b. 1962)
• 1995 – Gale Gordon, American actor (b. 1906)
• 1995 – Georgi Beregovoi, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1921)
• 1995 – Phyllis Hyman, American jazz vocalist (b. 1949)
• 1997 – Larry O'Day, Australian wrestler (b. 1944)
• 2001 – Chet Atkins, American country guitar player and producer (b. 1924)
• 2001 – Joe Henderson, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1937)
• 2002 – Chico Xavier, popular medium in Brazil´s spiritism movement (b. 1910)
• 2003 – Buddy Hackett, American comic (b. 1924)
• 2003 – Robert McCloskey, American children's book writer and illustrator (b. 1915)
• 2004 – Jamal Abro, Pakistani writer (b. 1924)
• 2005 – Clancy Eccles, Jamaican Reggae Musician (b. 1940)
• 2006 – Robert Gernhardt, German satirist (b. 1937)
• 2007 – Sahib Singh Verma, Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Delhi (b. 1943)
• 2009 – Pina Bausch, German choreographer (b. 1940)

Holidays and observances

• Independence Day in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• First Martyrs of the See of Rome.
• Saint Martialis
• Saint Theobald of Provins

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

From Wikiquote

Quotes of the day from previous years:

2004

Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the tablets of eternity. ~ James Anthony Froude

• selected by Kalki, originally crediting it to Lord Acton who quoted Froude in an address "The Study Of History" (11 June 1895); an early published version of this did not include quote marks around Froude's statement which led to this long being widely attributed to Acton. The phrase has also sometimes been misquoted as: Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.

2005

It followed from the special theory of relativity that mass and energy are both but different manifestations of the same thing — a somewhat unfamilar conception for the average mind. Furthermore, the equation E = mc², in which energy is put equal to mass, multiplied by the square of the velocity of light, showed that very small amounts of mass may be converted into a very large amount of energy and vice versa. ~ Albert Einstein

• 100th Anniversary of the publication Einstein's "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies", Annalen der Physik (published 30 June 1905), the first work to describe relativity.
• selected by Kalki

2006

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly. ~ Albert Einstein

• proposed by Kalki

2007

Love means to look at yourself
The way one looks at distant things
For you are only one thing among many.
And whoever sees that way heals his heart,
Without knowing it, from various ills —
A bird and a tree say to him: Friend.
~ Czesław Miłosz ~ (born 30 June 1911)

• proposed by InvisibleSun

2008

Life is a jest, and all things show it,
I thought so once, and now I know it.
~ John Gay ~ (born 30 June 1685)

• proposed by Kalki

2009

I think that I am here, on this earth,
To present a report on it, but to whom I don't know.
As if I were sent so that whatever takes place
Has meaning because it changes into memory.
~ Czesław Miłosz

• proposed by InvisibleSun

2010

Suggestions

When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity. ~ Albert Einstein

In honor of "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies (http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einstein/specrel/www/)" Annalen der Physik. June 30, 1905, first work to show relativity

• 3 MosheZadka 00:54, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• 3 Zhaladshar 22:47, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• 3 AllanHainey 12:57, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• 1 121a0012 02:14, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 04:45, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
• 0 Kalki 28 June 2005 22:57 (UTC) The joke is fine, but I have never been able to establish this as an actual statement of Einstein's and have long been inclined to doubt that it is, despite it often being cited as one. If we are to commemorate the centennial of Einstein's publication, I would much prefer to use a far less dubious quotation of him, or perhaps the famous equation summing up the relations indicated by the theory: E = mc². The joke has been "quoted" by Steve Mirsky in the humorous "antigravity" section of Scientific American (September 2002). Vol. 287, Iss. 3; pg. 102 but this should hardly be taken as an authentication of the statement as actually Einstein's, as Mirsky cites the original source as being a fictional magazine: "Amazingly, the pretty girl/hot stove quote is actually the abstract from a short paper written by Einstein that appeared in the now defunct Journal of Exothermic Science and Technology (JEST, Vol. 1, No. 9; 1938)."

There is a thunderstorm rumbling where I am at, so to avoid a possible disconnect, I have just made a choice to use a more reliably genuine quote that includes "E = mc²", as it is the most famous statement of Einstein's theories. I am open to other options, but there are only about 5 hours remaining before the automated updates occur to the main page. After several sessions of extensive searching I cannot find any information that leads me to accept the above statement as a genuine quotation of Einstein, though it has often come to be cited as one. If anyone can provide reliable evidence that it is, it would be very welcome. ~ Kalki 29 June 2005 18:43 (UTC)

Einstein explained his theory to me every day, and on my arrival I was fully convinced that he understood it. ~ Chaim Weizmann, about a 1921 trans-Atlantic voyage

• 3 121a0012 02:41, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)
• 1 Kalki 00:17, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 04:45, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 16:32, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

E = mc²

• 2 Kalki 01:09, 27 June 2007 (UTC) 3 Kalki 28 June 2005 22:57 (UTC) the famous equation summing up the relations indicated by relativity theory This has now been used as part of a quote of the day, and I am no longer as inclined to use it alone.
• 1 Zarbon 04:45, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Leaves glowing in the sun, zealous hum of bumblebees,
From afar, from somewhere beyond the river, echoes of lingering voices
And the unhurried sounds of a hammer gave joy not only to me.
Before the five senses were opened, and earlier than any beginning
They waited, ready, for all those who would call themselves mortals,
So that they might praise, as I do, life, that is, happiness.
~ Czesław Miłosz

• 4 InvisibleSun 08:31, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
•  ? Kalki 23:34, 29 June 2007 (UTC) Unable to rank this as yet; they are good lines, but I am afraid they might be an entire poem, and thus I am reluctant to use them for QOTD. I do not yet have any published volumes to confirm this, but indications on the web are strong that it is. If it were reduced to "Before the five senses were opened..." I would probably give it a 3.
• 1 Zarbon 04:45, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

And space, what it is like? Is it mechanical,
Newtonian? A frozen prison?
Or the lofty space of Einstein, the relation
Between movement and movement? No reason to pretend
I know. I don't know, and if I did,
Still my imagination is a thousand years old.
~ Czesław Miłosz

• 3 InvisibleSun 08:31, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
• 3 Kalki 23:34, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
• 2 Zarbon 04:45, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

If I am all mankind, are they themselves without me?
~ Czesław Miłosz

• 3 InvisibleSun 08:31, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
• 3 Kalki 23:34, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 04:45, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

I still think too much about the mothers
And ask what is man born of woman.
He curls himself up and protects his head
While he is kicked by heavy boots; on fire and running,
He burns with bright flame; a bulldozer sweeps him into a clay pit.
Her child. Embracing a teddy bear. Conceived in ecstasy.
~ Czesław Miłosz

• 3 InvisibleSun 08:31, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
• 3 Kalki 23:34, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 04:45, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

The Russian colossus...has been underestimated by us...whenever a dozen divisions are destroyed the Russians replace them with another dozen. ~ Franz Halder (born June 30)

• 3 and this isn't an exaggeration. Forces were replenished by more forces, lives by lives, and most importantly, soldiers by soldiers. Zarbon 06:46, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
  • SOURCE: The World at War - Page 129 by Mark Arnold-Forster - World War, 1939-1945 - 1981
• 2 Kalki 18:20, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 16:32, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

This is not a promise, this is a duty which I have to carry out. ~ Serzh Sargsyan

• 3 Zarbon 04:20, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
  • [Source: 2008 Presidential Elections in Armenia]
• 1 Kalki 18:20, 27 June 2008 (UTC) No context is provided in this statement, as it exists.
• 1 InvisibleSun 16:32, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

These pages of our history, which we are writing together, shall bear witness only to victories. ~ Serzh Sargsyan

• 3 Zarbon 04:20, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
  • [Source: The Government of the Republic of Armenia official website - Speech at the February 26 rally]
• 2 Kalki 18:20, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 16:32, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

From StrategyWiki, the free strategy guide and walkthrough wiki

Games released on June 30.

From Wikia Gaming, your source for walkthroughs, games, guides, and more!

Game releases

• 2006
  • New Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo DS in Europe
• 2005
  • Conker: Live and Reloaded for the Xbox in Japan
  • Trauma Center: Under the Knife for the Nintendo DS in Japan
• 1999
  • In Fisherman Bass Hunter 64 for the Nintendo 64 in North America
  • Mario Golf for the Nintendo 64 in North America
  • Monaco Grand Prix for the PlayStation in North America
  • Pokémon Snap for the Nintendo 64 in North America
• 1998
  • Grand Theft Auto for the PlayStation in North America
• 1997
  • Dark Rift for the Nintendo 64.
  • Carmageddon for the PC
• 1990
  • Columns

From Familypedia

June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 184 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the usurper Magnentius, in Rome.
• 1422 - Battle of Arbedo between the duke of Milan and the Swiss cantons.
• 1520 - The Spaniards are expelled from Tenochtitlan.
• 1559 - King Henry II of France is seriously injured in a jousting match against Gabriel de Montgomery.
• 1651 - The Battle of Beresteczko ends with a Polish victory.
• 1688 - The Immortal Seven issue the Invitation to William, beginning the struggle for English independence from Rome which would culminate in the Glorious Revolution.
• 1758 - Seven Years' War: Battle of Domstadtl.
• 1805 - The U.S. Congress organizes Michigan Territory.
• 1859 - French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
• 1864 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation."
• 1882 - Charles Guiteau hanged in Washington for the shooting death of President James Garfield.
• 1886 - The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal. It arrives in Port Moody on July 4 of the same year.
• 1905 - Albert Einstein publishes the article "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies", where he introduces special relativity.
• 1906 - The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
• 1908 - The Tunguska impact event occurs in Siberia.
• 1912 - The Regina Cyclone hits Regina, killing 28. It remains Canada's deadliest tornado event.
• 1921 - U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft chief justice of the United States.
• 1934 - The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place.
• 1935 - The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its first congress.
• 1944 - The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces.
• 1952 - The Guiding Light airs on television for the first time.
• 1953 - The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
• 1956 - A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 (Flight 718) collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona, United States, killing all 128 on the two planes.
• 1960 - Congo gains independence from Belgium.
• 1963 - Ciaculli massacre: a car bomb, intended for Mafia boss Salvatore Greco, kills seven police and military officers near Palermo.
• 1969 - Nigeria bans Red Cross aid to Biafra.
• 1971 - The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve.
• 1971 - Ohio ratifies the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, lowering the voting age to 18, thereby putting the amendment into effect.
• 1972 - +1 leap second was added to the UTC time system.
• 1977 - Virginia Wade wins the Ladies Singles title at Wimbledon, the last British champion at the All England Club to date.
• 1985 - Thirty-nine American hostages from a hijacked TWA jetliner are freed in Beirut after being held for 17 days.
• 1986 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules that states could outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults.
• 1987 - The Royal Canadian Mint introduces the $1 coin, known as the Loonie
• 1988 - French archbishop Marcel Lefebvre is excommunicated by the Catholic church.
• 1990 - East and West Germany merge their economies.
• 1992 - Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher joins the House of Lords as Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven.
• 1997 - First Harry Potter book is published.
• 1997 - The United Kingdom transfers sovereignty over Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China.
• 2005 - Spain legalizes same-sex marriage.
• 2007 - A car crashes into Glasgow International Airport in Scotland, believed to be a terrorist attack.

Births

• 1286 - John de Warenne, English politician (d. 1347)
• 1470 - Charles VIII of France (d. 1498)
• 1503 - John Frederick (d. 1554)
• 1641 - Meinhardt Schomberg, Irish general (d. 1719)
• 1685 - John Gay, British writer (d. 1732)
• 1755 - Paul François Jean Nicolas Barras, French politician (d. 1829)
• 1789 - Horace Vernet, French painter and graphic artist (d. 1863)
• 1803 - Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (d. 1849)
• 1807 - Friedrich Theodor von Vischer, German narrator, lyricist, and philosopher (d. 1887)
• 1817 - Joseph Dalton Hooker, British botanist (d. 1911)
• 1823 - Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, Indian industrialist (d. 1901)
• 1843 - Ernest Mason Satow, British diplomat (d. 1929)
• 1884 - Georges Duhamel, French author (d. 1966)
• 1891 - Man Mountain Dean, American professional wrestler (d. 1953)
• 1891 - Ed "Strangler" Lewis, American professional wrestler (d. 1966)
• 1892 - Oswald Pohl, German Nazi leader (d. 1951)
• 1893 - Walter Ulbricht, German politician (d. 1973)
• 1899 - Madge Bellamy, American actress (d. 1990)
• 1899 - Harry Shields, American jazz clarinetist (d. 1971)
• 1906 - Ralph Allen, English footballer (d. 1981)
• 1906 - Anthony Mann, American film actor and director (d. 1967)
• 1908 - Winston Graham, British writer (d. 2003)
• 1911 - Czesław Miłosz, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
• 1912 - Ludwig Bölkow, German aeronautical engineer (d. 2003)
• 1912 - Dan Reeves - Owner of the Cleveland/Los Angeles Rams (d. 1971)
• 1913 - Harry Wismer, owner of the New York Jets (d. 1967)
• 1913 - Alfonso López Michelsen, 32nd Colombian President (d. 2007)
• 1917 - Susan Hayward, American actress (d. 1975)
• 1917 - Lena Horne, American actress and singer
• 1919 - Ed Yost, American inventor (d. 2007)
• 1926 - Paul Berg, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1929 - James Goldman, American screenwriter (d. 1998)
• 1931 - Bert Eriksson, Flemish neo-Nazi (d. 2005)
• 1931 - Andrew Hill, American jazz pianist (d. 2007)
• 1933 - Lea Massari, Italian actress
• 1933 - Orval Tessier, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1934 - Harry Blackstone Jr., American magician (d. 1997)
• 1936 - Nancy Dussault, American actress
• 1936 - Dave Van Ronk, American folk singer/songwriter (d. 2002)
• 1938 - Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek singer (d. 1999)
• 1939 - José Emilio Pacheco, Mexican poet
• 1940 - Mark Spoelstra, American folksinger (d. 2007)
• 1941 - Peter Pollock, South African cricket player
• 1942 - Robert Ballard, Oceanographer
• 1942 - Ron Harris, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1943 - Florence Ballard, American singer (The Supremes) (d. 1976)
• 1944 - Raymond Moody, American parapsychologist
• 1944 - Terry Funk, American professional wrestler
• 1944 - Ron Swoboda, American baseball player
• 1950 - Leonard Whiting, British actor
• 1951 - Stanley Clarke, American musician
• 1952 - David Garrison, Broadway and television actor
• 1952 - Athanassios S. Fokas, Greek mathematician
• 1953 - Hal Lindes, British-American musician (Dire Straits)
• 1954 - Pierre Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica (d. 2004)
• 1955 - David Alan Grier, American actor and comedian
• 1957 - Sterling Marlin, American Nascar driver
• 1958 - Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish conductor and composer
• 1959 - Vincent D'Onofrio, American actor
• 1959 - Brendan Perry, British musician (Dead Can Dance)
• 1960 - Murray Cook, Australian children's singer (The Wiggles)
• 1962 - Tony Fernandez, Dominican baseball player
• 1963 - Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Swedish guitarist
• 1964 - Alexandra Christina Manley, Former Danish princess, now countess
• 1965 - Mitch Richmond, American basketball player
• 1965 - Steve Duchesne, French Canadian ice hockey player
• 1965 - Gary Pallister, former English football player (Manchester United)
• 1966 - Mike Tyson, American former boxer
• 1966 - Marton Csokas, New Zealand actor
• 1968 - Philip Anselmo, American musician
• 1969 - Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1970 - Mark Grudzielanek, baseball player
• 1971 - Anette Michel, Mexican actress
• 1971 - Monica Potter, American actress
• 1972 - James Martin, English celebrity chef
• 1973 - Chan Ho Park, Major League Baseball player
• 1975 - Ralf Schumacher, German race car driver
• 1977 - Richard Henderson, famous packaging engineer
• 1977 - Chris Maxwell, baseball player (New Mexico)
• 1978 - Owen Lafave, ex-husband of Debra Lafave
• 1979 - Matisyahu, Hasidic Jewish Reggae Rapper
• 1979 - Rick Gonzalez, Hispanic-American actor
• 1981 - Can Artam, Turkish racing driver
• 1981 - Matt Kirk, Canadian football Player
• 1981 - Karolina Sadalska, Polish kayaker
• 1982 - Dan Jacobs, American guitarist (Atreyu)
• 1982 - Andy Knowles, British musician (Franz Ferdinand)
• 1982 - Lizzy Caplan, American actress (Mean Girls, 2004)
• 1983 - Brendon James, British drummer (Thirteen Senses)
• 1983 - Marlin Jackson, American football player
• 1983 - Patrick Wolf, British musician
• 1983 - Cheryl Cole, British singer (Girls Aloud)
• 1984 - Fantasia Barrino, American singer
• 1984 - Gabriel Badilla, Costa Rican footballer
• 1985 - Rafal Blechacz, Polish classical pianist
• 1985 - Michael Phelps, American swimmer
• 1985 - Fabiana Vallejos, Argentine footballer
• 1985 - T-Pain, American rapper/singer

Deaths

• 350 - Nepotianus, Roman usurper
• 1181 - Hugh de Kevelioc, English politician (b. 1147)
• 1364 - Arnost of Pardubice, Archbishop of Prague (b. 1297)
• 1538 - Charles of Egmond, Duke of Guelders (b. 1467)
• 1579 - Mehmed Pasha Sokolović, Turkish Janissary
• 1607 - Caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (b. 1538)
• 1660 - William Oughtred, English mathematician (b. 1575)
• 1666 - Alexander Brome, English poet (b. 1620)
• 1670 - Henrietta Anne Stuart, Princess of England, Scotland, and Ireland (b. 1644)
• 1704 - John Quelch, a pirate was hanged (b. 1665)
• 1709 - Edward Lhuyd, Welsh scientist (b. 1660)
• 1785 - James Oglethorpe, English general and founder of the state of Georgia (b. 1696)
• 1796 - Abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (b. 1724)
• 1857 - Alcide d'Orbigny, French naturalist (b. 1802)
• 1882 - Charles J. Guiteau, American assassin of President James A. Garfield (b. 1841)
• 1890 - Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, American composer (b. 1819)
• 1919 - John Strutt, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1842)
• 1934 - Kurt von Schleicher, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1882)
• 1953 - Charles William Miller, father of football in Brazil (b. 1874)
• 1959 - José Vasconcelos, Mexican writer and politician (b. 1882)
• 1961 - Lee DeForest, American inventor (b. 1873)
• 1966 - Giuseppe Farina, Italian race car driver (b. 1906)
• 1971 - Herbert Biberman, Jewish American screenwriter and film director (b. 1900)
• 1971 - Crew of Soyuz 11
  • Viktor Patsayev (b. 1933)
  • Georgi Dobrovolski (b. 1928)
  • Vladislav Volkov (b. 1935)
• 1974 - Vannevar Bush, American engineer and politician (b. 1890)
• 1976 - Firpo Marberry, baseball player (b. 1898)
• 1984 - Lillian Hellman, American playwright (b. 1905)
• 1993 - George "Spanky" McFarland, American actor (b. 1928)
• 1993 - Wong Ka Kui, Hong Kong singer (b. 1962)
• 1995 - Gale Gordon, American actor (b. 1906)
• 1995 - Georgi Beregovoi, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1921)
• 1995 - Phyllis Hyman, American jazz vocalist (b. 1949)
• 1997 - Larry O'Day, wrestler (b. 1944)
• 2001 - Chet Atkins, American guitarist (b. 1924)
• 2001 - Joe Henderson, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1937)
• 2002 - Chico Xavier, popular medium in Brazil´s spiritism movement (b. 1910)
• 2003 - Buddy Hackett, American comic (b. 1924)
• 2003 - Robert McCloskey, American children's book writer and illustrator (b. 1915)
• 2006 - Robert Gernhardt, German satirist (b. 1937)
• 2007 - Sahib Singh Verma, Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Delhi (b. 1943)

Holidays and observances

• Independence Day in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• First Martyrs of the See of Rome.

Liturgical feasts

• Saint Adolf (died 1224)
• Saint Martialis
• Blessed Arnold Cornibout
• Saint Adilia van Orp (died 670)
• Saint Emiliana
• Saint Luciana
• Saint Theobald of Provins

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day

• On This Day in Canada