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June 30

June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining.

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1 Events

1651 - Battle of Beresteczko ends with Polish victory.
1805 - The U.S. Congress organizes Michigan Territory.
1864 - Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation."
1905 - Albert Einstein publishes the article "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies" where he introduces special relativity.
1908 - Tunguska impact event occurs in Siberia
1934 - Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany takes place.
1936 - Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell published
1956 - A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona, killing 128
1960 - Congo gains independence from Belgium
1971 - The crew of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through faulty valve
1971 - The 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, lowering the voting age to 18, ratified as Ohio became the 38th state to approve it
1997 - China resumes sovereignty over the city-state of Hong Kong, ending 156 years of British colonial rule.
2002 - Brazil defeats Germany 2-0 in Yokohama, Japan, to earn a record fifth title in the 17th Football World Cup.

1470 - Charles VIII of France, King of France (d. 1498)
1685 - Dominikus Zimmermann, master builder (d. 1766)
1775 - Paul de Barras, politician (d. 1829)
1789 - Horace Vernet, painter and graphic artist (d. 1863)
1807 - Friedrich Theodor von Vischer , narrator, lyricist, philosopher (d. 1887)
1817 - Joseph Dalton Hooker, botanist (d. 1911)
1843 - Ernest Mason Satow, author (d. 1929)
1891 - Man Mountain Dean, professional wrestler (d. 1953)
1893 - Walter Ulbricht, politician (d. 1973)
1899 - Harry Shields, jazz musician (d. 1971)

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