WillDekkard
06-30-2010, 04:53 AM
Hear are some notable events that happened on This Date in History
- June 30th
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* 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 "Ciaschiteddu", 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
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- June 30th
c/p from Wikipedia
* 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 "Ciaschiteddu", 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
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