June 30


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

Events

   * 1651 - Battle of Beresteczko ends with Polish victory
   * 1908 - Tunguska impact event occurs in Siberia
   * 1936 - Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell published
   * 1971 - Crew of Soyuz 11 spacecraft killed when 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
   * 2002 - May 31 through June 30 - 17th Football World Cup in Japan and
     South Korea.

Births

   * 1470 - Charles VIII of France, King of France (+ 1498)
   * 1685 - Dominikus Zimmermann, master builder (+ 1766)
   * 1775 - Paul de Barras, politician (+ 1829)
   * 1789 - Horace Vernet, painter and graphic artist (+ 1863)
   * 1807 - Friedrich Theodor von Vischer, narrator, lyricist, philosopher
     (+ 1887)
   * 1893 - Walter Ulbricht, politician (+ 1973)
   * 1917 - Lena Horne, actress and singer
   * 1917 - Susan Hayward, actress (+ 1975)
   * 1934 - Harry Blackstone, Junior, magician (+ 1997)
   * 1966 - Mike Tyson, boxer

Deaths

   * 2001 - Chet Atkins, country and western musician
   * 1995 - Gale Gordon, actor
   * 1995 - Georgi Beregovoi, cosmonaut
   * 1993 - George "Spanky" McFarland, actor
   * 1971 - Viktor Patsayev, Georgi Dobrovolsky, and Vladislav Volkov,
     cosmonauts on Soyuz 11
   * 1961 - Lee DeForest, American inventor
   * 1934 - Ernst Ršhm, Nazi government official