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What happened in history on this day: June 30?
On June 30 in ...
- 1985 - Yul Brynner gives his 4,625th and final performance in the musical The King and I.
Births on June 30
- 1896 - Birth of Wilfred Pelletier in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; conductor (Voice of Firestone).
- 1917 - Birth of Buddy Rich in Brooklyn, New York, USA; drummer/orchestra leader (with Bunny Berrigan, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, Buddy Rich Band - "Away We Go").
- 1917 - Birth of Lena Horne in Brooklyn, New York, USA; singer ("Stormy Weather").
- 1918 - Birth of Stuart Foster in Binghamton, New York, USA; singer (with Tommy Dorsey, Ina Ray Hutton, Galen Drake Show TV show).
- 1928 - Birth of June Valli in the Bronx, New York, USA; singer (Your Hit Parade TV show, Stop The Music, The Ed Sullivan Show, "Crying in the Chapel").
- 1930 - Birth of June Valli in Bronx, New York, USA; singer (Your Hit Parade).
- 1943 - Birth of Florence Ballard in Detroit, Michigan, USA; singer (the Supremes - "Where Did Our Love Go" (1964)).
- 1944 - Birth of Glenn Shorrock; vocalist (Little River Band - "Help Is On Its Way").
- 1951 - Birth of Stanley Clarke; bass guitarist (New Barbarians - "Find Out Hideaway").
- 1953 - Birth of Hal Lindes; guitarist (Dire Straits).
- 1958 - Birth of Esa-Pekka Salonen in Helsinki, Finland; conductor (Giro).
- 1962 - Birth of Julianne Regan; rocker (All About Eve - "All About Scarlet").
- 1969 - Birth of Tom Drummond; bassist (Better Than Ezra).
- 1983 - Birth of Cheryl Cole; British singer (Girls Aloud).
- 1984 - Birth of Fantasia Barrino; singer (American Idol TV show winner).
Deaths on June 30
- 2001 - Death of Chet Atkins at age 77 of cancer in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; country music guitarist (Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel", Hank Williams' "Jambalaya", Everly Brothers' "Wake Up Little Susie"), producer and executive (R-C-A Records, Dolly Parton, Roy Orbison, Jim Reeves, Charley Pride, Waylon Jennings, Eddy Arnold).
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