What happened in history on this day: June 30?
On June 30 in ...
- 1952 - CBS-TV debuts soap opera The Guiding Light.
- 1973 - ABC TV debuts The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour, starring Jack Burns and Avery Schreiber.
- 1982 - Paramount releases the film An Officer and a Gentleman to theaters.
- 1983 - Canadian pay-TV arts network C-Channel ends.
- 1988 - ABC-TV airs the final episode of the cop spoof Sledge Hammer!.
- 1995 - Universal releases the film Apollo 13 to theaters.
- 2004 - Sony releases the film Spider-Man 2 to theaters.
- 2010 - Summit Entertainment releases the film The Twilight Saga: Eclipse to theaters.
- 2017 - Universal releases the film Despicable Me 3 to theaters.
Births on June 30
- 1898 - Birth of George Chandler in Waukegan, Illinois, USA; actor (Lassie).
- 1916 - Birth of David Wayne; actor (Adam's Rib, The Andromeda Strain, Three Faces of Eve).
- 1918 - Birth of Stuart Foster in Binghamton, New York, USA; singer (with Tommy Dorsey, Ina Ray Hutton, Galen Drake Show TV show).
- 1918 - Birth of Susan Hayward in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (I Want to Live, Tulsa).
- 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").
- 1936 - Birth of Nancy Dussault in Pensacola, Florida, USA; actress (Muriel - Too Close for Comfort, Good Morning America).
- 1936 - Birth of Tony Musante in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA; actor (David Toma - Toma, Nowhere to Hide, Oz, As the World Turns).
- 1952 - Birth of David Garrison; actor (Married...with Children).
- 1955 - Birth of David Alan Grier; actor (Thank God You're Here, Life with Bonnie, In Living Colour).
- 1959 - Birth of Vincent D'Onofrio; actor (Law and Order: Criminal Intent).
- 1962 - Birth of Deirdre Lovejoy; actress (The Wire).
- 1963 - Birth of Rupert Graves; actor (Forsyte Saga 2002).
- 1970 - Birth of Brian Bloom; actor (As the World Turns, Drive, DayBreak).
- 1971 - Birth of Monica Potter; actress (Boston Legal, Young and the Restless).
- 1982 - Birth of Lizzy Caplan; actress (The Class, Related).
- 1984 - Birth of Fantasia Barrino; singer (American Idol TV show winner).
Deaths on June 30
- 1983 - Mary Livingstone, actress (Jack Benny Show), dies at age 75.
- 1995 - Death of Gale Gordon at age 89; supporting actor (Fibber McGee radio show, Our Miss Brooks radio and TV shows, Here's Lucy TV show, Dennis the Menace TV show).
- 2003 - Death of Buddy Hackett at age 78; comedian and actor (Stanley TV show).
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