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What happened in history on this day: June 30?
On June 30 in ...
- 1794 - Battle of Fort Recovery, Ohio.
- 1834 - US Congress creates Indian Territory (later Oklahoma).
- 1862 - Day six of the Seven Days - Battle of White Oak Swamp.
- 1864 - US President Abraham Lincoln signs act ceding Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias to California for preservation as a state park.
- 1864 - Congress authorizes three-year interest-bearing notes.
- 1870 - Riverboats Natchez and Robert E. Lee race from New Orleans to Saint Louis, with the Lee winning by six hours 33 minutes.
- 1881 - Henry Highland Garnet is named US minister to Liberia.
- 1882 - Death of Charles Guiteau by hanging, for the assassination of President James Garfield.
- 1900 - Four German liners burn at Hobokon Docks, New Jersey, USA; 326 die.
- 1906 - The Pure Food and Drug Act, and the Meat Inspection Act are adopted in the USA.
- 1911 - US Assay Office in Saint Louis, Missouri closes.
- 1918 - In Richardton, North Dakota, USA, a chondrite meteorite falls striking a building.
- 1927 - US Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota closes.
- 1930 - First round-the-world radio broadcast, Schenectady, New York.
- 1933 - US Assay Offices in Helena (Montana), Boise (Idaho), and Salt Lake City (Utah) close.
- 1936 - The book Gone with the Wind is published, written by Margaret Mitchell.
- 1936 - 40-hour work week law approved (federal).
- 1940 - US Fish and Wildlife Service is established.
- 1942 - US Mint in New Orleans ceases operation.
- 1948 - John Bardeen, Walter H. Brattain, and William Shockley of Bell Telephone Laboratories demonstrate their new invention of the transistor as a substitute for radio vaccuum tubes.
- 1950 - US President Harry Truman orders US troops into Korea.
- 1951 - In the USA, NAACP begins attack on school segregation and discrimination.
- 1953 - The first production Corvette rolls off the assembly line at Chevrolet Plant Number 35, near Flint, Michigan, USA. The Corvette is the first dream-car to become a production model, and first series-production car with a fiberglass body.
- 1961 - Explorer 12 fails to reach Earth orbit.
- 1971 - Ohio becomes the 38th state to approve of lowering the voting age to 18, thus ratifying 26th amendment.
- 1974 - Alberta King [Mrs Martin Luther King Sr] is shot and killed in church.
- 1974 - Petty thief Peter Leonard sets fire to cover burglary that torches "Gulliver's" nightclub killing 24 (Port Chester, New York).
- 1974 - The US Highway Post Office bus makes its final run, over Cincinnati to Cleveland Ohio route.
- 1977 - US President Jimmy Carter cancels B-1A bomber, later "B-1's the B-52".
- 1977 - US Railway Post Office final train run (New York to Washington DC).
- 1982 - US Federal Equal Rights Amendment fails three states short of ratification.
- 1989 - Katherine Davalos Ortega ends term as US Treasurer.
- 1989 - US Attorney General Thornburgh orders Joseph Doherty deported to the United Kingdom.
- 1989 - NASA closes down tracking stations in Santiago, Chile, and Guam.
- 1989 - New York State Legislature passes Staten Island seccession bill.
- 1997 - In past 12 months, Nevada state gaming industry recorded $7.6 billion gross revenue, paying $445 million in tax.
- 2003 - Rosario Marin's term as Treasurer of the US ends.
- 2008 - US President George Bush signs a US$162 billion war spending bill for Iraq and Afghanistan.
- 2009 - Minnesota Supreme Court rules Al Franken is the winner of the November 2008 election as US Senator, by a margin of 312 votes. This gives the Democrats 60 senators in Congress.
Births on June 30
- 1898 - Birth of George Chandler in Waukegan, Illinois, USA; actor (Lassie).
- 1913 - Birth of Harry Wismer in Port Huron, Michigan, USA; AFL owner (New York Titans).
- 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).
- 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").
- 1930 - Birth of June Valli in Bronx, New York, USA; singer (Your Hit Parade).
- 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).
- 1943 - Birth of Florence Ballard in Detroit, Michigan, USA; singer (the Supremes - "Where Did Our Love Go" (1964)).
- 1950 - Birth of Donna Jean Willmott in Akron, Ohio, USA; FALN member (FBI most wanted).
- 1951 - Birth of Stephen S Oswald in Seattle, Washington, USA; astronaut (STS 42).
Deaths on June 30
- 1882 - Death of Charles Guiteau by hanging, for the assassination of President James Garfield.
- 1974 - Alberta King [Mrs Martin Luther King Sr] is shot and killed in church.
- 1978 - Death of Bill Harrah, Las Vegas casino owner.
- 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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