June 30

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

Table of contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances

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 Röhm, Nazi government official

Holidays and observances