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This day in history: 30 June

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359 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 30 June.
Entries come from Wikipedia’s day pages and are ordered by page views.
2023: A Tajik citizen with ISIS connections, wanted in Tajikistan for murder and kidnapping, kills two people at Chișinău International Airport in Moldova, after being denied entry to the country.

Holidays and observances

Armed Forces Day (Guatemala)

Asteroid Day (International observance)

Christian feast day: Blessed Philip Powell

Christian feast day: Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky

Christian feast day: Blessed Zynoviy Kovalyk

Christian feast day: Erentrude

Christian feast day: Feast of the 12 Apostles

Christian feast day: First Martyrs of the Church of Rome

Christian feast day: June 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Our Lady of Good Help (Quebec, Canada)

Christian feast day: St. Adolf of Osnabrück

Christian feast day: St. Martial

Events

2023A Tajik citizen with ISIS connections, wanted in Tajikistan for murder and kidnapping, kills two people at Chișinău International Airport in Moldova, after being denied entry to the country.

2021The Tiger Fire ignites near Black Canyon City, Arizona, and goes on to burn 16,278 acres (6,587 ha) of land before being fully contained on July 30.

2020The Hong Kong National Security Law is passed by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and immediately comes into effect after gazettal.

2019Donald Trump becomes the first sitting US President to visit the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).

2015A Hercules C-130 military aircraft with 113 people on board crashes in a residential area in Medan, Indonesia, resulting in at least 116 deaths.

2013Nineteen firefighters die controlling a wildfire near Yarnell, Arizona.

2013Protests begin around Egypt against President Mohamed Morsi and the ruling Freedom and Justice Party, leading to their overthrow during the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état.

2009Yemenia Flight 626, an Airbus A310-300, crashes into the Indian Ocean near Comoros, killing 152 of the 153 people on board. A 14-year-old girl named Bahia Bakari survives the crash.

2007A Jeep Cherokee filled with propane canisters drives into the entrance of Glasgow Airport, Scotland in a failed terrorist attack. This was linked to the 2007 London car bombs that had taken place the day before.

1994An Airbus A330-300 crashes during a test flight at Toulouse–Blagnac Airport, killing all seven people on board.

1993Malta is officially subdivided into 68 local councils by the Local Councils Act.

1990East and West Germany merge their economies.

1989A coup d'état in Sudan deposes the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi and President Ahmed al-Mirghani.

1986The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Bowers v. Hardwick that states can outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults.

1985Thirty-nine American hostages from the hijacked TWA Flight 847 are freed in Beirut after being held for 17 days.

1977The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands.

1974The Baltimore municipal strike of 1974 begins.

1973Concorde 001 intercepts the path of a total solar eclipse and follows the moon's shadow, experiencing the longest total eclipse observation.

1972The first leap second is added to the UTC time system.

1971The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve.

1968Pope Paul VI issues the Credo of the People of God.

1966The National Organization for Women, the United States' largest feminist organization, is founded.

1963Ciaculli bombing: a car bomb, intended for Mafia boss Salvatore Greco, kills seven police officers and military personnel near Palermo.

1960Belgian Congo gains independence as Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville).

1959A United States Air Force F-100 Super Sabre from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, crashes into a nearby elementary school, killing 11 students plus six residents from the local neighborhood.

1956A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona and crash, killing all 128 on board both airliners.

1953The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.

1944World War II: The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces.

1937The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.

1936Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country.

1934The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place.

1922In Washington D.C., U.S. Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes and Dominican Ambassador Francisco J. Peynado sign the Hughes–Peynado agreement, which ends the United States occupation of the Dominican Republic.

1921U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft as Chief Justice of the United States.

1916World War I: In "the day Sussex died", elements of the Royal Sussex Regiment take heavy casualties in the Battle of the Boar's Head at Richebourg-l'Avoué in France.

1912The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.

1908The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.

1906The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.

1905Albert Einstein sends the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, in which he introduces special relativity, for publication in Annalen der Physik.

1900A savage fire wrecked three steamships docked at a pier in Hoboken, New Jersey. Over 200 crew members and passengers are killed, and hundreds injured.

1892The Homestead Strike begins near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Born on this day

1998Tom Davies, English footballer

1997A. J. Brown, American football player

1997Reuben Garrick, Australian rugby league player

1995bbno$, Canadian singer-songwriter

1993Trea Turner, American baseball player

1991Jaimin Rajani, Indian singer-songwriter

1989Asbel Kiprop, Kenyan runner

1989David Myers, Australian footballer

1989Steffen Liebig, German rugby player

1988Jacksfilms, American YouTuber

1988Joe Mazzulla, American basketball coach

1987Andrew Hedgman, New Zealand runner

1987Ryan Cook, American baseball player

1986Alicia Fox, American wrestler, model, and actress

1986Allegra Versace, Italian-American businesswoman

1986Fredy Guarín, Colombian footballer

1986Nicola Pozzi, Italian footballer

1985Cody Rhodes, American wrestler

1985Fabiana Vallejos, Argentinian footballer

1985Michael Phelps, American swimmer

1985Trevor Ariza, American basketball player

1984Dax Harwood, American wrestler

1984Fantasia Barrino, American singer-songwriter and actress

1984Tunku Ismail Idris, Crown Prince of Johor, Malaysia

1983Cheryl, English singer and TV personality

1983Katherine Ryan, UK-based Canadian comedian and presenter

1983Marcus Burghardt, German cyclist

1982Ignacio Carrasco, Mexican footballer

1982Lizzy Caplan, American actress

1981Barbora Špotáková, Czech javelin thrower

1981Ben Utecht, American football player

1981Can Artam, Turkish race car driver

1981Desi Lydic, American comedian and actress

1981Matt Kirk, Canadian football player

1980Rade Prica, Swedish footballer

1980Ryan ten Doeschate, Dutch cricketer

1980Seyi Olofinjana, Nigerian footballer

1979Sylvain Chavanel, French cyclist

1978Ben Cousins, Australian footballer

1978Claudio Rivalta, Italian footballer

Died on this day

2025Jim Shooter, American author and illustrator (born 1951)

2025Kenneth Colley, English actor (born 1937)

2021Raj Kaushal, Indian Film Director and Producer (born 1971)

2020Stella Madzimbamuto, Zimbabwean activist (born 1930)

2018Smoke Dawg, Canadian rapper (born 1996)

2017Barry Norman, English television presenter (born 1933)

2017Simone Veil, French lawyer and politician (born 1927)

2015Arthur Porter, Canadian physician and academic (born 1956)

2015Charles W. Bagnal, American general (born 1934)

2015Leonard Starr, American author and illustrator (born 1925)

2015Robert Dewar, English-American computer scientist and academic (born 1945)

2014Frank Cashen, American businessman (born 1925)

2014Paul Mazursky, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1930)

2014Željko Šturanović, Montenegrin lawyer and politician, 31st Prime Minister of Montenegro (born 1960)

2013Akpor Pius Ewherido, Nigerian politician (born 1963)

2013Alan Campbell, Baron Campbell of Alloway, English lawyer and judge (born 1917)

2013Kathryn Morrison, American educator and politician (born 1942)

2013Keith Seaman, Australian politician, 29th Governor of South Australia (born 1920)

2013Thompson Oliha, Nigerian footballer (born 1968)

2012Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun, English-Australian politician (born 1942)

2012Michael J. Ybarra, American journalist and author (born 1966)

2012Yitzhak Shamir, Israeli politician, 7th Prime Minister of Israel (born 1915)

2009Harve Presnell, American actor and singer (born 1933)

2009Pina Bausch, German dancer, choreographer, and director (born 1940)

2007Sahib Singh Verma, Indian librarian and politician, 4th Chief Minister of Delhi (born 1943)

2004Eddie Burns, Australian rugby league player (born 1916)

2003Buddy Hackett, American actor and comedian (born 1924)

2003Robert McCloskey, American author and illustrator (born 1915)

2002Chico Xavier, Brazilian medium and author (born 1910)

2001Chet Atkins, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1924)

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Lao Tzu

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