History Events on June 30
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History Events on June 30
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation".
#President_of_the_United_States
In 1864
Thirty-nine American hostages from the hijacked TWA Flight 847 are freed in Beirut after being held for 17 days.
#TWA_Flight_847
In 1985
The 1860 Oxford evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History takes place.
#1860_Oxford_evolution_debate
In 1860
The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
#Chevrolet_Corvette
In 1953
The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve.
#Soviet_Union
In 1971
The Byzantine army of emperor Constantine V defeats the Bulgarian forces in the Battle of Anchialus.
#Byzantine_Empire
In 763
World War II: The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces.
#World_War_II
In 1944
The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
#Emergency_telephone_number
In 1937
U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft as Chief Justice of the United States.
#Warren_G._Harding
In 1921
The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place.
#Night_of_the_Long_Knives
In 1934
Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield.
#Charles_J._Guiteau
In 1882
King Henry II of France is mortally wounded in a jousting match against Gabriel, comte de Montgomery.
#Henry_II_of_France
In 1559
The Battle of the Boar's Head takes place in Richebourg-l'Avoué . It is known as 'The Day Sussex Died'
#Battle_of_the_Boar's_Head
In 1916
Spanish forces defeat a combined French and Navarrese army at the Battle of Noáin during the Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre.
#Kingdom_of_France
In 1521
The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Bowers v. Hardwick that states can outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults.
#Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
In 1986
Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country.
#Haile_Selassie
In 1936
Protests begin around Egypt against President Mohamed Morsi and the ruling Freedom and Justice Party, leading to their overthrow during the 2013 Egyptian coup d'Ă©tat.
#June_2013_Egyptian_protests
In 2013
The Deluge: Khmelnytsky Uprising: The Battle of Berestechko ends with a Polish victory.
#Deluge_(history)
In 1651
A Hercules C-130 military aircraft with 113 people on board crashes in a residential area in Medan, Indonesia, resulting in at least 116 deaths.
#Lockheed_C-130_Hercules
In 2015
The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
#Regina_Cyclone
In 1912
In 1966
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