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Charles Julius Guiteau was an American office seeker who assassinated the 20th President of the United States, James A.
Notable Deaths on June 30
1882 — Charles J. Guiteau
American preacher and lawyer, assassin of James A. Garfield (born 1841)
June 30 has 97 recorded notable deaths across history, from 350 to 2025. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
97 source records
350 – 2025
Today in history
Major events on June 30
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- 2013 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'état. Source
- 1989 A coup d'état in Sudan deposes the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi and President Ahmed al-Mirghani. Source
- 1966 The National Organization for Women, the United States' largest feminist organization, is founded. Source
- 1876 Serbia declares war on the Ottoman Empire, leading to the Serbian Wars for Independence. Source
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Dadabhai Naoroji was among the founding members of the Indian National Congress and served as its President on three occasions, from 1886 to 1887, 1893 to 1894 and 1906 to 1907.
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Gregor's willingness to engage in political negotiations with Chancellor Kurt von Schleicher in 1932 ultimately led to his resignation and murder in the Night of the Long Knives in 1934.
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Known for his dramatic comedies that often dealt with modern social issues, he was nominated for five Academy Awards for Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969), Harry and Tonto (1974), An Unmarried Woman (1978), and Enemies, A Love Story (1989).
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Lillian Hellman was blacklisted after her appearance before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) at the height of the anti-communist campaigns of 1947–1952.
More major people who died on June 30
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1917
Dadabhai Naoroji
Parsi intellectual, educator, cotton trader, and an early Indian political and social leader (born 1825)
Dadabhai Naoroji was an Indian political leader, merchant, scholar, and writer who played a role in both Indian and British public life.
1934
Gregor Strasser
German lieutenant, politician, and early leader of the Nazi Party (born 1892)
Gregor Strasser was a German politician and early leader of the Nazi Party.
2014
Paul Mazursky
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1930)
Irwin Lawrence "Paul" Mazursky was an American film director, screenwriter, and actor.
1984
Lillian Hellman
American author and playwright (born 1905)
Lillian Florence Hellman was an American playwright, prose writer, memoirist, and screenwriter known for her success on Broadway as well as her communist views and political activism.
1934
Gustav Ritter von Kahr
German lawyer and politician, Minister-President of Bavaria (born 1862)
Gustav Ritter von Kahr was a German jurist and right-wing politician.
1337
Eleanor de Clare
English noblewoman (born 1290)
Eleanor de Clare, suo jure 6th Lady of Glamorgan was a powerful Anglo-Welsh noblewoman who married Hugh Despenser the Younger, the future favourite of Edward II of England, and was a granddaughter of Edward I of…
2015
Charles W. Bagnal
American general (born 1934)
Lieutenant General Charles Wilson Bagnal was a United States Army officer. He was commander of the United States Army Western Command, from 1985 to 1989.
710
Erentrude
Frankish abbess
Erentrude was a saint and abbess, born during the end of the 7th century, probably in present-day Germany or Austria. She was born into a Franconian-Merovingian royal house, and was the niece of Rupert of Salzburg.
1976
Firpo Marberry
American baseball player and umpire (born 1898)
Frederick "Firpo" Marberry was an American right-handed starting and relief pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1923 to 1936, most notably with the Washington Senators.
1649
Simon Vouet
French painter (born 1590)
Simon Vouet was a French painter who studied and rose to prominence in Italy before being summoned by Louis XIII to serve as Premier peintre du Roi in France.
2020
Stella Madzimbamuto
Zimbabwean activist (born 1930)
Stella Madzimbamuto was a South African-born Zimbabwean nurse and plaintiff in the landmark legal case of Madzimbamuto v Lardner-Burke.
1660
William Oughtred
English minister and mathematician (born 1575)
William Oughtred, also Owtred, Uhtred, etc., was an English mathematician and Anglican clergyman.
2009
Pina Bausch
German dancer, choreographer, and director (born 1940)
Philippine "Pina" Bausch was a German dancer and choreographer who was a significant contributor to a neo-expressionist dance tradition now known as Tanztheater.
1974
Alberta Williams King
Civil rights activist (born 1904)
Alberta Christine Williams King was an American civil rights organizer best known as the wife of Martin Luther King Sr.; and as the mother of Martin Luther King Jr., and also as the grandmother of Martin Luther King…
2003
Buddy Hackett
American actor and comedian (born 1924)
Buddy Hackett was an American comedian and comic actor. Known for his raunchy material, heavy appearance and thick New York City accent, his notable roles include Marcellus Washburn in The Music Man (1962), Benjy…
1704
John Quelch
English pirate (born 1665)
John Quelch was an English pirate who had a lucrative but very brief career of about one year.
1961
Lee de Forest
American inventor, invented the audion tube (born 1873)
Lee de Forest was an American inventor, electrical engineer, and early pioneer in electronics of fundamental importance.
2012
Michael J. Ybarra
American journalist and author (born 1966)
Michael Jay Ybarra was an American journalist, author and adventurer whose non-fiction work appeared in various national publications.
1916
Eunice Eloisae Gibbs Allyn
American correspondent, author, and poet (born 1847)
Eunice Gibbs Allyn was an American correspondent, author, songwriter, illustrator, and painter.