# What happened on June 30 in history?

**Date:** June 30  
**Events recorded:** 62  
**Years spanned:** 296 – 2023  
**Full page:** https://thisday.info/events/june/30/

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## Featured Event

**2015** — 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.

[Read more on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules)

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## Events on this date

- **296** — Pope Marcellinus begins his papacy. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Marcellinus))
- **763** — The Byzantine army of emperor Constantine V defeats the Bulgarian forces in the Battle of Anchialus. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire))
- **1398** — Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne to the Ming dynasty to become the Jianwen Emperor. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_dynasty))
- **1422** — Battle of Arbedo between the duke of Milan and the Swiss cantons. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Arbedo))
- **1521** — Spanish forces defeat a combined French and Navarrese army at the Battle of Noáin during the Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_France))
- **1559** — King Henry II of France is mortally wounded in a jousting match against Gabriel, comte de Montgomery. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_II_of_France))
- **1598** — The Spanish-held Castillo San Felipe del Morro in San Juan, Puerto Rico having been besieged for fifteen days, surrenders to an English force under Sir George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castillo_San_Felipe_del_Morro))
- **1632** — The University of Tartu is founded. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Tartu))
- **1643** — Royalists loyal to King Charles I led by the Earl of Newcastle defeat Parliamentarian troops commanded by Lord Fairfax in the battle of Adwalton Moor, allowing them to capture Bradford and Leeds. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_I))
- **1651** — The Deluge: Khmelnytsky Uprising: The Battle of Berestechko ends with a Polish victory. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deluge_(history)))
- **1688** — The Immortal Seven issue the Invitation to William, which would culminate in the Glorious Revolution. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invitation_to_William))
- **1691** — A Williamite army under Godert de Ginkell takes the city of Athlone from the Jacobites after a short siege. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godert_de_Ginkel%2C_1st_Earl_of_Athlone))
- **1703** — The Battle of Ekeren between a Dutch force and a French force. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ekeren))
- **1758** — Seven Years' War: Habsburg Austrian forces destroy a Prussian reinforcement and supply convoy in the Battle of Domstadtl, helping to expel Prussian King Frederick the Great from Moravia. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Years'_War))
- **1794** — Northwest Indian War: Native American forces under Blue Jacket attack Fort Recovery. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Indian_War))
- **1805** — Under An act to divide the Indiana Territory into two separate governments, adopted by the U.S. Congress on January 11, 1805, the Michigan Territory is organized. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress))
- **1859** — French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrobatics))
- **1860** — The 1860 Oxford evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History takes place. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1860_Oxford_evolution_debate))
- **1864** — U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation". ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States))
- **1876** — Serbia declares war on the Ottoman Empire, leading to the Serbian Wars for Independence. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Serbia))
- **1882** — Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_J._Guiteau))
- **1886** — The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal))
- **1892** — The Homestead Strike begins near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_strike))
- **1900** — A savage fire wrecked three steamships docked at a pier in Hoboken, New Jersey. Over 200 crew members and passengers are killed, and hundreds injured. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoboken%2C_New_Jersey))
- **1905** — Albert Einstein sends the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, in which he introduces special relativity, for publication in Annalen der Physik. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein))
- **1906** — The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Meat_Inspection_Act))
- **1908** — The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event))
- **1912** — The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_Cyclone))
- **1916** — World 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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I))
- **1921** — U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft as Chief Justice of the United States. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_G._Harding))
- **1922** — In 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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Evans_Hughes))
- **1934** — The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Long_Knives))
- **1936** — Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haile_Selassie))
- **1937** — The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_telephone_number))
- **1944** — World War II: The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II))
- **1953** — The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Corvette))
- **1956** — A 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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_World_Airlines))
- **1959** — A 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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_F-100_Super_Sabre))
- **1960** — Belgian Congo gains independence as Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville). ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Congo))
- **1963** — Ciaculli bombing: a car bomb, intended for Mafia boss Salvatore Greco, kills seven police officers and military personnel near Palermo. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciaculli_massacre))
- **1966** — The National Organization for Women, the United States' largest feminist organization, is founded. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Organization_for_Women))
- **1968** — Pope Paul VI issues the Credo of the People of God. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI))
- **1971** — The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union))
- **1972** — The first leap second is added to the UTC time system. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second))
- **1973** — Concorde 001 intercepts the path of a total solar eclipse and follows the moon's shadow, experiencing the longest total eclipse observation. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Concorde_eclipse_flight))
- **1974** — The Baltimore municipal strike of 1974 begins. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_Baltimore_municipal_strike))
- **1977** — The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia_Treaty_Organization))
- **1985** — Thirty-nine American hostages from the hijacked TWA Flight 847 are freed in Beirut after being held for 17 days. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TWA_Flight_847))
- **1986** — The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Bowers v. Hardwick that states can outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States))
- **1989** — A coup d'état in Sudan deposes the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi and President Ahmed al-Mirghani. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Sudanese_coup_d'%C3%A9tat))
- **1990** — East and West Germany merge their economies. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_reunification))
- **1993** — Malta is officially subdivided into 68 local councils by the Local Councils Act. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_councils_of_Malta))
- **1994** — An Airbus A330-300 crashes during a test flight at Toulouse–Blagnac Airport, killing all seven people on board. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A330))
- **2007** — A 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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeep_Cherokee))
- **2009** — Yemenia 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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemenia_Flight_626))
- **2013** — Nineteen firefighters die controlling a wildfire near Yarnell, Arizona. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarnell_Hill_Fire))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_2013_Egyptian_protests))
- **2015** — 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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules))
- **2019** — Donald Trump becomes the first sitting US President to visit the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump))
- **2020** — The Hong Kong National Security Law is passed by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and immediately comes into effect after gazettal. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Hong_Kong_national_security_law))
- **2021** — The 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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Fire))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajikistan))

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## Notable births on June 30

- **1998** — **Tom Davies** — English footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Davies_(footballer%2C_born_1998)))
- **1997** — **A. J. Brown** — American football player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._J._Brown))
- **1997** — **Reuben Garrick** — Australian rugby league player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuben_Garrick))
- **1995** — **bbno$** — Canadian singer-songwriter ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bbno%24))
- **1993** — **Trea Turner** — American baseball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trea_Turner))
- **1989** — **Asbel Kiprop** — Kenyan runner ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbel_Kiprop))
- **1989** — **Steffen Liebig** — German rugby player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steffen_Liebig))
- **1989** — **David Myers** — Australian footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Myers_(Australian_footballer)))
- **1988** — **Jacksfilms** — American YouTuber ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacksfilms))
- **1988** — **Joe Mazzulla** — American basketball coach ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Mazzulla))

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## Notable deaths on June 30

- **2025** — **Kenneth Colley** — English actor (born 1937) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Colley))
- **2025** — **Jim Shooter** — American author and illustrator (born 1951) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Shooter))
- **2021** — **Raj Kaushal** — Indian Film Director and Producer (born 1971) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raj_Kaushal))
- **2020** — **Stella Madzimbamuto** — Zimbabwean activist (born 1930) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Madzimbamuto))
- **2018** — **Smoke Dawg** — Canadian rapper (born 1996) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke_Dawg))
- **2017** — **Barry Norman** — English television presenter (born 1933) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Norman))
- **2017** — **Simone Veil** — French lawyer and politician (born 1927) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Veil))
- **2015** — **Charles W. Bagnal** — American general (born 1934) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_W._Bagnal))
- **2015** — **Robert Dewar** — English-American computer scientist and academic (born 1945) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Dewar))
- **2015** — **Arthur Porter** — Canadian physician and academic (born 1956) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Porter_(physician)))

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