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June 30

A look at June 30 through the almanac — historic events, famous birthdays including Friedrich Theodor Vischer and Walter Ulbricht, and the day's notable deaths and observances.

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Events

10 notable moments
  1. 2023

    Tajikistan

    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.

    Landlocked country in Central
  2. 2009

    Yemenia Flight 626

    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.

    2009 aviation accident near
  3. 1994

    Airbus A330

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

    Twin-aisle airliner family
  4. 1966

    National Organization for Women

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

    American feminist organization
  5. 1960

    Belgian Congo

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

    1908–1960 Belgian colony in
  6. 1944

    World War II

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

    1939–1945 global conflict
  7. 1916

    World War I

    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.

    1914–1918 global conflict
  8. 1905

    Albert Einstein

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

    German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
  9. 1886

    Montreal

    The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.

    Largest city in Quebec,
  10. 1398

    Ming dynasty

    Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne to the Ming dynasty to become the Jianwen Emperor.

    Imperial dynasty of China
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Famous birthday twins

Born on June 30

Friedrich Theodor Vischer

b. 1807

German author, poet, and playwright

Walter Ulbricht

b. 1893

German soldier and politician, chief decision maker and head of state of the GDR (East Germany)

Barbora Špotáková

b. 1981

Czech javelin thrower

Asbel Kiprop

b. 1989

Kenyan runner

Lynne Jolitz

b. 1961

American computer scientist and programmer

Georges Duhamel (author)

b. 1884

French author and critic

Michael Phelps

b. 1985

American swimmer

Czesław Miłosz

b. 1911

Polish novelist, essayist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate

Deaths

  • 1973Vasyl Velychkovsky, Ukrainian-Canadian bishop and martyr
  • 1966Giuseppe Farina, Italian race car driver
  • 1934Kurt von Schleicher, German general and politician, 23rd Chancellor of Germany
  • 1917Dadabhai Naoroji, Parsi intellectual, educator, cotton trader, and an early Indian political and social leader
  • 1913Alphonse Kirchhoffer, French fencer
  • 888AD 888, archbishop of Canterbury

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: St. Paul the Apostle (solo feast day)
  • —Christian feast day: St. Mary of Jerusalem, mother of Apostle Mark the Evangelist first Bishop of Alexandria and Byblos
  • —Christian feast day: St. Martial
  • —Christian feast day: Feast of the 12 Apostles is on June 30 (marks the end of the Season of Pentecost and the beginning of the Season of Apostles)
  • —Christian feast day: First Martyrs of the Church of Rome
  • —Christian feast day: St. Theobald of Provins
  • —Christian feast day: St. Adolf of Osnabrück
  • —Christian feast day: St. Otto of Bamberg

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