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June 30

June 30 carries 10 recorded events spanning between 1398 and 2023. Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne to the Ming dynasty to become the Jianwen Emperor.

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What happened on June 30?

June 30 is the 181st day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1398 and 2023. Famous people born on June 30 include Friedrich Theodor Vischer, Walter Ulbricht and Barbora Špotáková.

The shape of the day

From 1398 to 2023, June 30 gathers 625 years of history. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where conflict is a recurring thread.

Cancer is the sign for June 30 — read more on the Cancer page, or see June's birthstone & birth flower.

Released on June 30

Movies, games, albums & shows

2027

  • Game The Expanse: Osiris Reborn

2026

  • Game TankRat

2023

  • Game Master Detective Archives: Rain Code

2022

  • Game Light Nite

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1398

    Ming dynasty

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

  2. 1886

    Montreal

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

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 1944

    World War II

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

  6. 1960

    Belgian Congo

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

  7. 1966

    National Organization for Women

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

  8. 1994

    Airbus A330

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

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

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
  • 1966Giuseppe Farina
  • 1934Kurt von Schleicher
  • 1917Dadabhai Naoroji
  • 1913Alphonse Kirchhoffer

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

Historical facts, event summaries, and biographical lines above are adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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