What are the important events that happened on June 30? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
June 30: Facts & Myths About This Day
June 30 is the 182nd day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 184 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 17, 2020 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 442,632 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaoctacontadigon’ day.
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Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 227 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 2,748 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 30 Historical Events
- 350 –Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the usurper Magnentius, in Rome.
- 1422 –Battle of Arbedo between the duke of Milan and the Swiss cantons.
- 1805 –The U.S. Congress organizes the Michigan Territory.
- 1859 –French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
- 1886 –The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
- 1941 –World War II: Operation Barbarossa – Germany captures Lviv, Ukraine.
- 1953 –The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
- 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.
- 1991 –32 miners are killed when a coal mine catches fire in the Donbass region of Ukraine and releases toxic gas.
- 2009 –Yemenia Flight 626 crashes into the Indian Ocean, near Comoros, killing all but one of the 153 passengers and crew on board.
Who were born on June 30?
- 1912 –Ludwig Bölkow, German aeronautical engineer (d. 2003)
- 1926 –Paul Berg, American biochemist, Nobel laureate
- 1931 –Andrew Hill, American jazz pianist (d. 2007)
- 1935 –John Harlin, American mountaineer (d. 1966)
- 1944 –Raymond Moody, American parapsychologist
- 1953 –Hal Lindes, American-born British guitarist (Dire Straits)
- 1966 –Mike Tyson, American boxer
- 1977 –Mark Van Gisbergen, New Zealand/English rugby player
- 1979 –Rick Gonzalez, American actor
- 1982 –Andy Knowles, British drummer (Franz Ferdinand)
Who died on June 30?
- 1607 –Caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (b. 1538)
- 1934 –Night of the Long Knives murders: Gregor Strasser, former German Nazi politician (b. 1892)
- 1934 –Night of the Long Knives murders: Karl Ernst, German Sturmabteilung-gruppenführer (b. 1904)
- 1956 –Thorleif Lund, Norwegian actor (b. 1880)
- 1993 –Wong Ka Kui, Hong Kong singer (b. 1962)
- 1996 –Lakis Petropoulos, Greek footballer and manager (b. 1932)
- 2001 –Chet Atkins, American country guitar player and producer (b. 1924)
- 2001 –Joe Henderson, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1937)
- 2009 –Pina Bausch, German choreographer (b. 1940)
- 2010 –Park Yong-ha, Korean actor and singer (b. 1977)
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