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 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 184 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 17, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 477,696 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.
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 213 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 4,209 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 30 Historical Events
- 1882 –Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield.
- 1906 –The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
- 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.
- 1935 –The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its first congress.
- 1956 –A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 (Flight 718) collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona, United States, killing all 128 on board the two planes.
- 1960 –Congo gains independence from Belgium.
- 1963 –Ciaculli massacre: a car bomb, intended for Mafia boss Salvatore Greco, kills seven police officers and military personnel near Palermo.
- 1971 –Ohio ratifies the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, reducing the voting age to 18, thereby putting the amendment into effect.
- 1987 –The Royal Canadian Mint introduces the $1 coin, known as the Loonie.
- 1991 –32 miners are killed when a coal mine catches fire in the Donbass region of Ukraine and releases toxic gas.
Who were born on June 30?
- 1470 –King Charles VIII of France (d. 1498)
- 1864 –Frederick Bligh Bond, English architect, illustrator, archaeologist and psychical researcher (d. 1945)
- 1899 –Madge Bellamy, American actress (d. 1990)
- 1906 –Anthony Mann, American film actor and director (d. 1967)
- 1931 –Andrew Hill, American jazz pianist (d. 2007)
- 1936 –Tony Musante, American actor
- 1954 –Pierre Charles, Dominican politician (d. 2004)
- 1957 –Rich Vos, stand-up comedian
- 1970 –Brian Bloom, American actor
- 1984 –Fantasia Barrino, American singer
Who died on June 30?
- 1538 –Charles, Duke of Guelders, Dutch nobleman (b. 1467)
- 1579 –Mehmed Pasha Sokolović, Turkish Janissary (b. 1506)
- 1704 –John Quelch, English pirate (b. 1665)
- 1796 –Abraham Yates, American Congressman (b. 1724)
- 1882 –Alberto Henschel, German-Brazilian photographer and businessman (b. 1827)
- 1890 –Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, American composer (b. 1819)
- 1932 –Bruno Kastner, German actor (b. 1890)
- 1993 –George “Spanky” McFarland, American actor (b. 1928)
- 1995 –Georgi Beregovoi, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1921)
- 1995 –Phyllis Hyman, American jazz vocalist (b. 1949)
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