Historical events on June 30
JUNE 30, 1598
Anglo-Spanish War: After a 15-day siege Spanish troops in San Juan, modern-day Puerto-Rico, surrendered to an English force under Sir George Clifford.
The Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) was an intermittent conflict between the Habsburg Kingdom of Spain and the Kingdom of England that was never
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JUNE 30, 1934
German chancellor Adolf Hitler began a purge of the paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party and other political rivals, executing at least 85 people.
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He
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JUNE 30, 1966
The National Organization for Women, a leading United States feminist organization, was founded in Washington, D.C.
The National Organization for Women (NOW) is an American feminist organization. Founded in 1966, it is legally a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization.
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JUNE 30, 1859
French acrobat Charles Blondin crossed Niagara Gorge, making him one of the world's most famous tightrope walkers.
Charles Blondin was a French tightrope walker and acrobat. He toured the United States and was known for crossing the 1,100 ft (340 m)
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JUNE 30, 1963
The coronation of Pope Paul VI (pictured) took place, the last such ceremony before its abandonment by later popes.
Paul VI was crowned as Pope on 30 June 1963 at Vatican City's St. Peter's Square, nine days after he was elected.
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JUNE 30, 1559
During a jousting match, King Henry II of France was mortally wounded when fragments of Gabriel Montgomery's lance pierced his eye.
Jousting is a medieval and renaissance martial game or hastilude between two combatants either on horse or on foot. The joust became
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JUNE 30, 2015
An Indonesian Air Force military transport aircraft crashed near a residential neighborhood in Medan, killing 139 people.
The Indonesian Air Force is the aerial branch of the Indonesian National Armed Forces. The Indonesian Air Force is headquartered in Jakarta,
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JUNE 30, 1922
An agreement was signed to end the United States occupation of the Dominican Republic.
The Military Government of Santo Domingo was a provisional military government established during the American occupation of the Dominican Republic that lasted
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JUNE 30, 1860
Seven months after the publication of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, prominent British scientists and philosophers participated in an evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
Charles Robert Darwin was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all
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JUNE 30, 1894
Tower Bridge (pictured), a combined bascule and suspension bridge over the River Thames in London, was inaugurated.
Tower Bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule, suspension, and, until 1960, cantilever bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894,
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JUNE 30, 1974
Municipal workers in Baltimore, Maryland, went on strike seeking higher wages and better conditions.
Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland. With a total population of 568,271 according to the 2024
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JUNE 30, 2009
Yemenia Flight 626 crashed into the Indian Ocean near the Comoros, killing 152 people, with French schoolgirl Bahia Bakari the sole survivor.
Yemenia Flight 626 was a flight on an Airbus A310-324 twin-engine jet airliner operated by Yemenia that was flying a scheduled international
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JUNE 30, 1985
Ryan White, an HIV/AIDS patient in the U.S., was denied re-admission to his school after he had contracted the disease from hemophilia treatments.
Ryan Wayne White was an American teenager from Kokomo, Indiana, who became a national poster child for HIV/AIDS in the United States
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JUNE 30, 1960
The Belgian Congo gained independence from colonial rule, beginning a period of instability that would lead to the dictatorship of Joseph-Désiré Mobutu.
The Belgian Congo was a Belgian colony in Central Africa from 1908 until independence in 1960 and became the Republic of the
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JUNE 30, 1905
Nadir of American race relations: A mob of white Americans killed eight people in Oconee County, Georgia, as part of a mass lynching.
The nadir of American race relations was the period in African-American history and the history of the United States from the end
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JUNE 30, 1908
A massive explosion, generally attributed to a meteor air burst, occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska river in Siberia, flattening around 2,150 km2 (830 sq mi) of forest.
The Tunguska event was a large explosion of between 3 and 50 megatons that occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in Yeniseysk
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