Monday, June 30, 2014

History for June 30

History for June 30 - On-This-Day.com:

Birth anniversary of singer/actress Lena Horne (1917-2010).

Happy Birthday! Vincent D’Onofrio,  Pat Schroeder, Mike Tyson


1097 - The Crusaders defeated the Turks at Dorylaeum. 


1894 - Korea declared independence from China and asked for Japanese aid. 






1908 - A meteor explosion in Siberia knocked down trees in a 40-mile radius and struck people unconscious some 40 miles away. 


1913 - Fighting broke out between Bulgaria and Greece and Spain. It was the beginning of the Second Balkan War. 


1930 - France pulled its troops out of Germany’s Rhineland. 






1934 - Adolf Hitler purged the Nazi Party by destroying the SA and bringing to power the SS in the "Night of the Long Knives." 





1936 - Margaret Mitchell’s book, "Gone with the Wind," was published. 


1953 - The first Corvette rolled off the Chevrolet assembly line in Flint, MI. It sold for $3,250. 


1964 - The last of U.N. troops left Congo after a four-year effort to bring stability to the country. 





1971 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the government could not prevent the Washington Post or the New York Times from publishing the Pentagon Papers. 


1971 - The Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 11 returned to Earth. The three cosmonauts were found dead inside. 


1971 - The 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified when Ohio became the 38th state to approve it. The amendment lowered the minimum voting age to 18. 


1998 - Officials confirmed that the remains of a Vietnam War serviceman buried in the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery were identified as those of Air Force pilot Michael J. Blassie. 

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