History for June 30

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Lena Horne 1917 - Jazz singer, Susan Hayward 1919, Florence Ballard (The Supremes) 1943 


Vincent D'Onofrio 1959 - Actor ("Law and Order: Criminal Intent"), Rupert Graves 1963 - Actor, Mike Tyson 1966 - Boxer 


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.


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.


1952 - CBS-TV debuted "The Guiding Light."


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


1958 - The U.S. Congress passed a law authorizing the admission of Alaska as the 49th state in the Union.


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