Friday, July 18, 2008

June 30: Independence Day in the Democratic Republic Congo

June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 184 days remaining until the end of the year.





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.
1520 - The Spaniards are expelled from Tenochtitlan.
1559 - King Henry II of France is seriously injured in a jousting match against Gabriel de Montgomery.
1651 - The Battle of Beresteczko ends with a Polish victory.
1688 - The Immortal Seven issue the Invitation to William, continuing the struggle for English independence from Rome which would culminate in the Glorious Revolution.
1758 - Seven Years' War: The Battle of Domstadtl occurs.
1805 - The U.S. Congress organizes Michigan Territory.
1859 - French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
1860 - Historic debate about evolution at the Oxford University Museum.
1864 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation."
1882 - Charles Guiteau hanged in Washington, DC for the shooting death of President James Garfield.
1886 - The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4 of the same year.
1905 - Albert Einstein publishes the article "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies", where he introduces special relativity.
1906 - The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
1908 - The Tunguska impact event occurs in Siberia.
1912 - The Regina Cyclone hits Regina, Saskatchewan, killing 28. It remains Canada's deadliest tornado event.
1921 - U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft chief justice of the United States.
1934 - The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place.
1935 - The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its first congress.
1941 - Nazi Germany captures Lviv, Ukraine
1944 - The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces.
1953 - The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
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 the two planes.
1960 - Congo gains independence from Belgium.
1963 - Ciaculli massacre: a car bomb, intended for Mafia boss Salvatore Greco, kills seven police and military officers near Palermo.
1968 - Solemni hac liturgia by Pope Paul VI.
1969 - Nigeria bans Red Cross aid to Biafra.
1971 - The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve.
1971 - Ohio ratifies the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, lowering the voting age to 18, thereby putting the amendment into effect.
1972 - One leap second is added to the UTC time system.
1977 - Virginia Wade wins the Ladies Singles title at Wimbledon, the last British champion at the All England Club to date.
1985 - Thirty-nine American hostages from a hijacked TWA jetliner are freed in Beirut after being held for 17 days.
1986 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules that states could outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults.
1987 - The Royal Canadian Mint introduces the $1 coin, known as the Loonie
1988 - French archbishop Marcel Lefebvre is excommunicated by the Catholic church.
1990 - East and West Germany merge their economies.
1992 - Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher joins the House of Lords as Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven.
1997 - The United Kingdom transfers sovereignty over Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China.
2005 - Spain legalizes same-sex marriage.
2007 - A car crashes into Glasgow International Airport in Scotland, believed to be a terrorist attack.




Births

1286 - John de Warenne, 8th Earl of Surrey, English politician (d. 1347)
1470 - Charles VIII of France (d. 1498)
1503 - John Frederick, Elector of Saxony (d. 1554)
1641 - Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, Irish general (d. 1719)
1685 - John Gay, British writer (d. 1732)
1755 - Paul François Jean Nicolas Barras, French politician (d. 1829)
1789 - Horace Vernet, French painter and graphic artist (d. 1863)
1803 - Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (d. 1849)
1807 - Friedrich Theodor von Vischer, German narrator, lyricist, and philosopher (d. 1887)
1817 - Joseph Dalton Hooker, British botanist (d. 1911)
1823 - Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, Indian industrialist (d. 1901)
1843 - Ernest Mason Satow, British diplomat (d. 1929)
1884 - Georges Duhamel, French author (d. 1966)
1891 - Man Mountain Dean, American professional wrestler (d. 1953)
1891 - Ed "Strangler" Lewis, American professional wrestler (d. 1966)
1892 - Oswald Pohl, German Nazi leader (d. 1951)
1893 - Walter Ulbricht, German politician (d. 1973)
1899 - Madge Bellamy, American actress (d. 1990)
1899 - Harry Shields, American jazz clarinetist (d. 1971)
1906 - Ralph Allen, English footballer (d. 1981)
1906 - Anthony Mann, American film actor and director (d. 1967)
1907 - Roman Shukhevych, Ukrainian politician (d. 1950)
1908 - Winston Graham, British writer (d. 2003)
1911 - Czesław Miłosz, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
1912 - Ludwig Bölkow, German aeronautical engineer (d. 2003)
1912 - Dan Reeves - Owner of the Cleveland/Los Angeles Rams (d. 1971)
1913 - Harry Wismer, owner of the New York Jets (d. 1967)
1913 - Alfonso López Michelsen, 32nd Colombian President (d. 2007)
1914 - Francisco da Costa Gomes, 16th President of Portugal (d. 2001)
1917 - Susan Hayward, American actress (d. 1975)
1917 - Lena Horne, American actress and singer
1919 - Ed Yost, American inventor (d. 2007)
1926 - Paul Berg, Nobel Prize laureate
1929 - James Goldman, American screenwriter (d. 1998)
1931 - Bert Eriksson, Flemish neo-Nazi (d. 2005)
1931 - Andrew Hill, American jazz pianist (d. 2007)
1933 - Lea Massari, Italian actress
1933 - Orval Tessier, Canadian ice hockey player
1934 - Harry Blackstone Jr., American magician (d. 1997)
1936 - Nancy Dussault, American actress
1936 - Dave Van Ronk, American folk singer/songwriter (d. 2002)
1938 - Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek singer (d. 1999)
1939 - José Emilio Pacheco, Mexican poet
1940 - Mark Spoelstra, American folksinger (d. 2007)
1941 - Peter Pollock, South African cricket player
1942 - Robert Ballard, Oceanographer
1942 - Ron Harris, Canadian ice hockey player
1943 - Florence Ballard, American singer (The Supremes) (d. 1976)
1944 - Raymond Moody, American parapsychologist
1944 - Terry Funk, American professional wrestler
1944 - Glenn Shorrock, Australian singer-songwriter; co-founding member of Little River Band
1944 - Ron Swoboda, American baseball player
1950 - Leonard Whiting, British actor
1951 - Stanley Clarke, American musician
1952 - David Garrison, Broadway and television actor
1952 - Athanassios S. Fokas, Greek mathematician
1953 - Hal Lindes, British-American musician (Dire Straits)
1954 - Pierre Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica (d. 2004)
1955 - David Alan Grier, American actor and comedian
1957 - Sterling Marlin, American race car driver (NASCAR)
1958 - Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish conductor and composer
1959 - Vincent D'Onofrio, American actor
1959 - Brendan Perry, British musician (Dead Can Dance)
1960 - Murray Cook, Australian children's singer (The Wiggles)
1962 - Tony Fernández, Dominican baseball player
1963 - Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Swedish guitarist
1964 - Alexandra Christina Manley, Former Danish princess, now countess
1965 - Mitch Richmond, American basketball player
1965 - Steve Duchesne, French Canadian ice hockey player
1965 - Gary Pallister, English footballer
1966 - Mike Tyson, American former boxer
1966 - Marton Csokas, New Zealand actor
1968 - Philip Anselmo, American musician
1969 - Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lankan cricketer
1970 - Mark Grudzielanek, American baseball player
1971 - Anette Michel, Mexican actress
1971 - Monica Potter, American actress
1972 - James Martin, English celebrity chef
1973 - Chan-ho Park, South Korean baseball player
1974 - Melanie Lambert American ice skater
1975 - Ralf Schumacher, German race car driver (F1)
1978 - Owen Lafave, ex-husband of Debra Lafave
1978 - Ben Cousins, Australian Football League player
1979 - Matisyahu, Hasidic Jewish Reggae singer
1979 - Rick Gonzalez, Hispanic-American actor
1979 - Travis Minor, National Football League Runningback
1980 - Rade Prica, Swedish footballer
1981 - Can Artam, Turkish racing driver
1981 - Matt Kirk, Canadian football Player
1981 - Karolina Sadalska, Polish kayaker
1982 - Dan Jacobs, American guitarist (Atreyu)
1982 - Andy Knowles, British musician (Franz Ferdinand)
1982 - Mitch Maier, American baseball player
1982 - Lizzy Caplan, American actress
1983 - Brendon James, British drummer (Thirteen Senses)
1983 - Marlin Jackson, American football player
1983 - Patrick Wolf, British musician
1983 - Cheryl Cole, British singer (Girls Aloud)
1984 - Fantasia Barrino, American singer
1984 - Gabriel Badilla, Costa Rican footballer
1985 - Rafal Blechacz, Polish classical pianist
1985 - Michael Phelps, American swimmer
1985 - Fabiana Vallejos, Argentine footballer
1985 - Cody Runnels, American wrestler
1986 - Victoria Crawford, American wrestler and model
1991 - Kaho,Japanese actress





Deaths

350 - Nepotianus, Roman usurper
1181 - Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester, English politician (b. 1147)
1364 - Arnost of Pardubice, Archbishop of Prague (b. 1297)
1538 - Charles of Egmond, Duke of Guelders (b. 1467)
1579 - Mehmed Pasha Sokolović, Turkish Janissary
1607 - Caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (b. 1538)
1660 - William Oughtred, English mathematician (b. 1575)
1666 - Alexander Brome, English poet (b. 1620)
1670 - Henrietta Anne Stuart, Princess of England, Scotland, and Ireland (b. 1644)
1704 - John Quelch, a pirate was hanged (b. 1665)
1709 - Edward Lhuyd, Welsh scientist (b. 1660)
1785 - James Oglethorpe, English general and founder of the state of Georgia (b. 1696)
1796 - Abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (b. 1724)
1857 - Alcide d'Orbigny, French naturalist (b. 1802)
1882 - Charles J. Guiteau, American assassin of President James A. Garfield (b. 1841)
1890 - Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, American composer (b. 1819)
1919 - John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1842)
1934 - Night of the Long Knives murders
Kurt von Schleicher, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1882)
Gregor Strasser, former Nazi politician (b. 1892)
Gustav Ritter von Kahr, Prime Minister of Bavaria (b. 1862)
Karl Ernst, SA-gruppenführer (b. 1904)
Erich Klausener, Catholic politician (b. 1885)
1953 - Charles William Miller, father of football in Brazil (b. 1874)
1959 - José Vasconcelos, Mexican writer and politician (b. 1882)
1961 - Lee DeForest, American inventor (b. 1873)
1966 - Giuseppe Farina, Italian Formula One champion. First person to win an F1 championship. (b. 1906)
1971 - Herbert Biberman, Jewish American screenwriter and film director (b. 1900)
1971 - Crew of Soyuz 11
Viktor Patsayev (b. 1933)
Georgi Dobrovolski (b. 1928)
Vladislav Volkov (b. 1935)
1973 - Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky C.Ss.R Bishop and Martyr (b. 1903)
1974 - Vannevar Bush, American engineer and politician (b. 1890)
1976 - Firpo Marberry, baseball player (b. 1898)
1984 - Lillian Hellman, American playwright (b. 1905)
1993 - George "Spanky" McFarland, American actor (b. 1928)
1993 - Wong Ka Kui, Hong Kong singer (b. 1962)
1995 - Gale Gordon, American actor (b. 1906)
1995 - Georgi Beregovoi, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1921)
1995 - Phyllis Hyman, American jazz vocalist (b. 1949)
1997 - Larry O'Day, wrestler (b. 1944)
2001 - Chet Atkins, American country guitar player and producer (b. 1924)
2001 - Joe Henderson, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1937)
2002 - Chico Xavier, popular medium in Brazil´s spiritism movement (b. 1910)
2003 - Buddy Hackett, American comic (b. 1924)
2003 - Robert McCloskey, American children's book writer and illustrator (b. 1915)
2006 - Robert Gernhardt, German satirist (b. 1937)
2007 - Sahib Singh Verma, Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Delhi (b. 1943)



Holidays and Observances

Independence Day in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
First Martyrs of the See of Rome.
Saint Adolf (d. 1224)
Saint Martialis
Saint Theobald of Provins

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