June 30 in History

Historical Events on June 30

763 The Byzantine army of emperor Constantine V defeats the Bulgarian forces in the Battle of Anchialus.

1805 The U.S. Congress organizes the Michigan Territory.

1864 U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation".

1886 The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.

1905 Albert Einstein sends the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, in which he introduces special relativity, for publication in Annalen der Physik.

1944 World War II: The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces.

1971 The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve.

1986 The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Bowers v. Hardwick that states can outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults.

1990 East Germany and West Germany merge their economies.

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Famous Birthdays on June 30

1957 Sterling Marlin

1966 Mike Tyson

1985 Michael Phelps

1985 Cody Rhodes

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Famous Deaths on June 30

1785 James Oglethorpe

1961 Lee de Forest

1966 Giuseppe Farina

1974 Vannevar Bush

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