What are the important events that happened on June 30? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
June 30: Facts & Myths About This Day
June 30 is the 182nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 184 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 17, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,661,760 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaoctacontadigon’ day.
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Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 213 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,209 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 30 Historical Events
- 1422 –Battle of Arbedo between the duke of Milan and the Swiss cantons.
- 1559 –King Henry II of France is mortally wounded in a jousting match against Gabriel de Montgomery.
- 1886 –The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
- 1906 –The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
- 1921 –U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft Chief Justice of the United States.
- 1960 –Congo gains independence from Belgium.
- 1966 –The National Organization for Women, the United States’ largest feminist organization, is founded.
- 1969 –Nigeria bans Red Cross aid to Biafra.
- 1977 –The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands.
- 2009 –Yemenia Flight 626 crashes into the Indian Ocean, near Comoros, killing all but one of the 153 passengers and crew on board.
Who were born on June 30?
- 1503 –John Frederick, Elector of Saxony (d. 1554)
- 1891 –Man Mountain Dean, American professional wrestler (d. 1953)
- 1911 –Czesław Miłosz, Polish poet and writer, Nobel laureate (d. 2004)
- 1957 –Rich Vos, stand-up comedian
- 1962 –Julianne Regan, British singer and guitarist (All About Eve)
- 1970 –Mark Grudzielanek, American baseball player
- 1972 –Sandra Cam, Belgian swimmer
- 1981 –Can Artam, Turkish racing driver
- 1981 –Karolina Sadalska, Polish kayaker
- 1991 –Kaho, Japanese actress
Who died on June 30?
- 1364 –Arnošt of Pardubice, Polish-born Archbishop of Prague (b. 1297)
- 1670 –Henrietta Anne of England, daughter of King Charles I of England (b. 1644)
- 1704 –John Quelch, English pirate (b. 1665)
- 1971 –Herbert Biberman, American screenwriter and film director (b. 1900)
- 1973 –Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky C.Ss.R, Ukrainian-born Canadian Greek-Catholic bishop and martyr (b. 1903)
- 1984 –Lillian Hellman, American playwright (b. 1905)
- 1995 –Gale Gordon, American actor (b. 1906)
- 2001 –Chet Atkins, American country guitar player and producer (b. 1924)
- 2006 –Robert Gernhardt, German satirist (b. 1937)
- 2011 –Barry Bremen, American sports imposter and business man (b. 1947)
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