On This Day June 30th

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June 30th is the one-hundred-eightieth-first day of the year, with 184 days remaining until the end of the year.

 

Events

1559 – King Henry II of France is mortally wounded in a jousting match against Gabriel, Comte de Montgomery.

1758 – Seven Years' War: Habsburg Austrian forces destroy a Prussian reinforcement and supply convoy in the Battle of Darmstadt, helping to expel Prussian King Frederick the Great from Moravia.

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

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

1937 – The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, was introduced in London.

1953 – Flint, Michigan's first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line.

2019 – Donald Trump becomes the first sitting U.S. President to visit the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).

 

Birthdays

1588 – Giovanni Maria Sabino, Italian organist, composer, and educator (d. 1649)

1685 – John Gay, English poet and playwright (d. 1732)

1791 – Félix Savart, French physicist, and psychologist (d. 1841)

1817 – Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist and explorer (d. 1911)

1893 – Nellah Massey Bailey, American politician and librarian (d. 1956)

1908 – Winston Graham, English author (d. 2003)

1912 – Dan Reeves, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1971)

1917 – Lena Horne, American actress, singer, and activist (d. 2010)

1931 – Andrew Hill, American pianist and composer (d. 2007)

1954 – Stephen Barlow, English organist, composer, and conductor

1956 – David Alan Grier, American actor, singer, and comedian

1957 – Sterling Marlin, American race car driver

1959 – Vincent D'Onofrio, American actor

1966 – Mike Tyson, American boxer and actor

1968 – Phil Anselmo, American singer-songwriter and producer

1985 – Michael Phelps, American swimmer

 

 

Highlighted Holiday

LOG CABIN DAY

Log cabins have a long history, dating back to Medieval times in Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. Historians suggest that the first log cabins in America were built around 1640 in a Swedish colony. In the 19th century, log cabins became a political symbol in America, representing humble beginnings. Log Cabin Day, established in 1986, aims to preserve log cabin history and raise awareness about life when log cabins were common.

 

Holidays And Observance

Asteroid Day

Blink-182 Day

Descendants Day

Leap Second Time Adjustment Day

Log Cabin Day

Meteor Day

National Ice Cream Soda Day 

National Organization for Women's Day

National Outfit of the Day Day

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