The Ultimate June 30 Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference

June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining.

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Events

1651 - Battle of Beresteczko ends with Polish victory.
1805 - The U.S. Congress organizes Michigan Territory.
1864 - Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation."
1905 - Albert Einstein publishes the article "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies" where he introduces special relativity.
1908 - Tunguska impact event occurs in Siberia
1934 - Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany takes place.
1936 - Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell published
1956 - A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona, killing 128
1960 - Congo gains independence from Belgium
1971 - The crew of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through faulty valve
1971 - The 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, lowering the voting age to 18, ratified as Ohio became the 38th state to approve it
1997 - China resumes sovereignty over the city-state of Hong Kong, ending 156 years of British colonial rule.
2002 - Brazil defeats Germany 2-0 in Yokohama, Japan, to earn a record fifth title in the 17th Football World Cup.

1470 - Charles VIII of France, King of France (d. 1498)
1685 - Dominikus Zimmermann, master builder (d. 1766)
1775 - Paul de Barras, politician (d. 1829)
1789 - Horace Vernet, painter and graphic artist (d. 1863)
1807 - Friedrich Theodor von Vischer , narrator, lyricist, philosopher (d. 1887)
1817 - Joseph Dalton Hooker, botanist (d. 1911)
1843 - Ernest Mason Satow, author (d. 1929)
1891 - Man Mountain Dean, professional wrestler (d. 1953)
1893 - Walter Ulbricht, politician (d. 1973)
1899 - Harry Shields, jazz musician (d. 1971)