30 Juin

The 30t o Juin is the 181t day o the year (182t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 184 days ti come.

Events

1908: Flattened trees frae the Tunguska event

1940: German occupation touer on Guernsey, Channel Islands

1960: Banner o the Democratic Republic o the Congo

• 1559 – King Henry II o Fraunce is mortally woondit in a joustin match against Gabriel de Montgomery.
• 1894 – Lunnon's Touer Brig opens.
• 1908 – Tunguska event in Roushie.
• 1917 – Warld War I: Greece declares war on the Central Pouers.
• 1934 – Adolf Hitler purges his rivals in the "Nicht o the Lang Knives".
• 1940 – Warld War II: Germany invades the Channel Islands.
• 1954 – A solar eclipse is seen ower North Americae, Europe an Asie - it is the maist recent total solar eclipse seen ower Scotland (at Unst, Shetland).
• 1956 – A Super Constellation an a DC-7 collide wi ilk ither ower the Grand Canyon, Arizona, killin aw 128 fowk on baird baith aircraft.
• 1960 – The Democratic Republic o the Congo gains unthirldom frae Belgium.
• 1972 – The first "leap second" is added.
• 1990 – East an Wast Germany merge their economies.
• 1996 – Germany wins the UEFA European Championship, defeatin the Czech Republic wi Oliver Bierhoff's Golden Goal in the final.
• 1997 – The Unitit Kinrick transfers sovereignty ower Hong Kong tae the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae.
• 2000 – An Indonesie ferry sinks aff Sulawesi, killin 500 fowk.
• 2002 – In Yokohama, Japan, Brazil defeats Germany 2-0 tae win the 2002 FIFA Warld Cup.
• 2005 – Spain legalises same-sex mairage.
• 2007 – An attemptit terror attack occurs as a jeep packed wi explosives drives intae the entrance o Glesga Airport.
• 2009 – A Yemenia Airlines plane crashes aff the Comoros. Anly 1 o the 153 fowk on baird survives.
• 2010 – Benigno Aquino III becomes Preses o the Philippines.
• 2010 – Christian Wulff becomes Preses o Germany.
• 2012 – Mohamed Morsi becomes Preses o Egyp.
• 2015 – A C-30 militar aircraft crashes in Medan, Sumatra, Indonesie, killin aw 113 fowk on baird an 3 on the groond.
• 2016 – Rodrigo Duterte becomes Preses o the Philippines.
• 2017 – Germany's Bundestag votes for the introduction o same-sex mairage, bi 393 votes tae 226.
• 2020 – COVID-19 pandemic: The Unitit Kinrick's first local lockdoon is imposed in Leicester.

Births

Jack McConnell

Michael Phelps

• 1470 – Charles VIII o Fraunce (d. 1498)
• 1755 – John Murray, 4t Duke o Atholl, Scots peer (d. 1830)
• 1833 – Willie Park Sr., Scots gowfer (d. 1903)
• 1856 – Cargill Gilston Knott, Scots pheesicist an mathemateecian (d. 1922)
• 1893 – Walter Ulbricht, East German leader (d. 1973)
• 1911 – Czesław Miłosz, Pols writer (d. 2004)
• 1917 – Susan Hayward, American actress (d. 1975)
• 1917 – Lena Horne, American sangster an actress (d. 2010)
• 1941 – Otto Sander, German actor (d. 2013)
• 1944 – Terry Funk, American wrestler an actor
• 1952 – Alan Brooke, 3rd Viscoont Brookborough, Northren Erse peer
• 1954 – Serzh Sargsyan, Armenie politeecian, 3rd Preses o Armenie
• 1960 – Jack McConnell, Scottis politeecian, 3rd First Meenister o Scotland
• 1966 – Mike Tyson, American boxer
• 1975 – Ralf Schumacher, German racin driver
• 1982 – Lizzy Caplan, American actress
• 1982 – Paul di Giacomo, Scots fitbawer
• 1983 – Cheryl, Inglis sangster
• 1983 – Katherine Ryan, Canadian comedienne
• 1984 – Fantasia Barrino, American sangster
• 1985 – Michael Phelps, American soummer

Daiths

• 350 – Nepotianus, Roman ruler
• 1695 – Archibald Campbell, 9t Yerl o Argyll, Scots peer an sodger (b. 1629)
• 1919 – John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, Inglis pheesicist (b. 1842)
• 1934 – Kurt von Schleicher, German politeecian (b. 1882)
• 2012 – Yitzhak Shamir, Prime meenister o Israel (b. 1915)
• 2014 – Bob Hastings, American actor (b. 1925)
• 2017 – Simone Veil, French politeecian (b. 1927)

Halidays

• Independence Day (Democratic Republic o the Congo)
• Asteroid Day