Page 6: Historical Events In June - 30

1939  On this day in history heinkel He 176 rocket plane flies for 1st time, at Peenemunde   

1940  On this day in history "Brenda Starr" cartoon strip, by Dale Messick, first appears   

1940  On June - 30 uS Fish &Wildlife Service established   

1940  On this day in history "Brenda Starr" cartoon strip, by Dale Messick, 1st appears   

1941  HMAS WATERHEN (RAN), lost in the Eastern Mediterranean off Bardia, east Libya by German divebombers on the 29th June on this day in history.   

1941  HMAS Waterhen sunk on Tobruk run on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history 61 U-boats (310,000 ton) sunk this month   

1942  Australian troops raid Salamaua on this day in history.   

1942  US Mint in New Orleans ceases operation on this day in history.   

1942  144 U boats (700,000 ton) sunk this month on June - 30.   

1942  On this day in history arnoldus J H Aerts, Dutch bishop of New-Guinea, executed at 62   

1946  Michael Zadora, composer, dies at 64 on June - 30.   

1948  On June - 30 cleve Indian Bob Lemon no-hits Detroit Tigers, 2-0   

1948  Transistor as a substitute for Radio tubes announced (Bell Labs) on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history karl Wolfskehl, writer, dies at 78   

1950  Pres Truman orders US troops into Korea on this day in history.   

1950  US President allows American troops deployement in Korea on this day in history.   

1951  NAACP begins attack on school segregation &discrimination on this day in history.   

1952  "The Guiding Light" soap opera moves from radio to TV on this day in history.   

1953  On June - 30 elsa Beskow, (Maartman), Swedish author (children's book), dies at 79   

1954  On this day in history uSSR opens its first atomic power plant   

1956  United DC-7 &TWA collide over Grand Canyon killing 128 on this day in history.   

1959  On June - 30 lazare Saminsky, composer, dies at 76   

1960  On June - 30 belgian Congo becomes an independent state   

1960  On June - 30 za‹re (then Belgian Congo) gains independence from Belgium   

1960  Clarence Cameron White, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1961  Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit on June - 30.   

1961  Lee de Forest, inventor (Electron Tube), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1962  LA Dodger Sandy Koufax no-hits NY Mets, 5-0 on June - 30.   

1962  On this day in history rwanda &Burundi become independent   

1962  On June - 30 caspar Neher, German set designer/librettist, dies at 65   

1963  Cardinal Montini elected Pope Paul VI, 262nd head of RC Church on June - 30.   

1964  Centaur 3 launch vehicle fails to make Earth orbit on this day in history.   

1965  Bessie Barriscale, actress (Plain Jane, Show Folks), dies on June - 30.   

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1286  John de Warenne, 8th Earl of Surrey, English politician (d. 1347) was born on this day in history.   

1468  Johan, the Standvastige, monarch of Saxon was born on June - 30.   

1470  Charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), invaded Italy was born on this day in history.   

1503  On this day in history birth of johan Frederik, elector of Saxon (1532-47)   

1503  On this day in history birth of john Frederick, Elector of Saxony (d. 1554)   

1641  Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, Irish general (d. 1719) was born on June - 30.   

1669  Mauritius Vogt, composer was born on this day in history.   

1685  On June - 30 birth of dominikus Zimmermann, German architect/painter (Liebfrauenkirche)   

0350  On June - 30 death of nepotianus, Roman usurper   

1109  Alfonso VI, (imperator totius Hispaniae), king of Leon, dies on June - 30.   

1181  On June - 30 death of hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester, English politician (b. 1147)   

1224  On this day in history death of adolf of Osnabrück, Saint Adolf (b. 1185)   

1364  On this day in history death of arnost of Pardubice, Archbishop of Prague (b. 1297)   

1520  Death of Montezuma II, the last Aztec emperor, killed on June - 30.   

1538  On June - 30 charles van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen, dies at 70   

1579  Death of Mehmed Pasha Sokolović, Turkish Janissary on this day in history.