June 30 is the 181th day of the year (182th in leap years) according to the Gregorian calendar. There are 184 days remaining until the end of the year.

Railways

1934 – The railway reached Elazig.

Events

1859 - French acrobat Charles Blondin crossed Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
1882 - Charles J. Guiteau, who murdered the 20th President of the United States, James Garfield, is executed by hanging.
1905 - Albert Einstein Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies He published his article named special relativity theory.
1908 - The Tunguska incident occurred.
1912 - A hurricane in Saskatchewan killed 28 people.
1918 – Battle of Goychay took place.
1921 – Himaye-i Etfal Society was founded.
1924 – Istanbul postal distributors resigned en masse, finding their wages insufficient.
1934 - 85 high-ranking rivals of Adolf Hitler Sturmabteilung element, Schutzstaffel The Night of the Long Knives operation, in which he had his officers slaughtered, began.
1936 – For the first time in the world, women in England entered the sea in colorful swimsuits.
1936 - One of the best-selling novels of all time Gone With the Wind published.
1936 – Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie made a speech at the League of Nations and asked for help after Mussolini invaded his country.
1938 – ''Superman'' became one of the comic book heroes.
1939 – Hatay's accession to Turkey was approved unanimously.
1941 – II. World War II: Operation Barbarossa – Nazi Germany takes Lviv, Ukraine.
1953 – Chevrolet's Corvette model is produced at facilities in Flint, Michigan.
1956 – Two American airliners collide in midair over the Grand Canyon in Arizona: 128 people are killed.
1960 – The Belgian Congo gained its independence from Belgium.
1965 – Samsunspor was founded.
1967 - Direction magazine ceased publication.
1969 – Turkish Petroleum Corporation found oil in Batman's Northern Magrip region.
1970 – Decree limiting poppy cultivation in Turkey, Official newspaper'was published and entered into force.
1971 - The Russian spacecraft Soyuz 11 exploded due to a malfunction in its air tanks.
1972 – Nahit İmre, who was tried for espionage, was sentenced to death.
1973 – The longest solar eclipse, which has not been seen for 117 years, started at 14.00 Turkish time.
1974 – Soviet ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov defected to Canada, where he was with the Bolshoi Ballet.
1979 – The Process Leading to the 12 September 1980 Coup in Turkey (1979 - 12 September 1980): The Nationalist Movement Party Headquarters in Ankara and the police station in its immediate vicinity were scanned with automatic weapons. MHP leader Alparslan Türkeş “Ecevit is the spiritual perpetrator of every bloodshed in Turkey and every place attacked.” dedicate.
1985 - 17 American hostages aboard a passenger plane held in Beirut for 39 days after being abducted are released.
1990 - East Germany and West Germany decided to merge their economies.
1990 – Writers Union of Turkey organized the 'Freedom of Thought' march in Istanbul.
1997 – The United Kingdom ceded the administration of Hong Kong to China.
1997 – Written by JK Rowling Harry Potter The first book in the series has been published.
2002 – Brazil won the FIFA World Cup.
2005 – Same-sex marriage legalized in Spain.

Births

1470 – VIII. Charles, king of France 1483 – 1498 (d. 1498)
1688 – Abu'l Hasan Ali, He is the second chief of the Huseyni Dynasty and the Tunisian Principality (d. 1756)
1755 – Paul Barras, member and principal executive leader of the Directory regime during the French Revolution (d. 1829)
1789 – Horace Vernet, French painter and graphic artist (d. 1863)
1801 – Frédéric Bastiat, French economist and theorist (d. 1850)
1817 – Henry Elliot, British diplomat (d. 1907)
1817 – Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist and explorer (d. 1911)
1893 – Walter Ulbricht, leader of the East German Republic (d. 1973)
1899 – Madge Bellamy, American film and stage actress (d. 1990)
1903 - Dhuru Alhdimiri, Indian zoologist
1906 – Anthony Mann, American film director and actor (d. 1967)
1911 – Czesław Miłosz, Polish poet and essayist (d. 2004)
1914 – Francisco da Costa Gomes, Portuguese soldier and statesman (d. 2001)
1917 Susan Hayward, American actress (d. 1975)
1917 – Lena Horne, American singer, actress, dancer, and civil rights activist (d. 2010)
1921 – Washington SyCip, Chinese-Filipino-American accountant and executive (d. 2017)
1925 – Ibrahim Amini, Iranian politician and cleric (d. 2020)
1926 – Paul Berg, American biochemist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2023)
1927 – Shirley Fry, American tennis player (d. 2021)
1927 – Mario Lanfranchi, Italian producer, director, screenwriter, actor, and collector (d. 2022)
1928 – Celal Aliyev, Azerbaijani academic, biologist and politician (d. 2016)
1928 – Orhan Boran, Turkish presenter and actor (d. 2012)
1930 – Tony Lip, American actor (d. 2013)
1933 – Tomislav Ivić, Croatian football player and manager (d. 2011)
1933 - Orval Tessier, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1936 – Assia Djebar, Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker (d. 2015)
1936 – Dave Van Ronk, American guitarist, singer, songwriter (d. 2002)
1938 – Allin Vlasenko, Soviet-Ukrainian conductor (d. 2021)
1941 – Otto Sander, German actor (d. 2013)
1942 – Friedrich von Thun, Austrian actor
1942 – Robert Ballard, American marine scientist
1942 – Şener Kökkaya, Turkish theater, cinema and TV series actor and director
1943 – Bernard Kessedjian, French diplomat (d. 2007)
1951 – André Hazes, Dutch singer and actor (d. 2004)
1954 – Pierre Charles, Dominican politician (d. 2004)
1954 – Serzh Sargsyan, Armenian politician and President of Armenia
1955 – Egils Levits, Latvian lawyer, political scientist and judge
1956 – Volker Beck, East German former athlete
1959 – Brendan Perry, English singer, musician, songwriter and producer
1959 – Valeriy Sereda, Azerbaijani athlete
1959 - Vincent D'Onofrio, American actor and producer
1960 – Frank Masley, American sledgeman
1963 – Olha Brizhina, former athlete who represented Ukraine
1963 – Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Swedish guitarist
1965 – Mitch Richmond, American former professional basketball player
1965 – Muhammet Uzuner, Turkish actor and director
1966 – Alen Markaryan, Armenian-Turkish cheerleader and sportswriter
1966 – Mike Tyson, American boxer
1967 – Güler Duman, Turkish Folk Music artist
1968 - Phil Anselmo, American singer, composer, and producer
1968 – Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas, Mexican politician and bureaucrat (d. 2018)
1969 – Uta Rohländer, German athlete
1970 – Antonio Chimenti, Italian football player and manager
1973 – Arsen Hambardzumyan, Armenian politician
1973 – Devrim Saltoğlu, Turkish actor
1973 – Frank Rost, German goalkeeper
1973 – Levent Semerci, Turkish film director
1973 – Sevket Coruh, Turkish actor
1974 – Orhan Baltacı, Turkish singer (known as Doğuş)
1975 – Ralf Schumacher, German Formula 1 driver
1975 – Rami Shaban, Swedish national football player
1977 – Tathiana Garbin, Italian tennis player
1980 – Nourdin Boukhari, Moroccan and Dutch national football player
1981 – Barbora Špotáková, Czech javelin thrower
1982 – Aylin Kontente, Turkish actress
1982 – Büşra Pekin, Turkish theater and TV series actress
1982 – Lizzy Caplan, American actress
1983 – Cheryl, English singer
1983 – Ebru Polat, Turkish singer
1983 – Katarzyna Skowrońska, Polish volleyball player
1985 – Cem Atan, Turkish-Austrian actor
1985 – Cody Rhodes, American wrestler
1985 – Michael Phelps, American swimmer
1985 – Trevor Ariza, American professional basketball player
1986 – Alicia Fox, American professional wrestler and model
1986 - Fredy Guarín, Colombian football player
1987 – Uraz Kaygılaroğlu, Turkish actor
1989 – Asbel Kiprop, Kenyan athlete
1989 – Candide Öztürk, Turkish basketball player
1990 – Dario Lezcano, Paraguayan national football player
1990 – N is an actress, singer, and presenter who debuted under Jellyfish Entertainment.
1991 – Margaret, Polish singer-songwriter and stylist
1994 – Gianni Rodríguez, Uruguayan football player
1997 – Samed Karakoç, Turkish football player

Deaths

350 – Nepotianus, Roman rebel (b. ?)
1520 – II. Montezuma, Aztec king who ruled Tenoktitlan (Mexico) from 1502 to 1520 (b. 1466)
1607 – Caesar Baronius, Italian Cardinal, church historian, and Catholic advocate (b. 1538)
1649 – Simon Vouet, French painter and decorator (b. 1590)
1882 - Charles Julius Guiteau, American author and lawyer (b. 1841)
1917 – Henry Vaughan, American architect (b. 1845)
1919 – John Strutt Rayleigh, English physicist (b. 1842)
1921 – Fedir Shchus, Makhnovshchina commander, Ukrainian Anarcho-Communist revolutionary (b. 1893)
1926 – Lionel Royer, French painter (b. 1852)
1934 – Fritz Gerlich, German journalist and archivist (b. 1883)
1934 – Gregor Strasser, politician in the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) (b. 1892)
1934 – Karl Ernst, SA leader and Gruppenführer in Berlin before 1933 (b. 1904)
1934 – Kurt von Schleicher, German soldier and last Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (b. 1882)
1944 – Hambartzum Khachanyan, Armenian film actor (b. 1894)
1946 – Nikolay Morozov, Russian scientist and founder of the New Chronology (b. 1854)
1948 – Prince Sabahattin, Turkish politician and philosopher (b. 1879)
1952 – Mauno Pekkala, Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1890)
1953 – Vsevolod Pudovkin, Russian film director (b. 1893)
1963 – Alexander Rüstow, German philosopher (b. 1885)
1966 – Giuseppe Farina, Italian speedway driver (b. 1906)
1967 – Yavuz Abadan, Turkish lawyer (b. 1905)
1971 – Georgi Dobrovolski, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1928)
1971 – Viktor Patsayev, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1933)
1971 – Vladislav Volkov, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1935)
1973 – Nancy Mitford, English novelist and biographer, journalist (b. 1904)
1984 – Lillian Hellman, American playwright
1995 – Georgy Beregovoy, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1921)
1996 – Fuat Bayramoğlu, Turkish diplomat, Secretary General of Foreign Affairs and Presidency (b. 1912)
2001 – Chet Atkins, American guitarist and record producer (b. 1924)
2001 – Joe Henderson, American jazz tenor saxophone player (b. 1937)
2004 – Hüseyin Baradan, Turkish film actor (b. 1932)
2004 – Rosalinde Hurley, English physician, microbiologist, pathologist (b. 1929)
2011 – Vasfi Uçaroğlu, Turkish drummer and conductor (b. 1928)
2012 – Yitzhak Shamir, Israeli politician (b. 1915)
2017 – Simone Veil, French minister and politician (b. 1927)
2018 – Billy Kinard, American football player and coach (b. 1933)
2018 – Fuat Sezgin, Turkish academic (b. 1924)
2019 – Borka Pavićević, Serbian dramatist, anti-war activist and human rights activist (b. 1946)
2019 – David Binder, American war correspondent and journalist (b. 1931)
2019 – David Koloane, South African political writer and artist (b. 1938)
2019 – Sebastián Alarcón, Chilean film director and screenwriter (b. 1949)
2020 – Tim Brooks, American professional wrestler (b. 1947)
2020 – Dan Hicks, American actor (b. 1951)
2020 – Aleksandr Kabanov, Soviet-Russian water polo player and coach (b. 1948)
2020 – Alfred Kotey, Ghanaian professional boxer (b. 1968)
2021 – Abass Bonfoh, Togolese politician (b. 1948)
2021 – Raj Kaushal, Indian film producer, director and stuntman (b. 1971)
2021 – Janet Moreau, American Olympic athlete (b. 1927)
2021 – Barbara Murphy, Irish nephrologist (b. 1964)
2022 – Vladimir Zelenko, Ukrainian-American physicist, author (b. 1973)

Holidays and special occasions

Foster Family Day (Turkey)
World Retirement Day