Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/June 30

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  Ernst Röhm
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  Albert Einstein, c. 1947
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  Henry II of France
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  Coronation of Pope Paul VI
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  Tower Bridge in 2009

Ineligible

Independence Day in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1960)	refimprove section
1651 – Khmelnytsky Uprising: Ukrainian Cossacks and their Crimean Tatar allies were annihilated by a Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth army in the Battle of Berestechko, probably the largest land battle in the 17th century.	appears on June 28
1758 – Seven Years' War: Austria defeated Prussia at the Battle of Domstadtl, forcing Frederick the Great to leave Moravia.	no footnotes
1860 – Seven months after the publication of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, prominent British scientists and philosophers participated in an evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.	Date unclear in article
1905 – The scientific journal Annalen der Physik published Albert Einstein's article "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies", the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the theory of special relativity.	refimprove section
1908 – A massive explosion, generally attributed to a meteor air burst, occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska river in Siberia, flattening around 2,150 km2 (830 sq mi) of forest.	Too much uncited
1922 – An agreement was signed to end the United States occupation of the Dominican Republic.	Too much uncited
1963 – A car bomb intended for Mafia boss Salvatore Greco killed seven police and military officers near Palermo, Sicily.	Undercited
1972 – The International Time Bureau added the first leap second to the Coordinated Universal Time time scale.	refimprove section
1987 – The Royal Canadian Mint introduced the Canadian one-dollar coin, commonly known as the loonie.	refimprove
2007 – In an attempted terrorist attack, a car loaded with propane canisters was driven into the terminal of Scotland's Glasgow International Airport and set ablaze.	refimprove section
Asteroid Day	Tagged for COI and cleanup
Jack McConnell |b|1960|	Lots of uncited statements

Eligible

• 1559 – During a jousting match, King Henry II of France was mortally wounded when fragments of Gabriel Montgomery's lance pierced his eye.
• 1859 – French acrobat Charles Blondin crossed Niagara Gorge, making him one of the world's most famous tightrope walkers.

• 1894 – Tower Bridge (pictured), a combined bascule and suspension bridge over the River Thames in London, was inaugurated.
• 1934 – German chancellor Adolf Hitler began a purge of the paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party and other political rivals, executing at least 85 people.
• 1966 – The National Organization for Women, a leading United States feminist organization, was founded in Washington, D.C.
• 1974 – Municipal workers in Baltimore, Maryland, went on strike seeking higher wages and better conditions.
• 1985 – Ryan White, an HIV/AIDS patient in the U.S., was denied re-admission to his school after he had contracted the disease from hemophilia treatments.
• 2009 – Yemenia Flight 626 crashed into the Indian Ocean near the Comoros, killing 152 people, with French schoolgirl Bahia Bakari the sole survivor.
• Born/died: | Erentrude|d|718| Æthelred |d|888| John Quelch |d|1704| Frederick Bligh Bond|b|1864| Alberto Henschel |d|1882| María Luisa Dehesa Gómez Farías |b|1912| Eunice Gibbs Allyn |d|1916| Assia Djebar|b|1936| Eleanor Sophia Smith |d|1942| Terri Lynn Land |b|1958| Tony Fernández |b|1962| Nancy Mitford |d|1973|Alberta Williams King|d|1974|Allegra Versace |b|1986| Margaret|b|1991| Abdur Razzaq Iskander |d|2021|

Notes

• Alfred Russel Wallace appears on June 18, so 1860 Oxford evolution debate should not appear in the same year

June 30

• 1598 – Anglo-Spanish War: After a 15-day siege Spanish troops in San Juan, modern-day Puerto Rico, surrendered to an English force under Sir George Clifford.
• 1905 – Nadir of American race relations: A mob of white Americans killed eight people in Oconee County, Georgia, as part of a mass lynching.
• 1960 – The Belgian Congo gained independence from colonial rule, beginning a period of instability that would lead to the dictatorship of Joseph-Désiré Mobutu.
• 1963 – The coronation of Pope Paul VI took place, the last such ceremony before its abandonment by later popes.
• 2015 – An Indonesian Air Force military transport aircraft (pictured) crashed near a residential neighborhood in Medan, killing 139 people.

• William Oughtred (d. 1660)
• Toyohara Kunichika (b. 1835)
• Cody Rhodes (b. 1985)
• Chris Gragg (b. 1990)

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