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

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

## Births

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

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

## Halidays
* Independence Day (Democratic Republic o the Congo)
* Asteroid Day