# On this day: June 30

June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years), with 184 days left until the end of the year.

## June 30 in one line

Headline entries for June 30, from Wikipedia: in 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; born 1911: Czesław Miłosz, Polish novelist, essayist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2004); died 1919: John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1842). In 2026 it is a Tuesday, in 2027 a Wednesday.

## Events on June 30

- 296 Pope Marcellinus begins his papacy. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Marcellinus)
- 1398 Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne to the Ming dynasty to become the Jianwen Emperor. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jianwen_Emperor)
- 1559 During a jousting match, King Henry II of France was mortally wounded when fragments of Gabriel Montgomery's lance pierced his eye. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_II_of_France)
- 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. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Juan_(1598))
- 1632 The University of Tartu is founded. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Tartu)
- 1688 The Immortal Seven issue the Invitation to William, which would culminate in the Glorious Revolution. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Revolution)
- 1859 French acrobat Charles Blondin crossed Niagara Gorge, making him one of the world's most famous tightrope walkers. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Blondin)
- 1894 Tower Bridge, a combined bascule and suspension bridge over the River Thames in London, was inaugurated. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Bridge)
- 1905 Nadir of American race relations: A mob of white Americans killed eight people in Oconee County, Georgia, as part of a mass lynching. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watkinsville_lynching)
- 1908 The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event)
- 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. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Long_Knives)
- 1936 Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations)
- 1960 The Belgian Congo gained independence from colonial rule, beginning a period of instability that would lead to the dictatorship of Joseph-Désiré Mobutu. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_Crisis)
- 1963 The coronation of Pope Paul VI took place, the last such ceremony before its abandonment by later popes. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation_of_Pope_Paul_VI)
- 1966 The National Organization for Women, a leading United States feminist organization, was founded in Washington, D.C. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Organization_for_Women)
- 1971 The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_11)
- 1972 The first leap second is added to the UTC time system. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second)
- 1974 Municipal workers in Baltimore, Maryland, went on strike seeking higher wages and better conditions. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_Baltimore_municipal_strike)
- 1977 The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia_Treaty_Organization)
- 1985 Ryan White, an HIV/AIDS patient in the US, was denied re-admission to his school after he had contracted the disease from hemophilia treatments. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_White)
- 1989 A building fire in Atlanta killed five people. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peachtree_25th_Building_fire)
- 1990 East and West Germany merge their economies. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_reunification)
- 2009 Yemenia Flight 626 crashed into the Indian Ocean near the Comoros, killing 152 people, with French schoolgirl Bahia Bakari the sole survivor. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemenia_Flight_626)
- 2013 Protests begin around Egypt against President Mohamed Morsi and the ruling Freedom and Justice Party, leading to their overthrow during the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_2013_Egyptian_protests)
- 2015 An Indonesian Air Force military transport aircraft crashed near a residential neighborhood in Medan, killing 139 people. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Sumatra_Indonesian_Air_Force_C-130_crash)
- 2020 The Hong Kong National Security Law is passed by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and immediately comes into effect after gazettal. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Hong_Kong_national_security_law)

## Born on June 30

- 1470 Charles VIII of France (died 1498) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_VIII_of_France)
- 1685 John Gay, English poet and playwright (died 1732) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gay)
- 1755 Paul Barras, French soldier and politician (died 1829) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Barras)
- 1817 Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist and explorer (died 1911) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Dalton_Hooker)
- 1884 Georges Duhamel, French author and critic (died 1966) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Duhamel_(author))
- 1893 Walter Ulbricht, German soldier and politician, chief decision maker and head of state of the GDR (East Germany) (died 1973) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Ulbricht)
- 1911 Czesław Miłosz, Polish novelist, essayist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2004) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czes%C5%82aw_Mi%C5%82osz)
- 1917 Susan Hayward, American actress (died 1975) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Hayward)
- 1917 Lena Horne, American actress, singer, and activist (died 2010) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lena_Horne)
- 1926 Paul Berg, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2023) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Berg)
- 1936 Assia Djebar, Algerian-French author and translator (died 2015) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assia_Djebar)
- 1954 Serzh Sargsyan, Armenian politician, 3rd President of Armenia [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serzh_Sargsyan)
- 1955 Egils Levits, Latvian judge, jurist, 10th President of Latvia [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egils_Levits)
- 1959 Vincent D'Onofrio, American actor [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_D'Onofrio)
- 1963 Yngwie Malmsteen, Swedish guitarist and songwriter [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yngwie_Malmsteen)
- 1966 Mike Tyson, American boxer and actor [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Tyson)
- 1975 Ralf Schumacher, German race car driver [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralf_Schumacher)
- 1982 Lizzy Caplan, American actress [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzy_Caplan)
- 1983 Cheryl, English singer and TV personality [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_(singer))
- 1985 Michael Phelps, American swimmer [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Phelps)
- 1985 Cody Rhodes, American wrestler [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cody_Rhodes)
- 1986 Fredy Guarín, Colombian footballer [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredy_Guar%C3%ADn)

## Died on June 30

- 1522 Johann Reuchlin, German humanist and Hebrew scholar (born 1455) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Reuchlin)
- 1649 Simon Vouet, French painter (born 1590) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Vouet)
- 1660 William Oughtred, English minister and mathematician (born 1575) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Oughtred)
- 1857 Alcide d'Orbigny, French zoologist and paleontologist (born 1802) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcide_d'Orbigny)
- 1917 Dadabhai Naoroji, Parsi intellectual, educator, cotton trader, and an early Indian political and social leader (born 1825) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dadabhai_Naoroji)
- 1919 John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1842) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_Strutt%2C_3rd_Baron_Rayleigh)
- 1934 Kurt von Schleicher, German general and politician, 23rd Chancellor of Germany (born 1882) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_von_Schleicher)
- 1934 Gregor Strasser, German lieutenant, politician, and early leader of the Nazi Party (born 1892) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor_Strasser)
- 1961 Lee de Forest, American inventor, invented the audion tube (born 1873) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_de_Forest)
- 1966 Giuseppe Farina, Italian race car driver (born 1906) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Farina)
- 1984 Lillian Hellman, American author and playwright (born 1905) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_Hellman)
- 2009 Pina Bausch, German dancer, choreographer, and director (born 1940) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pina_Bausch)
- 2012 Yitzhak Shamir, Israeli politician, 7th Prime Minister of Israel (born 1915) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yitzhak_Shamir)
- 2017 Simone Veil, French lawyer and politician (born 1927) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Veil)

## Holidays and observances

- Christian feast day: St. Paul the Apostle (solo feast day) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_the_Apostle)
- Christian feast day: Feast of the 12 Apostles [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Season_of_Apostles)
- Christian feast day: First Martyrs of the Church of Rome [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Martyrs_of_the_Church_of_Rome)
- Christian feast day: Our Lady of Good Help (Quebec, Canada) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)
- Christian feast day: St. Martial [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Martial)
- Christian feast day: St. Theobald of Provins [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theobald_of_Provins)
- Christian feast day: Erentrude [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erentrude)
- Christian feast day: St. Adolf of Osnabrück [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_of_Osnabr%C3%BCck)
- Christian feast day: St. Otto of Bamberg [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_of_Bamberg)
- Christian feast day: Blessed Philip Powell [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Powell_(martyr))
- Christian feast day: Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasyl_Velychkovsky)
- Christian feast day: Blessed Zynoviy Kovalyk [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zynoviy_Kovalyk)
- Christian feast day: June 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_30_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics))
- Armed Forces Day (Guatemala) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Guatemala)
- Asteroid Day (International observance) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_Day)
- General Prayer Day (Central African Republic) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_Central_African_Republic)
- Independence Day (Democratic Republic of the Congo), celebrates the independence of Democratic Republic of the Congo from Belgium in 1960. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo)
- Navy Day (Israel) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navy_Day_(Israel))
- Philippine–Spanish Friendship Day (Philippines) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine%E2%80%93Spanish_Friendship_Day)
- Revolution Day (Sudan) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Sudan)
- Teachers' Day (Dominican Republic) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Teachers'_Days)

## Sources

- [Wikipedia — “June 30”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_30) — events, births, deaths and observances (text under CC BY-SA 4.0) (checked 2026-10-15)
- [Wikipedia — “Selected anniversaries/June 30”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Selected_anniversaries/June_30) — the anniversaries editors chose for the date and the article each one is about (checked 2026-10-15)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/) — in how many language editions each entry's own article exists, used to fill the lists (CC0) (checked 2026-10-15)
- [vacanza/holidays (open-source holiday rules, MIT licence)](https://github.com/vacanza/holidays) — holiday rules used to build the lists (checked 2026-10-15)

The events, births, deaths and observances above are from the English Wikipedia article [“June 30”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_30) and the articles it links to ([authors and history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_30?action=history)), retrieved 2026-10-15 through the Wikimedia “On this day” feed. They are licensed under [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this selection is shared under the same licence. Every anniversary that Wikipedia's editors selected for June 30 stays on the list; the remaining places, up to 26 events, 22 births and 14 deaths, go to the entries whose own article — about the event itself, or else the person or thing it is about — appears in the most language editions (counted from Wikidata); an article about a person or thing, which covers far more than one day, counts half. An entry with no article of its own counts, also at half, by the least covered article it links, and one that links only places counts for nothing. Each list runs by year, and the wording is unchanged apart from removing references to pictures, audio and video.

## June 30 in the calendar

| Year | Weekday | ISO week | Moon (UTC) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Tuesday | 2026-W27 | 🌕 Full Moon |
| 2027 | Wednesday | 2027-W26 | 🌘 Waning Crescent |
| 2028 | Friday | 2028-W26 | 🌔 Waxing Gibbous |
| 2029 | Saturday | 2029-W26 | 🌖 Waning Gibbous |
| 2030 | Sunday | 2030-W26 | 🌑 New Moon |

Moon phases are for the day in UTC; at the edges of a phase your local date can differ.

## Public holidays on June 30

None of the 28 countries we track has a public holiday on June 30 in 2026 or 2027.

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