THIS DAY IN HISTORY 30/06

THIS DAY IN HISTORY 30/06
JUNE 30TH

1894 – Korea declares independence from China, asks for Japanese aid

1914 – Mahatma Gandhi’s 1st arrest, campaigning for Indian rights in South Africa

1941 – Pro-Nazi group declares Ukraine

1962 – Rwanda & Burundi become independent

1966 – Leopoldville Congo is renamed Kinshasa

1989 – Sudan suspends interim constitution following coup

1990 – East & West Germany merge their economies

2012 – Mohamed Morsi is sworn in as President of Egypt

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1966 – “Iron” Mike Tyson, NY, youngest heavyweight boxing champ (1986-90)

1977 – Lola Odusoga, Finland, Miss Universe-3rd place (1996)

1975 – Ralf Schumacher, German race car driver (F1)

1985 – Michael Phelps, Baltimore, Maryland, American swimmer (16 Olympic medals)

FAMOUS DEATHS

1919 – John William Strutt, third Baron Rayleigh, British physicist (Nobel Prize 1904)

1985 – James Dewar, inventor (Twinkie)

2012 – Yitzhak Shamir, Israeli Prime Minister, dies from Alzheimer’s disease

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 29/06

THIS DAY IN HISTORY 29/06 JUNE 29TH

 

1880 – France annexes Otaheite (Tahiti)

 

1949 – South Africa begins implementing apartheid; no mixed marriages

 

1976 – Seychelles gains independence from Britain

 

1976 – The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.

 

1990 – World’s first female diocesan Anglican bishop appointed, New Zealand

 

2008 – Thomas Beatie, the world’s first pregnant man, gives birth to a daughter.

 

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

 

 

1930 – Robert Evans, NYC, director/actor (Love Story, Godfather, Chinatown)

 

 

1943 – Little Eva (Eva Boyd), Belhaven, North Carolina, American pop singer (Locomotion)

 

1947 – Richard Lewis, NYC, comedian (Marty Gold-Anything But Love)

 

 

FAMOUS DEATHS

 

1923 – Fritz Mauthner, German author/phitlosopher (skepticism), dies at 73

 

 

1969 – Moise K Tsjombe, premier Congo/Zaire

 

 

1992 – Mohammed Boudiaf, president of Algeria, assassinated

 

1995 – Lana Turner, actress (Madame X), dies of cancer at 75

 

 

 

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