The date, June 30, is significant in Indian and global history due to several big events. Let us find out what happened on June 30 in Indian and world history.
You are in the right place if you want to know what happened on June 30 in Indian and world history.
Given below is a list of significant things that occurred on June 30:
Among other major incidents that occurred on June 30 was the implementation of the world’s first emergency telephone number, 999, in 1937. That year, the world’s first emergency phone number, 999, was established. The emergency number 999 is the United Kingdom’s official emergency number. The world’s oldest emergency call service, 999, was first used in London on June 30, 1937.
Gandhi was arrested in 1914 for the first time. In 1914, Mahatma Gandhi was imprisoned in South Africa for promoting Indian rights.
On June 30, 1972, the first leap second was added to the UTC time scale. Leap seconds help keep the difference between UTC and UT1 to within 0.9 seconds.
World Asteroid Day is June 30.
World Asteroid Day, held annually on June 30, raises awareness of asteroids and their potential risks to Earth. Dr. Brian May, astrophysicist and Queen singer, and astronauts Danica Remy and Rusty Schweickart, Apollo 9 lunar module pilots, created it.
Tower Bridge opens 1894.
On June 30, 1938, Superman appeared in comic books, the Prince and Princess of Wales inaugurated Tower Bridge with tremendous ceremony.
On June 30, 1938, writer Joe Siegel and illustrator Joe Shuster introduced the character in ‘Action Comics #1’. The origin tale of Superman was given 13 pages in this issue. Action Comics #1 features Superman on the cover. The renowned artwork depicts him lifting an automobile against a backdrop of explosions.
The ERA expires in 1982.
The proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution expired on June 30, 1982, after failing to secure the minimum number of ratifications for approval, despite having its seven-year deadline extended by three years.
Today’s Historical Highlight:
Labor leader and socialist Eugene V. Debs was taken into custody in Cleveland in 1918. He was charged with espionage under the 1917 Espionage Act for his two-week-old speech against US involvement in World War I. Debs was sent to jail for life.
Warren G. Har-ding nominated former President William Howard Taft to succeed Chief Justice Edward Douglass White in 1921.
“The Night of the Long Knives” was Hitler’s 1934 “blood purge” of German political and military opponents.
In 1958, the Senate passed Alaska statehood 64-20.
New York Times and The Washington Post to publish the Pentagon Papers by the Supreme Court in 1971. Three cosmonauts were discovered asphyxiated in their capsule after Soyuz 11 landed.
In 1985, Beirut freed 39 American TWA captives after 17 days.
In 1994, Tonya Harding was stripped of her national championship and banned for life for attacking competition Nancy Kerrigan.
At two 2012 ceremonies, Islamist Mohammed Morsi became Egypt’s first freely elected president. An international summit in Geneva adopted a UN-brokered peace proposal for a transitional administration in Syria, but Russia insisted on include Syria’s president. 96-year-old Yitzhak Shamir died.
– In 2013, 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots elite firefighters were killed combating a wildfire northwest of Phoenix after a shift in wind direction brought the flames back toward their location.
– In 2016, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced that transgender persons will be permitted to serve openly in the United States military, lifting one of the final restrictions on military service.
– In 2020, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves approved legislation to retire the state flag with the Confederate battle symbol. A monument showing a freed slave worshipping at Abraham Lincoln’s feet was unanimously removed by Boston’s arts committee.
Also today:
These historical events on June 30 are followed by many important births and deaths.
Famous Birthdays June 30, 1934: C.N.R. Rao
C.N.R. Rao, an accomplished Indian scientist, pioneered solid-state and materials chemistry. Bangalore, India, was his birthplace. Rao’s scientific leadership and research have garnered international acclaim.
1966: Mike Tyson’s Birthday
Mike Tyson, born June 30, 1966, is a retired American boxer. He is considered an excellent heavyweight boxer. Tyson’s boxing talents and provocative demeanor made him a success.
Famous Death Anniversaries
Maharaja Gulab Singh died on June 30, 1857.
Maharaja Gulab Singh, a 19th-century king of Jammu and Kashmir in India and Pakistan, was born on October 17, 1792, and died on June 30, 1857.
Gulab Singh was a Dogra noble from Jammu. Under Maharaja Ranjit Singh, he joined the Sikh Army. Gulab Singh was promoted as governor of Jammu due to his military and administrative talents.
1917: Dadabhai Naoroji Death Anniversary
Dadabhai Naoroji, the “Grand Old Man of India” and “Unofficial Ambassador of India,” was an Indian political leader, trader, academic, and writer who served as 2nd, 9th, and 22nd President of the Indian National Congress.
