Who was born on June 30 and what happened on that day?
👉 HOLIDAYS:
🇺🇳 UN – International Asteroid Day.
🇺🇳 International Parliamentarianism Day.
🌏 Social Media Day.
🌍 International Sailor Moon Day.
👉 NATIONAL HOLIDAYS:
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan – Youth Day.
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan – Valentine’s Day.
🇵🇭 Philippines – Philippines-Spain Friendship Day.
🇳🇮 Nicaragua – Tree Planting Day.
🇩🇴 Dominican – Teacher’s Day.
🇧🇾 Belarus – Day of Economists.
🇪🇬 Egypt – June 30 anniversary.
🇨🇫 Central African Republic – Day of Common Prayer.
🇨🇩 Congo DR – Independence Day.
🇸🇩 Sudan – Revolution Day.
🇬🇹 Guatemala – Army Day.
🇮🇱 Israel – Navy Day.
🇳🇮 Salvador – Bank Employees’ Day.
🇩🇰 Denmark – Princess Alexandra’s birthday.
👉 EVENTS:
– 1520 – Retreat of the Spanish conquerors from Tenochtitlan, known as the “Night of Sorrow”.
– 1736 – Surrender of the Turkish garrison of Azov, complete annexation of the city to Russia.
– 1859 – Charles Blonden hanged over Niagara Falls.
– 1860 – The first issue of L’Osservatore Romano, the first official newspaper in the Vatican, was published.
– 1876 – Serbia and Montenegro declared war against Turkey.
– 1889 – The Inter-Parliamentary Union was established at the Paris Peace Conference.
– 1893 – “EXELSIOR” diamond was discovered. Weight: 995 carats.
– 1894 – Tower Bridge, the world-famous London bridge, was opened.
– 1894 – Korea declared its independence from China.
– 1908 – As a result of the Tungus meteorite falling in Siberia, 2150 km² of forest was razed to the ground.
– 1913 – the beginning of the Second Balkan War.
– 1934 – “Night of the Long Knives” in Germany.
– 1941 – Pepsi-Cola company merged with “Loft” confectionery company.
– 1945 – Labor holidays were restored in the USSR.
– 1960 – The USSR and China declared an ideological split.
– 1960 – The newly established former Belgian colony declares itself the Republic of the Congo.
– 1964 – The first close-up photographs of the Moon were taken.
– 1970 – Great Britain, Denmark, Norway and Ireland begin negotiations to join the European Economic Community in Luxembourg.
– 1971 – the crash of the S-11 spacecraft.
– 2005 – LGBT became legal in Spain.
– 2008 – Tu-154 plane crashed in St. Petersburg.
– 2009 – An A310 crashed near the Comoros Islands.
– 2017 – Youth Union of Uzbekistan was established.
👉 BIRTHDAYS:
– 1470 – Charles VIII (1498) – King of France (1483-1498), from the Valois dynasty.
– 1685 – John Gay (1732) – English poet and dramatist.
– 1722 – Jirji Berda (1795) – famous Czech composer.
– 1791 – Savart Félix (1841) French physicist.
– 1887 – Yevgeniy Betger (1956) – historian and Oriental scholar, book critic, bibliographer.
– 1914 – Kalonov Saidjon (1971) – musician (flute), composer, People’s Artist of Uzbekistan (1966).
– 1917 – Susan Hayward (1975) – American film actress.
– 1920 – Zeno Colo (1993) — Italian athlete, Olympic champion (1952).
– 1926 – Paul Berg – American biochemist, winner of the Nobel Prize (1980).
– 1933 – Lea Massari – Italian film actress.
– 1939 – Janis Peters – Latvian poet.
– 1941 – Olmas Alikhojayev (2015) – actor, People’s Artist of Uzbekistan (1983).
– 1941 – Paul Anka – Canadian singer.
– 1954 – Serzh Sargsyan – President of Armenia (2008-2018).
– 1966 – Andrey Abduvaliyev – Soviet, Tajik and Uzbek track and field athlete, Olympic champion (1992), two-time world champion.
– 1966 – Mike Tyson – American boxer, former world champion.
– 1969 – Anastasia Nemolyaeva – Russian actress.
– 1977 – Justo Villar – goalkeeper of Paraguay national team.
– 1982 – Otis Harris – American athlete, Olympic champion (2004).
– 1982 – Sevinch Mominova – Uzbek singer and actress.
– 1983 – Cheryl Ann Tweedy – English singer, dancer and TV presenter.
– 1985 – Michael Phelps – American swimmer, 23-time Olympic champion, 26-time world champion.