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Today in History

30 June

199 births · 97 deaths · 59 events recorded

Notable Births

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Notable Deaths

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Kenneth Colley

Kenneth Colley

d. 2025

English actor (1937–2025)

Jim Shooter

Jim Shooter

d. 2025

American comic book writer (1951–2025)

Raj Kaushal

Raj Kaushal

d. 2021

Indian director, producer, stunt director (1970–2021)

Stella Madzimbamuto

Stella Madzimbamuto

d. 2020

African nurse, Zimbabwean nationalist, civil rights and women's rights activist

Smoke Dawg

Smoke Dawg

d. 2018

Canadian rapper (1996–2018)

Barry Norman

Barry Norman

d. 2017

British film critic

Simone Veil

Simone Veil

d. 2017

French politician (1927–2017)

Gustav Ritter von Kahr

Gustav Ritter von Kahr

d. 1934

German politician (1862–1934)

On This Day in History

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Tajikistan

2023

A Tajik citizen with ISIS connections, wanted in Tajikistan for murder and kidnapping, kills two people at Chișinău International Airport in Moldova, after being denied entry to the country.

Tajikistan

Tiger Fire

2021

The Tiger Fire ignites near Black Canyon City, Arizona, and goes on to burn 16,278 acres (6,587 ha) of land before being fully contained on July 30.

Tiger Fire

2020 Hong Kong national security law

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.

2020 Hong Kong national security law

Donald Trump

2019

Donald Trump becomes the first sitting US President to visit the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).

Donald Trump

Lockheed C-130 Hercules

2015

A Hercules C-130 military aircraft with 113 people on board crashes in a residential area in Medan, Indonesia, resulting in at least 116 deaths.

Lockheed C-130 Hercules

Yarnell Hill Fire

2013

Nineteen firefighters die controlling a wildfire near Yarnell, Arizona.

Yarnell Hill Fire

June 2013 Egyptian protests

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.

June 2013 Egyptian protests

Yemenia Flight 626

2009

Yemenia Flight 626, an Airbus A310-300, crashes into the Indian Ocean near Comoros, killing 152 of the 153 people on board. A 14-year-old girl named Bahia Bakari survives the crash.

Yemenia Flight 626