06-30-2005, 05:11 AM
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June 30th
1817 ~ Birthday of Joseph Dalton Hooker, Botanist & Champion of Charles Darwin.
1905 ~ During his annus mirabilis, Albert Einstein published the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies in which he introduced special relativity. OMG! That must have been an exciting period to be a physicist!
1908 ~ Tunguska impact event occurred in Siberia.
1934 ~ Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany took place.
1936 ~ Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell published.
1943 ~ Birthday of Florence Ballard, American Singer (The Supremes).
1960 ~ Congo gained independence from Belgium.
1971 ~ The crew of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft died when a faulty valve allowed their air supply to escape.
1985 ~ Birthday of Michael Phelps, American Swimmer.
1997 ~ China resumed sovereignty over Hong Kong, ending 156 years of British colonial rule.
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