06-30-2004, 07:35 AM
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June 30th
1817 ~ Birthday of Joseph Dalton Hooker, Botanist.
1864 ~ President Lincoln granted Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation".
1908 ~ Tunguska impact event occurred in Siberia.
1917 ~ Birthday of Lena Horne, Actress & Singer.
1934 ~ Night of the Long Knives in Germany.
1934 ~ Death of Ernst Röhm, Nazi government official.
1936 ~ ”Gone with the Wind” by Margaret Mitchell published.
1943 ~ Birthday of Florence Ballard, Singer & member of the Supremes.
1966 ~ Birthday of Mike Tyson, World Champion Boxer.
1971 ~ Crew of Soyuz 11 spacecraft killed when air supply escaped through faulty valve.
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