1912<\/strong> – Belgian workers went on strike to demand universal suffrage.<\/p>\n 1913<\/strong> – Fighting broke out between Bulgaria and Greece and Serbia. It was the beginning of the Second Balkan War.<\/p>\n 1915<\/strong> – During World War I, the Second Battle Artois ended when the French failed to take Vimy Ridge.<\/p>\n 1921<\/strong> – U.S. President Warren G. Harding appointed former President William Howard Taft chief justice of the United States.<\/p>\n 1922<\/strong> – Irish rebels in London assassinate Sir Henry Wilson, the British deputy for Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n 1930<\/strong> – France pulled its troops out of Germany\u2019s Rhineland.<\/p>\n 1934<\/strong> – Adolf Hitler purged the Nazi Party by destroying the SA and bringing to power the SS in the “Night of the Long Knives.”<\/p>\n 1935<\/strong> – Fascists caused an uproar at the League of Nations when Haile Selassie of Ethiopia speaks.<\/p>\n 1936<\/strong> – Margaret Mitchell\u2019s book, “Gone with the Wind,” was published.<\/p>\n 1950<\/strong> – U.S. President Harry Truman ordered U.S. troops into Korea and authorizes the draft.<\/p>\n 1951<\/strong> – On orders from Washington, General Matthew Ridgeway broadcasts that the United Nations was willing to discuss an armistice with North Korea.<\/p>\n 1952<\/strong> – CBS-TV debuted “The Guiding Light.”<\/p>\n 1953<\/strong> – The first Corvette rolled off the Chevrolet assembly line in Flint, MI. It sold for $3,250.<\/p>\n 1955<\/strong> – The U.S. began funding West Germany\u2019s rearmament.<\/p>\n 1957<\/strong> – The American occupation headquarters in Japan was dissolved.<\/p>\n 1958<\/strong> – The U.S. Congress passed a law authorizing the admission of Alaska as the 49th state in the Union.<\/p>\n 1960<\/strong> – The Katanga province seceded from Congo (upon Congo’s independence from Belgium).<\/p>\n 1962<\/strong> – Los Angeles Dodger Sandy Koufax pitched his first no-hitter in a game with the New York Mets.<\/p>\n 1964<\/strong> – The last of U.N. troops left Congo after a four-year effort to bring stability to the country.<\/p>\n 1970<\/strong> – The Cincinnati Reds moved to their new home at Riverfront Stadium.<\/p>\n 1971<\/strong> – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the government could not prevent the Washington Post or the New York Times from publishing the Pentagon Papers.<\/p>\n 1971<\/strong> – The Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 11<\/i> returned to Earth. The three cosmonauts were found dead inside.<\/p>\n 1971<\/strong> – The 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified when Ohio became the 38th state to approve it. The amendment lowered the minimum voting age to 18.<\/p>\n 1974<\/strong> – Russian ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov defected in Toronto, Canada.<\/p>\n 1974<\/strong> – The July 4th scene from the Steven Spielberg movie “Jaws” was filmed.<\/p>\n 1977<\/strong> – U.S. President Jimmy Carter announced his opposition to the B-1 bomber.<\/p>\n 1984<\/strong> – The longest professional football game took place in the United States Football League (USFL). The Los Angeles Express beat the Michigan Panthers 27-21 after 93 minutes and 33 seconds.<\/p>\n 1985<\/strong> – Yul Brynner left his role as the King of Siam after 4,600 performances in “The King and me.”<\/p>\n 1986<\/strong> – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that states could outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults.<\/p>\n 1994<\/strong> – The U.S. Figure Skating Association stripped Tonya Harding of the 1994 national championship and banned her from the organization for life for an attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan.<\/p>\n 1998<\/strong> – Officials confirmed that the remains of a Vietnam War serviceman buried in the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery were identified as those of Air Force pilot Michael J. Blassie.<\/p>\n 2000<\/strong> – U.S. President Clinton signed the E-Signature bill to give the same legal validity to an electronic signature as a signature in pen and ink.<\/p>\n 2004<\/strong> – The international Cassini spacecraft entered Saturn’s orbit. The craft had been on a nearly seven-year journey.<\/p>\n 2005<\/strong> \u2013 Due to MTV launching a new channel in Canada, Razer took over MTV Canada.<\/p>\n 2007<\/strong> \u2013 A Jeep Cherokee filled with propane canisters drives into the entrance at Glasgow Airport, Scotland in a failed terrorist attack. This was linked to the 2007 London car bombs that had taken place the day before.<\/p>\n 2009<\/strong> \u2013 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 Bakarisurvives the crash.<\/sup><\/p>\n 2013<\/strong> \u2013 Nineteen firefighters die controlling a wildfire in Yarnell, Arizona.<\/p>\n 2013<\/strong> \u2013 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’\u00e9tat<\/p>\n 2015<\/strong> \u2013 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.<\/p>\n History of 30 June 1912 – Belgian workers went on strike to demand universal suffrage. 1913 – Fighting broke out between Bulgaria and Greece and Serbia. 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