Sunday 30 June is the 182nd day of the Gregorian calendar. There are 184 days left until the end of the year.
Saint of the day: Saint Otto of Bamberg
June Proverb
June ready sickle in fist
It happened today
1936 – Gone with the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell, is published
1960 – Congo becomes independent from Belgium
1963 – Seven law enforcement officers lost their lives in the mafia attack known as the Ciaculli massacre
1990 – East and West Germany merge their economies
1993 – Azerbaijan: Following a military coup, Surat Huseynov becomes Prime Minister and Haydar Aliyev becomes President of the Republic
1994 – Toulouse plane crash. An Airbus A330 crashes during a test flight. The seven people on board die, including the Airbus chief test pilot, Nick Warner, and two Alitalia pilots: Alberto Nassetti and Pier Paolo Racchetti
2005 – Madrid: The Spanish parliament approves the law that allows homosexual couples to marry and adopt children
2009 – During Yemenia Flight 626, an Airbus A310 carrying 153 people crashes into the Indian Ocean, off the Comoros Islands, between Mozambique and Madagascar. Only a 14-year-old teenager survives
2019 – Meeting on the border between the two Koreas, in the village of Panmunjeom, between US President Donald Trump and North Korean President Kim Jong-un. For the first time an American president visits North Korea
Birthdays
Alessandro Pess – Italian actor. In the series The Hawk and the Dove he played Ferdinand. In the series Don’t Stop Dreaming he played Claudio Botti Timer (June 30, 1981)
Mary Amelia Monti – Italian actress (30 June 1961)
Mike Tyson – born Michael Gerard Tyson, is a former American boxer, showman and actor (June 30, 1966)
Serena Abrams – Italian singer (June 30, 1985)
