This day in History - June 30

444 Historic Events for June 30
1932 Birth Martin Mailman, composer
1933 Event US Assay Offices in Helena Mon, Boise Id and Salt Lake City Utah closes
1933 Event 50,000 demonstrate in Antwerp against fascism/war
1933 Birth Mike J K Smith, cricketer (England captain mid-60s)
1933 Event Card's Dizzy Dean strikes out 17 Cubs to win 8-2
1934 Event French Equatorial Africa constituted a single administrative unit
1934 Event "Night of Long Knives," Hitler stages bloody purge of Nazi party
1934 Event NFL's Portsmouth Spartans become Detroit Lions
1934 Death Ernst R”hm, German staff member, executed at 46
1934 Death Gregor Strasser, German pharmacist/NSDAP-leader, murdered at 42
1934 Death Karl Ernst, German SA-leader, murdered
1934 Death Kurt von Schleiger, German chancellor (1932-33), murdered at 52
1934 Birth Harry Blackstone Jr, magician (Blackstone Book of Magic and Illusion)
1935 Death William Brockwell, cricket (Brit all-rounder in 7 Tests 1893-99), dies
1935 Event Danno O'Mahoney beats Ed George in Boston, to become wrestling champ
1936 Birth Pauls Dambis, composer
1936 Event "Gone With the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell, published
1936 Event Margaret Mitchell's novel "Gone with the Wind" published
1936 Event Haile Selassie asks League of Nations for sanctions against Italy
1936 Event 40 hour work week law approved (federal)
1936 Birth Nancy Dussault, Pensacola Fla, actress (Muriel-Too Close for Comfort)
1936 Birth Tony Musante, Bridgeport Ct, actor (David Toma-Toma, Nowhere to Hide)
1936 Birth Dave Van Ronk, rocker/actor (Caffe Lena)
1938 Death Milan Rakic, Serbian poet (Nove Pesme), dies at 61
1938 Birth Billy Mills, Pine Ridge SD, 10k (Olympics-gold-64)