French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope. On June 30, 1859, French acrobat Charles Blondin (born Jean-François Gravelet) stunned the world by…
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30 June 296
Pope Marcellinus begins his papacy. Pope Marcellinus served as the Bishop of Rome from 296 to 304 AD. His papacy occurred during a tumultuous time…
30 June 1859
French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope. Charles Blondin, born as Jean-François Gravelet (1824–1897), was a renowned French acrobat and tightrope walker…
30 June 1953
The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Corvette’]
30 June 1953
The very first iconic Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan. Sixty-three years ago at a small factory in Flint, Michigan on…
30 June 2013
19 firefighters die while fighting a wildfire in Yarnell, Arizona. The Yarnell Hill Fire was a wildfire near Yarnell, Arizona, ignited by lightning on June…
30 June 1860
A debate on evolution at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History takes place.