June 30 - The Day in History

June 30 : General Interest 1936: Gone with the Wind published Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind, one of the best-selling novels of all time and the basis for a blockbuster 1939 movie, is published on this day in 1936... read more American Revolution 1775 : Congress impugns Parliament and adopts Articles of War http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-impugns-parliament-and-adopts-articles-of-war Automotive 1953 : First Corvette built http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-corvette-built Civil War 1862 : Fighting continues in the Seven Days' Battles http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-glendale-white-oak-swamp Cold War 1950 : Truman orders U.S. forces to Korea http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/truman-orders-forces-to-korea Crime 1981 : A first-time offender ends up on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-first-time-offender-ends-up-on-the-fbis-ten-most-wanted-list Disaster 1900 : Fire breaks out at New Jersey pier http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fire-breaks-out-at-new-jersey-pier General Interest 1520 : Spanish retreat from Aztec capital http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/spanish-retreat-from-aztec-capital 1859 : Daredevil crosses Niagara Falls on tightrope http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/daredevil-crosses-niagara-falls-on-tightrope 1934 : Night of the Long Knives http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/night-of-the-long-knives 1971 : Soviet cosmonauts perish in reentry disaster http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviet-cosmonauts-perish-in-reentry-disaster Hollywood 1989 : Do the Right Thing released http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/do-the-right-thing-released Literary 2003 : Make Way for Ducklings author Robert McCloskey dies http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/make-way-for-ducklings-author-robert-mccloskey-dies Music 1975 : Cher marries Greg Allman http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cher-marries-greg-allman Old West 1876 : Soldiers are evacuated from the Little Big Horn by steamboat http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soldiers-are-evacuated-from-the-little-big-horn-by-steamboat Presidential 1812 : Madison makes urgent call to commission more officers to fight the British http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/madison-makes-urgent-call-to-commission-more-officers-to-fight-the-british Sports 1962 : Sandy Koufax pitches first no-hitter http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sandy-koufax-pitches-first-no-hitter Vietnam War 1967 : Thieu becomes president http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/thieu-becomes-president 1970 : Cooper-Church Amendment passes in Senate http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cooper-church-amendment-passes-in-senate World War I 1914 : European powers maintain focus despite killings in Sarajevo http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/european-powers-maintain-focus-despite-killings-in-sarajevo World War II 1943 : Operation Cartwheel is launched http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/operation-cartwheel-is-launched

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