What is June 30?
{{calendar}} {{day}} It is the last day of the first half of the year. == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[350]] &ndash; Roman usurper [[Nepotianus]], of the Constantian dynasty, is defeated and killed by the usurper [[Magnentius]]. * [[763]] &ndash; A [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] [[army]] under Emperor [[Constantine V]] defeats the [[Bulgaria]]n forces in the [[Battle]] of Anchialus. * [[1422]] &ndash; [[Battle of Arbedo]] between the [[Duke of Milan]] and the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[Cantons of Switzerland|cantons]]. * [[1521]] &ndash; [[Spain|Spanish]] forces defeat a combined [[France|French]] and [[Navarre]]se [[army]] at the [[Battle of Noain]] during the Spanish [[conquest]] of [[Iberia]]n Navarre. * [[1559]] &ndash; [[Henry II of France]] is wounded in a jousting contest against [[Gabriel de Montgomery]]. * [[1651]] &ndash; [[Battle of Beresteczko]]: Victory for [[Poland-Lithuania]]. * [[1758]] &ndash; [[Seven Years' War]]: The [[Battle of Domstadtl]] takes place. * [[1805]] &ndash; The [[United States Congress]] organises the [[Michigan]] [[Territory]]. * [[1859]] &ndash; French acrobat [[Charles Blondin]] crosses [[Niagara Falls]] on a tightrope. * [[1860]] &ndash; The [[Oxford]] [[Evolution]] debate takes place at the Oxford [[Museum]] of Natural History. * [[1861]] &ndash; A group of 3000 [[Europe]]an [[gold]] miners attack [[China|Chinese]] miners at [[Lambing Flat]], [[New South Wales]]. * [[1864]] &ndash; [[Abraham Lincoln]] grants the Yosemite Valley to [[California]] for 'public use, resort and recreation'. * [[1882]] &ndash; [[Charles J. Guiteau]] is executed for the assassination of US President [[James A. Garfield]]. * [[1886]] &ndash; The first trans[[continent]]al [[train]] trip across [[Canada]] leaves [[Montreal]]. It arrives at Fort Moody, [[British Columbia]] on [[July 4]]. * [[1894]] &ndash; [[London]] [[Tower Bridge]] is opened to traffic. * [[1900]] &ndash; A [[harbour]] [[fire]] in [[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]], [[New Jersey]] spreads to five German liners, killing 326 people