On This Day in History — June 30

• 2015 — A Hercules C-130 military aircraft with 113 people on board crashes in a residential area in Medan, Indonesia, resulting in at least 116 deaths.
• 2013 — Nineteen firefighters die controlling a wildfire in Yarnell, Arizona.
• 2013 — Protests begin around Egypt against President Mohamed Morsi and the ruling Freedom and Justice Party, leading to their overthrow during the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état
• 1997 — The United Kingdom transfers sovereignty over Hong Kong to China.
• 1990 — East Germany and West Germany merge their economies.
• 1986 — The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Bowers v. Hardwick that states can outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults.

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Notable Births on June 30

• 1998 — Tom Davies, English footballer
• 1997 — Iryna Shymanovich, Belarusian tennis player
• 1994 — Rhys Jones, Welsh sprinter
• 1990 — N (singer), South Korean singer
• 1989 — Asbel Kiprop, Kenyan runner
• 1989 — Steffen Liebig, German rugby player

Notable Deaths on June 30

• 2017 — Simone Veil, French lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
• 2017 — Barry Norman, English television presenter (b. 1933)
• 2015 — Charles W. Bagnal, American general (b. 1934)
• 2015 — Robert Dewar, English-American computer scientist and academic (b. 1945)
• 2015 — Arthur Porter, Canadian physician and academic (b. 1956)
• 2015 — Leonard Starr, American author and illustrator (b. 1925)

Public Holidays on July 1

• 🌍 Canada Day (Canada)
• 🌍 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day (Hong Kong)
• 🌍 Madeira Day (Portugal)
• 🌍 香港特別行政區成立紀念日 (Hong Kong)

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Religious Observances on July 1

• Islamic: Birth of Shaykh Jamaluddin al-Ghumuqi al-Husayni ق

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On This Day in History — July 1

• 2013 — Croatia becomes the 28th member of the European Union.
• 2008 — Rioting erupts in Mongolia in response to allegations of fraud surrounding the 2008 legislative elections.
• 2007 — Smoking in England is banned in all public indoor spaces.
• 2006 — The first operation of Qinghai-Tibet Railway in China.
• 2004 — Saturn orbit insertion of Cassini-Huygens begins at 01:12 UTC and ends at 02:48 UTC.
• 2003 — Over 500,000 people protest against efforts to pass anti-sedition legislation in Hong Kong.

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Notable Births on July 1

• 1998 — Aleksandra Golovkina, Lithuanian figure skater
• 1996 — Adelina Sotnikova, Russian figure skater
• 1995 — Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo, Belgian footballer
• 1995 — Savvy Shields, Miss America 2015
• 1992 — Aaron Sanchez, American baseball player
• 1991 — Michael Wacha, American baseball player

Notable Deaths on July 1

• 2016 — Robin Hardy, English author and film director (b. 1929)
• 2015 — Val Doonican, Irish singer and television host (b. 1927)
• 2015 — Czesław Olech, Polish mathematician and academic (b. 1931)
• 2015 — Nicholas Winton, English lieutenant and humanitarian (b. 1909)
• 2014 — Jean Garon, Canadian economist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1938)
• 2014 — Stephen Gaskin, American activist, co-founded The Farm (b. 1935)