An Indonesian Air Force military transport aircraft (pictured) crashed near a residential neighborhood in Medan, killing 139 people.
30 June 1511
A Friday in history
Weekday
Friday
Season
Summer (N. Hemisphere)
Century
16th century
Records
359
2015
2009Yemenia Flight 626 crashed into the Indian Ocean near the Comoros, killing 152 people, with French schoolgirl Bahia Bakari the sole survivor.
- 1989
A building fire in Atlanta killed five people.
1985Ryan White, an HIV/AIDS patient in the US, was denied re-admission to his school after he had contracted the disease from hemophilia treatments.
1974Municipal workers in Baltimore, Maryland, went on strike seeking higher wages and better conditions.
1966The National Organization for Women, a leading United States feminist organization, was founded in Washington, D.C.
1963The coronation of Pope Paul VI took place, the last such ceremony before its abandonment by later popes.
1960The Belgian Congo gained independence from colonial rule, beginning a period of instability that would lead to the dictatorship of Joseph-Désiré Mobutu.
1934German chancellor Adolf Hitler began a purge of the paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party and other political rivals, executing at least 85 people.
1905Nadir of American race relations: A mob of white Americans killed eight people in Oconee County, Georgia, as part of a mass lynching.
1894Tower Bridge (pictured), a combined bascule and suspension bridge over the River Thames in London, was inaugurated.
1859French acrobat Charles Blondin crossed Niagara Gorge, making him one of the world's most famous tightrope walkers.
1598Anglo-Spanish War: After a 15-day siege Spanish troops in San Juan, modern-day Puerto Rico, surrendered to an English force under Sir George Clifford.
1559During a jousting match, King Henry II of France was mortally wounded when fragments of Gabriel Montgomery's lance pierced his eye.
1398Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne to the Ming dynasty to become the Jianwen Emperor.
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