THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 2011

Today is Thursday, June 30, the 181st day of 2011. There are 184 days left in the year.

1870 ― Ada Kepley becomes first female law college graduate

1893 ― Excelsior diamond (blue-white 995 carats) discovered

1894 ― Korea declares independence from China, asks for Japanese aid

1914 ― Mahatma Gandhi's first arrest, campaigning for Indian rights in S. Africa

1936 ― ``Gone With the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell, published

1936 ― 40-hour workweek law approved (federal)

1948 ― Transistor as a substitute for Radio tubes announced (Bell Labs)

1950 ― President Truman orders U.S. troops into Korea

1972 ― First leap second day; also 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985

1981 ― China's Communist Party condemns the late Mao Tse-tung's policy