FRIDAY, June 30, 2023

1294 - Jews expelled from Berne, Switzerland

1834 - Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma)

1859 - Charles Blondin becomes first to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope

1894 - Korea, under Japanese influence, declares independence from China

1914 - Mahatma Gandhi's first arrest, campaigning for Indian rights in South Africa

1923 - New Zealand claims Ross Dependency in Antarctica

1934 - Night of the Long Knives, Hitler stages bloody purge of Nazi party

1934 - NFL's Portsmouth Spartans become Detroit Lions

1936 - "Gone With the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell published

1936 - 40-hour workweek law approved (federal)

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

1956 - United DC-7 & TWA collide over Grand Canyon killing 128

1971 - Ohio becomes the 38th state to approve lowering the voting age to 18, thus ratifying the 26th amendment

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