Today is Tuesday, June 30, the 181st day of 2009. There are 184 days left in the year.
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
1962 _ Rwanda and Burundi become independent
1973 _ Observers aboard Concorde jet observe 72-min solar eclipse
1975 _ Cher, just four days after divorcing Sonny Bono marries Gregg Allman
1981 _ China's Communist Party condemns the late Mao Tse-tung's policy