TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2020

1834 ― Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma)

1859 ― Charles Blondin is first to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope

1913 ― 2nd Balkan War begins

1914 ― Mahatma Gandhi's 1st arrest, campaigning for Indian rights in S. Africa

1923 ― New Zealand claims Ross Dependency in Antarctica

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

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

1936 ― 40-hour work week law approved (federal)

1950 ― Pres Truman orders US troops into Korea

1962 ― Rwanda & Burundi become independent

1966 ― Beatles land in Tokyo for a concert tour

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

1989 ― NASA closes down tracking stations in Santiago, Chile & Guam

1989 ― NY State Legislature passes Staten Island seccession bill