WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2021

1906-John Hope becomes 1st black president of Morehouse College

1913-2nd Balkan War begins

1934-French Equatorial Africa constituted a single administrative unit

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

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

1962-Rwanda & Burundi become independent

1963-Cardinal Montini elected Pope Paul VI, 262nd head of RC Church

1966-"Iron" Mike Tyson, heavyweight boxing champ, is born in N.Y.

1974-Mother of Martin Luther King shot at church, by a black man

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

1989-U.S. Congressman Lukins found guilty of having sex with a 16 year old girl

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