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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_30" title="June 30">June 30</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1559" title="1559">1559</a> – During a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jousting" title="Jousting">jousting</a> match, King <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_II_of_France" title="Henry II of France">Henry II of France</a></b> was mortally wounded when fragments of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_de_Lorges,_Count_of_Montgomery" title="Gabriel de Lorges, Count of Montgomery">Gabriel Montgomery</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance" title="Lance">lance</a> pierced his eye.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1598" title="1598">1598</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Spanish_War_(1585%E2%80%931604)" title="Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)">Anglo-Spanish War</a>: After a 15-day siege Spanish troops in San Juan, modern-day Puerto-Rico, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Juan_(1598)" title="Battle of San Juan (1598)">surrendered</a></b> to an English force under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clifford,_3rd_Earl_of_Cumberland" title="George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland">Sir George Clifford</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1859" title="1859">1859</a> – French acrobat <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Blondin" title="Charles Blondin">Charles Blondin</a></b> crossed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara_Gorge" title="Niagara Gorge">Niagara Gorge</a>, making him one of the world's most famous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tightrope_walking" title="Tightrope walking">tightrope walkers</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963" title="1963">1963</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation_of_Pope_Paul_VI" title="Coronation of Pope Paul VI">coronation of Pope Paul VI</a></b> took place, the last <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_coronation" title="Papal coronation">such ceremony</a> before its abandonment by later popes.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009" title="2009">2009</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemenia_Flight_626" title="Yemenia Flight 626">Yemenia Flight 626</a></b> crashed into the Indian Ocean near the Comoros, killing 152 people, with French schoolgirl <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahia_Bakari" title="Bahia Bakari">Bahia Bakari</a> the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sole_survivors_of_aviation_accidents_and_incidents" title="List of sole survivors of aviation accidents and incidents">sole survivor</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erentrude" title="Erentrude">Erentrude</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 718); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyohara_Kunichika" title="Toyohara Kunichika">Toyohara Kunichika</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1835); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assia_Djebar" title="Assia Djebar">Assia Djebar</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1936); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Mitford" title="Nancy Mitford">Nancy Mitford</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1973)</p>
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