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On This Day In History for June 30, 2021
This is the 181st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 184 days remaining in 2021.

It was on this date in 1886, that The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departed from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4
June 30, 1905, Albert Einstein sent the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, in which he introduced special relativity, for publication in Annalen der Physik
It was also this date in 1906 that The United States Congress passed the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act
On June 30, 1908, The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulted in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia
Also on June 30, 1937, The world’s first emergency telephone number, 999, was introduced in London
It was on this date in 1953, that The first Chevrolet Corvette rolled off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan
Also on June 30, 1972, The first leap second was added to the UTC time system

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

American actress, singer, and activist, Lena Horne, born on this date in 1917.
Born June 30, 1919, American inventor of the modern hot air balloon Ed Yost.
American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Paul Berg, born on this date in 1926.
American magician and author, Harry Blackstone Jr. was born 87 years ago today.
American lieutenant and oceanographer, Robert Ballard, born on this date in 1942.
Greek mathematician and academic, Athanassios S. Fokas is 69 today.
American computer scientist and programmer, Lynne Jolitz, born on this date in 1961.
American-Canadian astrophysicist and academic, Victoria Kaspi is 54 today.

Listener Birthdays

30 – Alexis Duran (ADdude)
4 – Mike McBride
6 – Peter (1982, Sweden)

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for June 30, 2021

If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.

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