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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

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News

• Zodiac Killer’s Final Two Ciphers Claimed To Be Solved By Amateur Sleuth
• This Giant Balloon Will Start Flying Travelers to Space in 2024 – Robb Report
• Security robots expand across U.S., with few tangible results

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