JUNE 30 | Birthdays and Events
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Notable Birthdays for June 30
William Wheeler (1819-1887) - The 19th Vice President of the U.S.
Allan Houser (1914-1994) - Considered one of the greatest Native American painters and Modernist sculptors of all time.
Lena Horne (1917-2010) - Actor, dancer, civil rights activist and singer whose career spanned more than 70 years.
Ed Yost (1919-2007) - Inventor of the modern hot air balloon.
Joan Murrell Owens (1933-2011) - Marine biologist who discovered three species of button corals--R. niphada, R. squiresi, and Leptopsammia franki.
Harry Blackstone (1934-1997) - Stage magician and author of the Blackstone Book of Magic and Illusion.
Billy Mills (1938-Still Living) - Sprinter who won the Gold Medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics who was considered an unknown runner.
Robert Ballard (1942-Still Living) - Oceanographer who discovered the wreckage, including the RMS Titanic in 1985 and John F. Kennedy's PT-109.
Florence Ballard (1943-1976) - Singer and founder member of the Motown group the Supremes.
Michael Phelps (1985-Still Living) - Swimmer and most decorated Olympian of all time (28 medals).
Memorable Events for June 30
1834 - Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma).
1864 - President Lincoln signs the Yosemite Grant Act, creating the state-controlled park for the public.
1906 - Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act.
1936 - Gone With The Wind (author Margaret Mitchell) is published.
1938 - Superman makes his first appears in issue #1 of the DC Comics' Action Comics Series.
1940 - The Fish and Wildlife Service forms.
1953 - Assembly of the first Chevrolet Corvette begins.
1966 - The National Organization for Women is founded, becoming the largest feminist organization in the U.S.