Today in History for 30th June 2022:
Historical Events
1953 – 1st Chevrolet Corvette manufactured
1968 – East German Communist Party leader Walter Ulbricht receives “Order of October Revolution”
1974 – Petty thief Peter Leonard sets fire to hide his burglary at a bowling alley, fires spreads next door to “Gulliver’s” nightclub killing 24 (Port Chester, New York)
1979 – “Good Times” single released by Chic (Billboard Song of the Year 1979)
1992 – Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher joins the House of Lords as Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven
2019 – President Donald Trump becomes first sitting US president to set foot in North Korea in the Korean Demilitarized Zone meeting Kim Jong Un
Famous Birthdays
1722 – Ji?í Antonín Benda, Czech composer and violinist, born in Benátky nad Jizerou, Bohemia (d. 1795)
1938 – Chris Hinze, Dutch flutist (Vivat Vivaldi), born in Hilversum, North Holland, Netherlands
1956 – David Alan Grier, American actor and comedian (In Living Color, Boomerang), born in Detroit, Michigan
1962 – Tony Fernández, Dominican MLB baseball shortstop, 1983-2001, 5X All-Star, 4X Golden Glove (Toronto Blue Jays, and 6 other teams), born in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic (d. 2020)
1975 – Ralf Schumacher, German Formula 1 race car driver, born in Hürth, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
1980 – Rade Prica, Swedish footballer, born in Ljungby, Sweden
Famous Deaths
1857 – Alcide d’Orbigny, French naturalist, dies at 54
1935 – Bill Brockwell, English cricketer (British all-rounder in 7 Tests 1893-99), dies at 70
1973 – Elmer Layden, College Football Hall of Fame fullback (Notre Dame legendary 4-horsemen, 1st NFL Commissioner), dies at 70
1992 – Nico Booken, Dutch director (Jewish Labor Social), dies at 72
2003 – Buddy Hackett [Leonard Hacker], American comedian and actor (God’s Little Acre; The Music Man; The Love Bug), dies of heart disease at 78
2014 – Paul Mazursky, American film director and screenwriter, dies from pulmonary cardiac arrest at 84