Year 1855
Santhal Rebellion started. The rebellion was led by the four Murmu Brothers – Sidhu, Kanhu, Chand, and Bhairav.
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30 June: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 30 June.
Year 1857
The Battle of Chinhat was fought between British forces and Indian rebels, at Ismailganj, near Chinhat, Oude.
Year 1859
French acrobat Charles Blondin crossed Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
Year 1937
The world’s first emergency telephone number, 999, was introduced in London.
Year 1966
Koka Subba Rao became the ninth Chief Justice of India.
Year 1966
The National Organization for women, the United States’ largest feminist organization, was founded.
Year 2002
Brazil won the FIFA World Cup.
Year 2009
Yemenia Flight 626, an Airbus A310-300, crashes into the Indian Ocean near Comoros, killing 152 of the 153 people on board. A 14-year-old girl named Bahia Bakari survives the crash.
Year 2013
Nineteen firefighters die controlling a wildfire in Yarnell, Arizona.
Year 2013
Protests begin around Egypt against President Mohamed Morsi and the ruling Freedom and Justice Party, leading to their overthrow during the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état.
Year 2015
A Hercules C-130 military aircraft with 113 people on board crashes in a residential area in Medan, Indonesia, resulting in at least 116 deaths.
Year 2015
Vietnam signed free trade agreement with European Union
Born 1911
Vaidyanath Mishra, Nagarjun, a Hindi and Maithili poet.
Born 1934
C. N. R. Rao, an Indian chemist.
Born 1943
Saeed Akhtar Mirza, an Indian screenwriter, and director.
Born 1959
Sandip Verma, Baroness Verma, Indian-English businesswoman and politician
Born 1966
Mike Tyson, an American former professional boxer.
Born 1969
Sanath Jayasuriya, a former Sri Lankan cricketer.
Died 1917
Dadabhai Naoroji, an Indian Parsi scholar, trader, and politician.
Died 1919
Lord Rayleigh, a British scientist who discovered Argon.
Died 2007
Sahib Singh Verma, former chief minister of Delhi.