Michael Phelps - Birth
Time: Sunday Jun 30, 1985
Place: Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Details: Phelps was born in Baltimore, Maryland.
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On This Day - 30 June


Mamluks-Al-Ashraf Janbalat was a Mamluk sultan of Egypt in 1500
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Napoleon-French recrossed the Danube
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Simón Bolívar-Bolívar lost control of San Felipe Castle along with its ammunition stores
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Saturday Jun 30, 1934 - Germany


Charles de Gaulle-Admiral Muselier joined the Free French
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Chinese Civil War-The Communists counterattacked
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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip was promoted to commander
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Communist insurgency in Sarawak-Goodsir Plan
Wednesday Jun 30, 1965 - Sarawak, Malaysia


1989 Tiananmen Square protests-Finalizing The Order For The Enforcement of Martial Law
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Ten-Day War (Slovenian Independence War)-Skirmishing continued
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Margaret Thatcher-Member of the House of Lords
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Mongolian Revolution of 1990-A Democratic Union Coalition For The First Time Succeeded In Winning The Majority
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Kobe Bryant-Bryant traded
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1997 Asian financial crisis-A Promise
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Ronaldinho-World Cup 2002
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Kaká-World Cup 2002
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Bank of America-Bank of America announced it would purchase credit card giant MBNA
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Xanana Gusmão-The June 2007 Parliamentary Election
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Friday Jun 30, 2017 - Espoo, Finland


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Saturday Jun 30, 2018 - Fisht Olympic Stadium, Krasnodar Krai, Russia


Lionel Messi-Eliminated against France
Saturday Jun 30, 2018 - Kazan, Russia


Donald Trump-Brief talks in the Korean Demilitarized Zone
Sunday Jun 30, 2019 - Korean Demilitarized Zone

Dominikus Zimmermann Birth
Saturday Jun 30, 1685 - Gaispoint

Executions of John Quelch
Monday Jun 30, 1704 - Boston

John Gay Birth
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Ji Antonn Benda Birth
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June 1985


Barack Obama-Community organizer
Jun, 1985 - Chicago, U.S.


Heysel Stadium Events-UEFA banned English clubs for "...An indeterminate period of time"
Saturday Jun 1, 1985 - England, United Kingdom


Heysel Stadium Events-FIFA extended the ban
Wednesday Jun 5, 1985 - Zurich, Switzerland


Atari, Inc.-The Atari ST.
Jun, 1985 - U.S.


Plane Accidents-Air India Flight 182
Sunday Jun 23, 1985 - Near Watervill, Ireland
1985


Recep Tayyip Erdoğan-The Chair of The Istanbul city branch of The Islamist Welfare Party
1985 - Istanbul, Turkey


Garry Kasparov-Kasparov played against thirty-two different chess computers
1985 - Hamburg, Germany


1997 Asian financial crisis-Economic growth in Thailand
1985 - Thailand


Colombian conflict-The first Negotiated Cease-Fire with the M-19 ended
1985 - Colombia


Visa Inc.-Headquarters in San Francisco
1985 - San Francisco, California, U.S.


Warren Buffett-The Mills was Sold
1985 - Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.


Microprocessor-The ARM First Appeared
1985 - Cambridge, UK


Cameras-The NMOS active-pixel Sensor
1985 - Tokyo, Japan


Virtual reality-VPL Research
1985 - U.S.


Windows-The first version of Windows
1985 - Redmond, Washington, U.S.


Virtual reality-Ames Research Center
1985 - California, U.S.


MacOS-The heritage of what would become macOS
1985 - Redwood City, California, U.S.

Vodafone-Racal-Vodafone
Tuesday Jan 1, 1985 - Newbury, England, U.K.


Linux-Stallman started the Free Software Foundation
1985 - U.S.


Gary Webb- A series investigation "Doctoring the Truth"
1985 - Ohio, United States


Computer animation-Tony de Peltrie
1985 - Montreal, Canada


Christopher Paul Gardner-Second Child
1985 - San Francisco, U.S.


Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Margaret had part of her left lung removed
Saturday Jan 5, 1985 - England, United Kingdom


Heysel Stadium Events-1984 European Super Cup
Wednesday Jan 16, 1985 - Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino, Turin, Italy


Ronald Reagan-Second Term as a President
Sunday Jan 20, 1985 - Washington D.C., U.S.


Donald Trump-Trump acquired the Mar-a-Lago estate
1985 - Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.


Donald Trump-Trump Castle
1985 - Trump Castle, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.


United Nations Conference on Trade and Development-Alister McIntyre (Officer-in-Charge)
1985 - Geneva, Switzerland


Nelson Mandela-The Release Offer
Feb, 1985 - South Africa


Ted Kaczynski-A bomb in Sacramento
1985 - California, United States


Cristiano Ronaldo-Birth
Tuesday Feb 5, 1985 - Funchal, Madeira, Portugal


Nuclear Power-The overall failure of the U.S. nuclear power program
Monday Feb 11, 1985 - U.S.A


Popeyes-500th restaurant
1985 - U.S.


Stuart Long -Long won the Golden Gloves
1985 - Montana, U.S


Mikhail Gorbachev-Chernenko died
Sunday Mar 10, 1985 at 12:00:00 AM - Russia


Iran–Iraq War-Operation Badr
Monday Mar 11, 1985 - Al Qurnah, Iraq


Dissolution of the Soviet Union-General Secretary
Monday Mar 11, 1985 - Moscow, Russia


Mikhail Gorbachev-General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Monday Mar 11, 1985 - Moscow, Russia


Iran–Iraq War-Breaking Through North of Qurna
Thursday Mar 14, 1985 - Al Qurnah, Iraq


Iran–Iraq War-The second "war of the cities"
Thursday Mar 21, 1985 - Tehran - Tabriz - Shiraz - Isfahan, Iran


Brexit-The second Margaret Thatcher government
1985 - United Kingdom


Prince Harry-The First Overseas Tour
Friday Apr 19, 1985 - Italy


Pablo Escobar: Narcos-Palace of Justice siege
Friday Apr 19, 1985 - Colombia


Freddie Mercury-Mercury began another long-term relationship with Irish-born hairdresser Jim Hutton
1985 - England, United Kingdom


Freddie Mercury-Mercury and Everett had fallen out
1985 - England, United Kingdom


Freddie Mercury-Mr. Bad Guy
Monday Apr 29, 1985 - Musicland Studios, Munich, West Germany (Present Day in Germany)


Iran–Iraq War-Anti-war demonstrations
Apr, 1985 - Iran


Johan Cruyff-Back to Ajax
May, 1985 - Amsterdam, Netherlands


James Bond-A View to a Kill premiere
Wednesday May 22, 1985 - San Francisco, California, U.S.


Colombian conflict-the creation of the Patriotic Union (Unión Patriótica)
Tuesday May 28, 1985 - Bogotá, Colombia


Heysel Stadium Events-1985 European Cup Final
Wednesday May 29, 1985 - Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium


Heysel Stadium Events-The trouble started
Wednesday May 29, 1985 at 05 PM - Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium


Heysel Stadium Events-The Result
Wednesday May 29, 1985 - Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium


Heysel Stadium Events-The Blame
Thursday May 30, 1985 - England, United Kingdom


Barack Obama-Community organizer
Jun, 1985 - Chicago, U.S.


Heysel Stadium Events-UEFA banned English clubs for "...An indeterminate period of time"
Saturday Jun 1, 1985 - England, United Kingdom


Heysel Stadium Events-FIFA extended the ban
Wednesday Jun 5, 1985 - Zurich, Switzerland


Atari, Inc.-The Atari ST.
Jun, 1985 - U.S.


Plane Accidents-Air India Flight 182
Sunday Jun 23, 1985 - Near Watervill, Ireland


Dissolution of the Soviet Union-Changes
Monday Jul 1, 1985 - Russia


Plane Accidents-Tupolev Tu-154B-2, Aeroflot Flight 7425
Wednesday Jul 10, 1985 - Uchkuduk, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union


Ronald Reagan-Colon Surgery
Saturday Jul 13, 1985 - Bethesda, Maryland, U.S


Freddie Mercury-Live Aid
Saturday Jul 13, 1985 - Wembley Stadium, London, England, United Kingdom


Qasem Soleimani-Soleimani opposed the IRGC leadership's plan
Wednesday Jul 17, 1985 - Iran


Trivial Pursuit-Northern Plastics produced 30,000,000 games
1985 - Elroy, Wisconsin, U.S.


Zara-New system and instant fashion
1985 - A Coruña, Spain


Plane Accidents-JAL flight123
Monday Aug 12, 1985 - Mount Osutaka, Ueno, Gunma Perfecture, Japan


Heysel Stadium Events-Memorial was presented to the victims
1985 - Juventus headquarters in Piazza Crimea, Turin, Italy


Severo Ochoa-Spanish science policy authorities
1985 - Madrid, Spain


Apple Inc.-Jobs leaves Apple
Tuesday Sep 17, 1985 - U.S.


Atari, Inc.-Remaining divisions
1985 - Japan


David Cameron-Entering Oxford University
Oct, 1985 - Brasenose College, Oxford, England


Jacintha Darlene Gardner-Jacintha Darlene Gardner's Birth
Saturday Oct 5, 1985 - U.S.


Richard Branson-Branson formed Virgin Holidays
1985 - England, United Kingdom


River Phoenix-Phoenix's first major motion picture role
1985 - California, United States


Christopher Jarrett Medina Gardner-Gardner resumed contact with Jackie and had a second child
1985 - San Francisco, California, U.S.


Steven Spielberg-1st Marriage
Nov, 1985 - U.S.


Colombian conflict-Storming The Colombian Palace of Justice
Wednesday Nov 6, 1985 - Bogota, Colombia


Xerox-Xerox sold all of its publishing subsidiaries
1985 - U.S.


Disasters with highest death tolls-Armero Tragedy
Wednesday Nov 13, 1985 - Colombia


Margaret Thatcher-The Anglo-Irish Agreement
Friday Nov 15, 1985 - Hillsborough, Northern Ireland, UK


Microsoft-Microsoft Windows
Wednesday Nov 20, 1985 - Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.


Bill Gates-First retail version of Microsoft Windows
Wednesday Nov 20, 1985 - Washington, U.S.


Warren Buffett-The Insurance Sector
1985 - U.S.


Cinnabon-Opening The First Cinnabon
Wednesday Dec 4, 1985 - Federal Way, Washington, U.S.


Jacintha Darlene Gardner-Jacintha Darlene Gardner spend her childhood with her mother
Saturday Dec 7, 1985 - U.S.


Plane Accidents-Douglas DC-8, Arrow Air Flight 1285
Thursday Dec 12, 1985 - Newfoundland, Canada


Chernobyl disaster-The third test to Chernobyl nuclear power plant
1985 - Chernobyl, Ukraine, U.S.S.R


Heysel Stadium Events-FIFA announced that English clubs were also free to play friendly games in Europe
Dec, 1985 - Zurich, Switzerland


Dissolution of the Soviet Union-First Secretary of the Moscow Communist Party (Yeltsin)
Monday Dec 23, 1985 - Moscow, Russia