歷史上的June 30

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  June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 184 days remaining until the end of the year.

  June 30: Independence Day in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1960)

  Anniversaries on June 30

  1559 – During a jousting match, Gabriel Montgomery of the Garde Écossaise mortally wounded King Henry II of France (pictured), piercing him in the eye with his lance.

  1859 – French acrobat Charles Blondin crossedNiagara Gorge on a tightrope, turning him into one of the world's most famous tightrope walkers.

  1894 – London's Tower Bridge, a combined bascule andsuspension bridge over the River Thames, opened.

  1960 - The Belgian Congo received its independence from colonial rule, beginning a period of instability that ended with the installation of a dictatorship under Joseph-Désiré Mobutu in 1965.

  1987 – The Royal Canadian Mint introduced the Canadian one-dollar coin, commonly known as the Loonie.