Historical Events for 30th June 2019

1596 – English and Dutch fleet reach Cadiz
1916 – US Open Men’s Golf, Minikahda GC: Amateur Chick Evans leads wire-to-wire to set new Open scoring record and win his only Open title, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Jock Hutchison
1921 – The South African Reserve Bank is established
1927 – US Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota closes
1933 – 50,000 demonstrate in Antwerp against fascism/war
1952 – Hussein Sirri Pasha forms Egyptian government
1979 – Johnny Rotten and Joan Collins appear together on BBC TV’s “Juke Box Jury”
1989 – Congressman Lukins found guilty of having sex with a 16 year old girl
1994 – Airbus A330 crash at Toulouse France (7 killed)
2013 – 19 fire fighters are killed controlling a wildfire in Yarnell, Arizona

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