131 YEARS AGO - on Friday 30 June 1882
(-) Assassin Charles Julius Guiteau aka The Man Who Shot President Garfield, is executed by hanging at the age of 40 in Washington, District Columbia, USA.
121 YEARS AGO - on Thursday 30 June 1892
(+) Nazi Administrator of Concentration Camps Oswald Pohl is born in Duisburg-Ruhrort, NordRhein-Westfalen, Germany.
120 YEARS AGO - on Friday 30 June 1893
(+) East-German leader and builder of the Berlin Wall, Walter Ulbricht is born in Leipzig, Germany.
113 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 30 June 1900
(x) Over 300 Die in pier fire in Hoboken, New York, USA.
83 YEARS AGO - on Monday 30 June 1930
(-) Murderer Frank Tauza is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 44 in Pennsylvania, USA.
80 YEARS AGO - on Friday 30 June 1933
(+) Cop Killer Derek William Bentley is born in London, United Kingdom.
77 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 30 June 1936
(-) Murderer Frederick Herbert Charles Field is executed by hanging at the age of 33 in London, United Kingdom.
57 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 30 June 1956
(x) 128 Die in Trans World Airlines Flight 2 Super Constellation and United Airlines Flight 718 DC-7 collision in Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA.
51 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 30 June 1962
(-) Helen Blake is strangled and sexually assaulted by Albert DeSalvo aka The Boston Strangler, at the age of 65 in Lynn, 73 Newhall Street, Massachussets, USA.
51 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 30 June 1962
(-) Nina Nichols is strangled and sexually assaulted by Albert DeSalvo aka The Boston Strangler, at the age of 65 in Lynn, 1940 Commonwealth Avenue, Massachussets, USA.
44 YEARS AGO - on Monday 30 June 1969
(-) Roxie Phillips is beaten and strangled by Norman John Collins aka The Michigan Coed Killer, at the age of 17 in Salinas, California, USA.
42 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 30 June 1971
(x) 43-year-old Georgi Dobrovolski, 38-year-old Viktor Patsajef and 37-year-old Vladislav Volokov are found dead upon returning in their Sojoez 2 after breaking the record of staying 23 days in Space.
39 YEARS AGO - on Sunday 30 June 1974
(-) Mother of Martin Luther Alberta King is shot dead whilst playing the organ by Marcus Chenault at the age of 69 in Atlanta, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Georgia, USA.
Chenault shot King because "all Christians are my enemies".
22 YEARS AGO - on Sunday 30 June 1991
(-) Matt Turner aka Donald Montrell, is drugged, strangled and dismembered by Jeffrey Dahmer aka The Milwaukee Cannibal, at the age of 21 in Milwaukee, 924 25th North Street, Oxford Apartments, Room 213, Wisconsin, USA.
16 YEARS AGO - on Monday 30 June 1997
(x) Mass Murderer Josh Jenkins aka The Teenage Annihilator, is sentenced to 112 years to life for killing his adoptive parents, grandparents and sister during a weekend visit to the grandparent's condominium in San Diego, California, USA.
He said he killed his family in revenge for his parents sending him to boarding school.
9 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 30 June 2004
(-) Murderer David Ray Harris is executed by lethal injection in Huntsville Prison, Texas, USA.
4 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 30 June 2009
(x) 152 Die in Yemenia Flight 626 Airbus A310-324 crash in Moroni, Comoros.
12-year-old Bahia Bakari survived the crash with minor injuries.
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