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What happened on June 30 in American history
June 30 is the 181st day of the year (the 182nd in leap years). Patriot Compass has published 7 stories from June 30 spanning 1864 to 2019. Among them: in 1864, Lincoln signs Yosemite Valley over to California; the federal government sets aside scenic land for the public for the first time; and in 1882, Guiteau hangs at the Washington jail; Garfield's killer takes nine months to follow him.
1864
Lincoln signs Yosemite Valley over to California; the federal government sets aside scenic land for the public for the first time
Senator Conness shepherded the bill through Congress; the valley the Ahwahnechee called Ah-wah-nee for 3,000 years is now a public trust.
1882
Guiteau hangs at the Washington jail; Garfield's killer takes nine months to follow him
The self-declared savior of the Republican Party had bought his ivory-gripped revolver with a museum in mind. The jury was not sympathetic.
1906Member story · 1776 Club
Roosevelt signs two landmark food and drug bills into law on the same afternoon
Federal inspectors will now enter every slaughterhouse, and patent medicine labels must list opium, morphine, cannabis, and other ingredients by name.
1921Member story · 1776 Club
Harding names Taft Chief Justice; a former president will now lead the Supreme Court
Taft, who once said he would not seek the presidency again even if guaranteed the office, takes the seat vacated by Edward Douglass White's death in May.
1922Member story · 1776 Club
Hughes and Peynado sign an exit deal; U.S. occupation of the Dominican Republic has a way out
Six years after Marines landed to "restore order," Washington agrees to a provisional president, supervised elections, and a phased withdrawal of forces.
1953Member story · 1776 Club
Chevrolet builds its first Corvette; every fiberglass panel placed by hand in Flint
The Polo White two-seater, one of 300 identical units planned for the year, carries a Blue Flame six making 150 horsepower and no body panel touched by a stamping press.
2019
Trump steps across the DMZ line; no sitting president has stood on North Korean soil before today
Kim tells him "I never expected to meet you at this place," and the two go on to talk privately for 53 minutes inside Freedom House, South Korea's Moon kept out at Pyongyang's request.
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