A bit of June 30th history…
1520 - Spanish conquistadors are expelled from Tenochtitlan following an Aztec revolt against their rule under Cortes during “La Noche Triste” (the night of sadness); many soldiers drowned in the escape and Aztec emperor Montezuma II died in the struggle.(pictured)
1860 - Famous debate on Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution at Oxford University
1906 - US Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act; these laws owe much to the journalism of the period - Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle” in particular
1908 - Tunguska Event: a giant fireball, most likely caused by the air burst of a large meteoroid or comet, flattens 80 million trees near Stoney Tunguska River in Russia; largest event in recorded history
1937 - World’s 1st emergency call telephone service is launched in London
1938 - Superman 1st appears in DC Comics’ Action Comic Series
1982 - Federal Equal Rights Amendment falls 3 states short of ratification
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