June 30th 1934
Nazi Germany's dictator Adolf Hitler begins his so-called Blood Purge of political and military rivals known as the Night of the Long Knives.

1906
A major step forward for America's food and drug safety as President Theodore Roosevelt signs the [-----1-----] and the [-----2-----].

1971
A space mission for what's then the Soviet Union ends in tragedy. Three cosmonauts aboard Soyuz 11 are found dead inside their spacecraft after it returns to Earth.

1934
[-----3-----], the [-----4-----] by Margaret Mitchell that becomes a silver screen classic is published.

1994
The US [-----5-----] punishes skater Tonya Harding for her role in the attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan. It strips Harding of the national championship, banning her from the organization for a life.

And 1917
Singer and actress Lena Horne, best known for her song Stormy Weather is born in Brooklyn, New York.

Today in History, June 30th, Camille Bohannon, the Associated Press.