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| June 30 is the 182nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 174 days remaining until the end of time. In any event, time will tell. . . |
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| 1906 The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act. |
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| 1908 The Tunguska event occurs in remote Siberia. |
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| 1953 1st Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan, which until the advent of Viagra t-shirts, was the surest way to diagnose a driver suffering from erectile dysfunction |
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| 1986 Georgia sodomy law upheld by Supreme Court (5-4) decision in the unfortunately ironic case of Bowers v Hardwick |
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| 1992 1st pay bathrooms in U.S. open: 25 cents, New York City. Due to the economy, people understandably find less expensive remedies |
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| 1996 "Moon Over Buffalo" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 308 performances |
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| 1997 The United Kingdom transfers sovereignty over Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China. |
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| 1998 Female impersonator Linda Tripp begins to testify before a grand jury about the Lewinsky case |
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| 2005 Spain becomes the 3rd country to permit same-sex marriage |
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| 1685 John Gay, probably gay English poet and playwright who wrote "The Beggar's Opera" |
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| 1927 James Goldman, maybe gay US screenwriter |
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| 1936 Dave Van Ronk, not gay US folk singer/arrested for assaulting an officer on the first night of the Stonewall riots |
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| 1938 Billy Mills [Makata Taka Hela], Lakota/US runner/film Running Brave, starring Robby Benson, was about him |
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| 1950 Leonard Whiting, English actor/forever Romeo |
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| 1956 Paris Barclay, gay US director/writer (NYPD Blue) |
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| 1959 Chance Caldwell aka Jay Huntington, US pornographic actor |
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| 1959 Vincent D’Onofrio, US actor |
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| 1963 Rupert Graves, English actor |
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| 1966 Mike Tyson, US heavyweight boxing champion |
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| 1966 Peter Outerbridge, Canadian actor |
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| 1966 Marton Csokas, Kiwi/Hungarian actor |
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| 1969 Ben Patrick Johnson, gay US actor |
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| 1970 Brian Bloom, maybe gay US actor <le sigh> |
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| 1970 Leonardo Sbaraglia, Argentine actor/Burnt Money |
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| 1985 Michael Phelps, 14-time US Olympic Gold Medal swimmer/high on life |
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| 1520 Montezuma II, the last Aztec emperor, plots his revenge and orders time to end on December 21, 2012 |
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| 1985 James Dewar, who created the Hostess Twinkie to show that God loves us and wants us to be happy, grows younger and more beautiful |
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| 2010 Serigne Mouhamadou Lamine Bara Mbacké, Senegalese Grand Marabout of the Mourides, gets to keep his very cool title, but nothing else. |
