June 30th:
According to Wikipedia and other sources, on June 30th:
1864 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation".
1905 – Albert Einstein publishes the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, in which he introduces special relativity.
1953 – The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
1985 – Michael Phelps, American swimmer, born.