THE DAY IN HISTORY · JUNE 30
June 30 in history
What happened on June 30: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1960 and 1966, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Independence of the Congo
30 Jun 1960 — The Belgian king speaks condescendingly of colonial rule; Patrice Lumumba answers with a searing indictment of its eighty years. Independence is only days old when the army mutinies. Within a week, the state begins to come apart.
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— National Organization for Women
30 Jun 1966 — A conference of state commissions may not even adopt a resolution urging the EEOC to enforce Title VII. Angered by this prospect, Betty Friedan, Pauli Murray and others found the National Organization for Women in a Washington hotel.
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