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On This Day in History
June 30  1841 - The Erie Railroad rolled out its first passenger train. 1894 - Korea declared independence from China and asked for Japanese aid. 1921 - The Radio Corporation of America (RCA) was formed. 1934 - Adolf Hitler purged the Nazi Party by destroying the SA and bringing to power the SS in the "Night of the Long Knives." 1936 - Margaret Mitchell’s book, "Gone with the Wind," was published in New York City. 1953 - The first Corvette rolled off the Chevrolet assembly line in Flint, MI. It sold for $3,250. 1958 - The U.S. Congress passed a law authorizing the admission of Alaska as the 49th state in the Union. 1962 - Los Angeles Dodger Sandy Koufax pitched his first no-hitter in a game with the New York Mets. 1971 - The U.S. Supreme Court allowed the New York Times to continue publishing the Pentagon Papers. 1971 - The 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified when Ohio became the 38th state to approve it. The amendment lowered the minimum voting age to 18. 1984 - The longest professional football game took place in the United States Football League (USFL). The Los Angeles Express beat the Michigan Panthers 27-21 after 93 minutes and 33 seconds. 1994 - The U.S. Figure Skating Association stripped Tonya Harding of the 1994 national championship and banned her from the organization for life for an attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan.
2000 - U.S. President Clinton signed the E-Signature bill to give the same legal validity to an electronic signature as a signature in pen and ink.  | 
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