Today in History: World’s first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London

The following is a chronological list of notable events that occurred on June 30 throughout history:

763 – The Byzantine army of emperor Constantine V defeats the Bulgarian forces in the Battle of Anchialus.

1559 – King Henry II of France is mortally wounded in a jousting match against Gabriel, comte de Montgomery.[5]

1632 – The University of Tartu is founded.

1864 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for “public use, resort and recreation”.

1905 – Albert Einstein sends the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, in which he introduces special relativity, for publication in Annalen der Physik.

1912 – The Regina Cyclone, Canada’s deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.

1937 – The world’s first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.

1986 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Bowers v. Hardwick that states can outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults.

2007 – A Jeep Cherokee filled with propane canisters drives into the entrance of Glasgow Airport, Scotland in a failed terrorist attack. This was linked to the 2007 London car bombs that had taken place the day before.

2019 – Donald Trump becomes the first sitting US President to visit the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea).