1906A major step forward for America's food and drug safety as President Theodore Roosevelt signs the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act .

1971A space mission for what's then the Soviet Union ends in tragedy. Three cosmonauts aboard Soyuz 11 are found dead inside their spacecraft after it returns to Earth.

1936Gone with the Wind, the Civil War era novel by Margaret Mitchell that becomes a silver screen classic is published.

1994The US Figure Skating Association punishes skater Tonya Harding for her role in the attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan. It strips Harding of the national championship, banning her from the organization for a life.

And 1917Don’t know why, there’s no sun up in the sky, stormy weatherSinger and actress Lena Horne, best known for her song Stormy Weather is born in Brooklyn, New York.

Today in History, June 30th, Camille Bohannon, the Associated Press.