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Today's featured article for June 30, 2025
Painting of a princess, most likely Pari Khan Khanum (16th century) Pari Khan Khanum (1548 – 1578) was a Safavid princess, daughter of the second Safavid shah, Tahmasp I, and his Circassian consort, Sultan-Agha Khanum. Pari Khan played a central role in the succession crisis after her father's death in 1576. She thwarted the plans of her brother Haydar Mirza and enthroned her favoured brother, Ismail Mirza, as Ismail II. Instead of gratitude, she received restrictions and house arrest, and may have been behind his death in 1577. She endorsed her brother Mohammad Khodabanda, who was almost blind, expecting to rule behind the scenes, but his wife, Khayr al-Nisa Begum, emerged as a rival and procured her killing. Regarded as the most powerful woman in Safavid history, Pari Khan was able to dominate the ineffective Safavid court in a society that imposed harsh restrictions on high-class women. Praised by her contemporaries for her intelligence, in later chronicles she was portrayed as a villain who murdered two brothers and tried to usurp the throne. (Full article...) Recently featured: Orphic Hymns HMS Neptune (1909) Nominative determinism Archive By email More featured articles About view – talk – edit – history – watch
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How about this ?

1894 - London's Tower Bridge was opened.

--199.71.174.100 09:36, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Spiderman 2?

Is the release of Spiderman 2 really considered to be an important event that happened on June 30th?

Not by me! Paxse 16:30, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Tower Bridge (maintenance)
Omitted: Henry II of France; 1860 Oxford evolution debate; Soyuz 11; Loonie; 2007 Glasgow International Airport attack
Included: Charles Blondin (first appearance); Tunguska event (6th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–1924) (first appearance; 80th anniversary); Leap second (first appearance; 30th anniversary); Yemenia Flight 626 (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 06:40, 29 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Omitted: Charles Blondin; United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–24); Leap second; Yemenia Flight 626
Included: Tower Bridge (5th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Night of the Long Knives (6th appearance, last in 2010); Ciaculli massacre (first appearance); Soyuz 11 (6th appearance, last in 2011)
Repeats: Tunguska event (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

—howcheng {chat} 05:12, 29 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

New articles (unused): National Organization for Women
Omitted: Tower Bridge; Tunguska event; Ciaculli massacre; Soyuz 11
Included: Battle of Berestechko (first appearance); 1860 Oxford evolution debate (4th appearance, last in 2011); Baltimore municipal strike of 1974 (first appearance; 40th anniversary); 2007 Glasgow International Airport attack (2nd appearance, last in 2011)
Repeats: Night of the Long Knives (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total; 80th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 07:42, 29 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Omitted: Battle of Berestechko; On the Origin of Species; Night of the Long Knives (1934); Baltimore municipal strike of 1974; 2007 Glasgow International Airport attack
Included: Democratic Republic of the Congo (rescued from Ineligible); Henry II of France (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Charles Blondin (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Tower Bridge (6th appearance, last in 2013); Congo Crisis (first appearance); Loonie (2nd appearance, last in 2011)

—howcheng {chat} 07:47, 28 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Omitted: Charles Blondin (ineligible—maintenance); Tower Bridge; Congo Crisis; Loonie
Included: 1860 Oxford evolution debate (5th appearance, last in 2014); Tunguska event (8th appearance, last in 2013); National Organization for Women (first appearance; 50th anniversary); Yemenia Flight 626 (2nd appearance, last in 2012)
Repeats: Henry II of France (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 18:27, 29 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Berestechko (appears on June 28); Soyuz 11 (maintenance); 2007 Glasgow Airport attack (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Leap second
Omitted: Henry II of France (ineligible—maintenance); Tunguska event; National Organization for Women; Yemenia Flight 626
Included: Tower Bridge (7th appearance, last in 2015); Night of the Long Knives (8th appearance, last in 2014); Ciaculli bombing (2md appearance, last in 2013); Loonie (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Miguel de Molinos (first appearance); Eleanor Sophia Smith (first appearance; 75th birthday); Nancy Mitford (first appearance)
Repeats: 1860 Oxford evolution debate (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:07, 30 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Tunguska event (maintenance)
Omitted: 1860 Oxford evolution debate; Night of the Long Knives; Ciaculli bombing; Loonie; Miguel de Molinos (exact date of birth unknown); Eleanor Sophia Smith; Nancy Mitford
Included: Henry II of France (4th appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible); Charles Blondin (4th appearance, last in appeared on his birthday, February 22); Congo Crisis (2nd appearance, last in 2015); Ryan White (first appearance); William Oughtred (first appearance); Alberto Henschel (first appearance); Assia Djebar (first appearance)
Repeats: Tower Bridge (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:41, 30 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Loonie (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Terri Lynn Land
Omitted: Charles Blondin; Tower Bridge; Congo Crisis; Ryan White; William Oughtred; Alberto Henschel; Assia Djebar
Included: 1860 Oxford evolution debate (7th appearance, last in 2017); Night of the Long Knives (9th appearance, last in 2017); Leap second (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Yemenia Flight 626 (3rd appearance, last in 2016; 10th anniversary); Æthelred (archbishop) (first appearance); Frederick Bligh Bond (first appearance); Eunice Eloisae Gibbs Allyn (first appearance)
Repeats: Henry II of France (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 22:32, 15 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

New articles (ineligible): Chris Gragg (TFA for 2020)
New articles (unused): María Luisa Dehesa Gómez Farías; Assia Djebar; Allegra Versace
Omitted: 1860 Oxford evolution debate; Night of the Long Knives; Leap second (ineligible—maintenance); Yemenia Flight 626; Æthelred (archbishop); Frederick Bligh Bond; Eunice Eloisae Gibbs Allyn
Included: Charles Blondin (5th appearance, last in 2018); Tunguska event (9th appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible); Congo Crisis (3rd appearance, last in 2018; 60th anniversary); John Quelch (pirate) (first appearance); Eleanor Sophia Smith (first appearance); Tony Fernández (first appearance)
Repeats: Henry II of France (3rd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:20, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

Deleted: Soyuz 11 (moved to June 29)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Chris Gragg
New articles (ineligible): Margaret (singer) (TFA for 2021-02-23)
Omitted: Henry II of France; Tunguska event; Congo Crisis; John Quelch (pirate); Eleanor Sophia Smith; Tony Fernández
Included: Tower Bridge (9th appearance, last in 2018); Night of the Long Knives (10th appearance, last in 2019); Yemenia Flight 626 (4th appearance, last in 2019); Alberto Henschel (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Assia Djebar (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Allegra Versace (first appearance)
Repeats: Charles Blondin (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:35, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Margaret (singer)
New articles (unused): Abdur Razzaq Iskander
Omitted: Charles Blondin; Night of the Long Knives; Yemenia Flight 626; Alberto Henschel; Assia Djebar; Allegra Versace
Included: 1860 Oxford evolution debate (8th appearance, last in 2019); United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–1924) (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 100th anniversary); Congo Crisis (4th appearance, last in 2020); 2015 Sumatra Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash (first appearance); William Oughtred (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Eleanor Sophia Smith (3rd appearance, last in 2020; 80th anniversary); Tony Fernández (2nd appearance, last in 2020; 60th birthday)
Repeats: Tower Bridge (2nd consecutive appearance, 10 total)

—howcheng {chat} 18:22, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]