Robert Duane Ballard is an American retired Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island who is noted for his work in underwater archaeology and marine geology. He is best known by the general public for the discoveries of the wrecks of the RMS Titanic in 1985, the battleship Bismarck in 1989, and the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown in 1998. He discovered the wreck of John F. Kennedy's PT-109 in 2002 and visited Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana, who saved its crew.

1942Ron Harris, Canadian ice hockey player and coach^[†]

Ronald Thomas Harris is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 476 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Detroit Red Wings, Oakland Seals, Atlanta Flames, and New York Rangers.

Headlines from June 30, 1942

RED ARMY CHECKS NAZIS' KURSK PUSH; But Falls Back at Sevastopol -- Foe Says He Has Driven to Hill Defenses There

First $50 Pay Day In Army Tomorrow

BATTLE ROLLS EAST; Rommel Reported Near Point 50 Miles Past Fallen Bastion

Disabled Tanks Put at 36; BERLIN LISTS 6,000 SEIZED AT MATRUH

lf in Doubt, Put lt Out

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