 Today is Sunday, June the 30th. It is the 182nd day of 2024. On this date in history, 1934, Adolf Hitler launched his blood purge of political and military rivals in Germany. It came to be known as the Night of the Long Knives. And on this date in 1936, Margaret Mitchell's novel Gone with the Wind was released. That's right, they made a movie of it not long after. More on these stories at townhall.com.