1. In 1908, the Union Pacific Railroad's "Great Freight Train Robbery" took place between Kearney and Lodgepole. Six men held up the train and made off with $27,000 in cash, but they were eventually apprehended and sentenced to long prison terms.

2. Nebraska became a state on March 1, 1867, but it wasn't until June 30 of that year that the state's first governor, David Butler, was sworn into office in Lincoln. Butler had previously served as the territorial governor and played a key role in Nebraska's transition to statehood.

3. On June 30, 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Scottsbluff to dedicate the new National Monument at Chimney Rock. The monument was created to preserve and protect the unique geological formation for future generations to enjoy.

4. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's College of Dentistry was established on June 30, 1892. It was the first dental school west of the Mississippi River and has trained thousands of dentists over the years.

5. In 1917, the Nebraska Legislature passed a law prohibiting the teaching of German in schools across the state. The law was enacted during World War I as a way to promote patriotism and loyalty to the United States, but it was later repealed in 1923.