December 30

is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 1 day remaining.

Events

1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield
1816 - The Treaty with the Ottawa, etc. is proclaimed.
1853 - Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.
1853 - A dinner party is held inside a life-size model of an Iguanodon created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and Sir Richard Owen in south London.
1862 - USS Monitor sinks off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
1879 - The Pirates of Penzance is first performed (Paignton, Devon, England).
1880 - The Transvaal becomes a republic and Paul Kruger, its first president.
1896 - José Rizal was executed by firing squad in Manila.
1897 - Natal annexes Zululand.
1903 - A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills 600.
1905 - Former Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated near his home in Caldwell, Idaho.
1919 - Lincoln's Inn in London admits its first female bar student.
1922 - The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed.
1924 - Edwin Hubble announces the existence of other galaxies.
1927 - The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo.
1936 - The United Auto Workers union stages its first sit-down strike.
1940 - California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway.
1943 - Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.
1944 - King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving his throne vacant.
1947 - King Michael of Romania forced to abdicate by the Soviet-backed Communist government of Romania.
1948 - The play Kiss Me, Kate opens for the first of 1,077 performances.
1953 - The first color television sets go on sale for about USD at $1,175 each.
1965 - Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines.
1972 - Vietnam War: The US halts heavy bombing of North Vietnam.
1977 - Ted Bundy escapes from his cell in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
1980 - After 25 years, the longest-running prime-time TV series The Wonderful World of Disney is cancelled by NBC.
1981 - Wayne Gretzky scores his 50th goal in 39 games, still a National Hockey League record.
1993 - Israel and the Vatican establish diplomatic relations.
1995 - The lowest ever UK temperature of -27.2°C was recorded at Altnaharra in the Scottish Highlands. This equalled the record set at Braemar, Aberdeenshire on February 11, 1895 and January 10, 1982.
1996 - In the Indian state of Assam, a passenger train is bombed by Bodo separatists, killing 26.
1996 - Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.
1997 - In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people are killed from four villages.
2000 - Rizal Day Bombings: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines within a span of a few hours, killing 22 and injuring about a hundred.
2003 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announces a ban on the sale of dietary supplement ephedra.
2003 - U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft recuses himself and his office from the Plame affair.
2004 - A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.
2005 - Tropical Storm Zeta forms in the open Atlantic, tying the record for the latest tropical cyclone ever to form in the North Atlantic basin.

Births

39 - Roman Emperor Titus (d. 81)
1204 - Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (d. 1282)
1552 - Simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (d. 1611)
1642 - Vicenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (d. 1707)
1673 - Ahmed III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1736)
1678 - William Croft, English composer (d. 1727)
1722 - Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1770)
1724 - Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter (d. 1805)
1785 - Dorothea Lieven, Russian noblewoman (d. 1857)
1819 - Theodor Fontane, German writer (d. 1898)
1838 - Émile Loubet, 7th President of France (b.1929)
1865 - Rudyard Kipling, British writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)
1869 - Stephen Butler Leacock, British-born writer and economist (d. 1944)
1873 - Al Smith, American politician (d. 1944)
1884 - Hideki Tojo, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1948)
1897 - Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author (d. 1976)
1899 - Helge Ingstad, Norwegian explorer (d. 2001)
1904 - Dmitri Kabalevsky, Russian composer (d. 1987)
1906 - Carol Reed, English film director (d. 1976)
1910 - Paul Bowles, American composer and author (d. 1999)
1911 - Jeanette Nolan, American actress (d. 1998)
1913 - Elyne Mitchell, Australian author of children's novels (d. 2002)
1914 - Bert Parks, American television host (d. 1992)
1917 - Seymour Melman, American industrial engineer (d. 2004)
1920 - Jack Lord, American actor (d. 1998)
1928 - Bo Diddley, American singer and musician
1931 - Skeeter Davis, American singer (d. 2004)
1933 - Joseph Bologna, American actor
1934 - John Norris Bahcall, American physicist (d. 2005)
1934 - Joseph P. Hoar, U.S. general
1934 - Del Shannon, American singer (d. 1990)
1934 - Russ Tamblyn, American actor, dancer, and singer
1935 - Omar Bongo, President of Gabon
1935 - Sandy Koufax, baseball player
1937 - Gordon Banks, English footballer
1937 - John Hartford, American musician (d. 2001)
1937 - Jim Marshall, American football player
1937 - Noel Paul Stookey, American singer
1941 - Mel Renfro, American football player
1942 - Vladimir Bukovsky, Russian author and dissident
1942 - Michael Nesmith, American singer and musician (The Monkees)
1942 - Janko Prunk, Slovenian historian for modern history
1942 - Fred Ward, American actor
1945 - Davy Jones, English singer (The Monkees)
1946 - Patti Smith, American singer
1947 - Michael Burns, Ph.D., American actor and history professor
1947 - Jeff Lynne, English singer and musician (ELO)
1951 - Doug Allder, English footballer
1952 - June Anderson, American soprano
1953 - Harald Schmautz, German-Australian journalist and monarchist
1953 - Meredith Vieira, American TV journalist and personality
1956 - Suzy Bogguss, American singer
1957 - Matt Lauer, American newscaster
1959 - Tracey Ullman, English actress and singer
1961 - Douglas Coupland, Canadian author
1961 - Sean Hannity, American talk radio host and conservative political commentator
1961 - Ben Johnson, Canadian athlete
1963 - Chandler Burr, American author
1963 - Michelle Douglas, Canadian human rights activist
1965 - Darrin C. Huss, Canadian musician and singer (Psyche)
1965 - Zoe Kelli Simon, American actress
1969 - Dave England, American television personality
1969 - Jay Kay, English musician and singer (Jamiroquai)
1972 - Kerry Collins, American football player
1971 - Daniel Sunjata, American actor, one of People magazine's 50 most beautiful.
1973 - Jason Behr, American actor
1973 - Ato Boldon, West Indian athlete
1975 - Tiger Woods, American golfer
1975 - Scott Chipperfield, Australian footballer
1976 - Meredith Monroe, American actress
1976 - Alex A. Quinn, American actor
1976 - A.J. Pierzynski, baseball player
1977 - Kenyon Martin, American basketball player
1978 - Tyrese, American singer
1978 - Zbigniew Robert Promiński Polish Heavy Metal Drummer
1979 - Flávio Amado, Angolan footballer
1980 - Eliza Dushku, American actress
1980 - Kenny Kwan, singer
1981 - Michael Rodríguez, Costa Rican footballer
1981 - Haley Paige, American pornstar
1982 - Kristin Kreuk, Canadian actress
1984 - LeBron James, American basketball player
1984 - Randall Azofeifa, Costa Rican footballer

Deaths

1218 - Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1162)
1460 - Richard, Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (killed in battle) (b. 1411)
1525 - Jacob Fugger, German banker (b. 1459)
1572 - Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect (b. 1512)
1573 - Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian writer (b. 1504)
1591 - Pope Innocent IX (b. 1519)
1640 - John Regis, French saint (b. 1597)
1644 - Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (b. 1577)
1662 - Archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria (b. 1628)
1691 - Robert Boyle, Irish scientist (b. 1627)
1769 - Nicholas Taaffe, 6th Viscount Taaffe, Austrian soldier (b. 1685)
1803 - Francis Lewis, signer of the American Declaration of Independence (b. 1713)
1896 - José Rizal, national hero of the Philippines (b. 1861)
1941 - El Lissitzky, Russian artist and architect (b. 1890)
1944 - Romain Rolland, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
1954 - Archduke Eugen of Austria, Austrian field marshal (b. 1863)
1967 - Vincent Massey, Governor-General of Canada (b. 1887)
1968 - Trygve Lie, first United Nations Secretary General (b. 1896)
1970 - Sonny Liston, American boxer (b. 1932)
1971 - Melba Rae, American actress (b. 1922)
1979 - Richard Rodgers, American composer (b. 1902)
1986 - Era Bell Thompson, American journalist (b. 1905)
1988 - Yuli Daniel, Russian writer (b. 1925)
1993 - Giuseppe Occhialini, Italian physicist (b. 1907)
1994 - Dmitri Ivanenko, Russian physicist (b. 1904)
1995 - Doris Grau, American actress (b. 1924)
1996 - Lew Ayres, American actor (b. 1908)
1997 - Shinichi Hoshi, Japanese novelist (b. 1926)
2001 - Eileen Heckart, American actress (b. 1919)
2002 - Mary Wesley, English novelist (b. 1912)
2003 - David Bale, South African-born activist (cancer) (b. 1941)
2003 - John Gregory Dunne, American writer (b. 1932)
2003 - Anita Mui, Hong Kong singer and actress (b. 1963)
2004 - Artie Shaw, American jazz clarinetist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1910)

Holidays and observances

The sixth day of Christmas in Western Christianity.
R.C. Saints - Pope Felix I (optional memorial)
Philippines - Rizal Day

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