December 30

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: The Duke of York is defeated at the Battle of
     Wakefield
   * 1862 - USS Monitor sinks off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
   * 1853 - Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to
     facilitate railroad building in the Southwest
   * 1879 - The Pirates of Penzance is first performed (Paignton, Devon,
     England)
   * 1880 - The Transvaal becomes a republic and Paul Kruger becomes its
     first president
   * 1897 - Natal annexes Zululand
   * 1903 - A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago kills 600.
   * 1919 - Lincoln's Inn, in London admits its first female bar student.
   * 1922 - The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is formed.
   * 1924 - Edwin Hubble announces the existence of other galaxies.
   * 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 abdicates
   * 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 $1,175
     (American dollars) .
   * 1965 - Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines
   * 1972 - Vietnam War: The US halts heavy bombing of North Vietnam.
   * 1976 - The Smothers Brothers play their last show (Aladdin Hotel in Las
     Vegas).
   * 1980 - After 25 years, the longest-running prime-time TV series The
     Wonderful World of Disney is cancelled by NBC.
   * 1993 - Israel and the Vatican establish diplomatic relations.
   * 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, 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.

Births:

   * 39 - Titus, Roman Emperor (+ 81)
   * 1819 - Theodor Fontane, poet (+ 1898)
   * 1865 - Rudyard Kipling, writer and recipient of the Nobel Prize in
     literature 1907 (+ 1936)
   * 1873 - Al Smith, United States politician (+ 1944)
   * 1884 - Hideki Tojo, Prime Minister of Japan (+ 1948)
   * 1906 - Carol Reed, film director (+ 1976)
   * 1906 - Johann Adolf Graf von Kielmannsegg, general
   * 1910 - Paul Bowles, composer, author (+ 1999)
   * 1911 - Jeanette Nolan, actress (+ 1998)
   * 1914 - Bert Parks, television host (+ 1992)
   * 1920 - Jack Lord, actor (+ 1998)
   * 1928 - Bo Diddley, singer, musician
   * 1931 - Skeeter Davis, singer
   * 1934 - Russ Tamblyn, actor, dancer, singer
   * 1934 - Del Shannon, singer (+ 1990)
   * 1935 - Sandy Koufax, Baseball Hall of Famer
   * 1937 - Paul Stookey, folk music singer
   * 1937 - John Hartford, musician (+ 2001)
   * 1938 - Joseph Bologna, actor
   * 1942 - Fred Ward, actor
   * 1942 - Michael Nesmith, singer, musician
   * 1942 - Vladimir Bukovsky, author and civil rights activist
   * 1945 - Davy Jones, singer
   * 1946 - Patti Smith, singer
   * 1947 - Jeff Lynne, rock singer-musician
   * 1956 - Suzy Bogguss, country singer
   * 1957 - Matt Lauer, newscaster
   * 1959 - Tracey Ullman, actress, singer
   * 1961 - Douglas Coupland, author
   * 1961 - Horacio Novello, creative
   * 1965 - Heidi Fleiss, celebrity prostitute
   * 1973 - Jason Behr, actor
   * 1975 - Tiger Woods, golfer
   * 1976 - Meredith Monroe, actress
   * 1978 - Tyrese, singer
   * 1980 - Eliza Dushku, actress
   * 1982 - Kristin Kreuk, actress

Deaths:

   * 1896 - Josˇ Rizal, national hero, Philippines
   * 1968 - Trygve Lie, the first United Nations Secretary General
   * 1970 - Sonny Liston, boxing champion
   * 1979 - Richard Rodgers, composer
   * 1985 - Rick Nelson, singer
   * 1996 - Lew Ayres, actor
   * 2002 - Mary Wesley, novelist

Holidays and observances:

   * Philippines - Rizal Day

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