What happened on December 30? There are more than 277 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About December 30
December 30 is the 365th day of the year 2024. There is one day remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday. This day falls under the 1st week of the year 2025.
On this day in Livonia, Michigan 48150 sunrise will occur at 08:00 AM and sunset will occur at 05:11 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Capricorn. The modern birthstone for this month is Turquoise while the mystical birthstone is Onyx.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 30 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For December 30
- 1066Granada massacre: A Muslim mob storms the royal palace in Granada, crucifies Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacres most of the Jewish population of the city.
- 1460Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield.
- 1702Queen Anne’s War: James Moore, Governor of the Province of Carolina, abandons the Siege of St. Augustine.
- 1816The Treaty of St. Louis (1816) between the United States and the united Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi Indian tribes is proclaimed.
- 1825The Treaty of St. Louis (1825) between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed.
- 1853Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.
- 1896Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila, Philippines.
- 1897The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.
- 1903A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
- 1905Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.
- 1906The All India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India Empire, which later laid down the foundations of Pakistan.
- 1916The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.
- 1919Lincoln’s Inn in London admits its first female bar student.
- 1922The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed.
- 1924Edwin Hubble announces the existence of other galaxies.
- 1927The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
- 1936The United Auto Workers union stages its first sit-down strike.
- 1943Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.
- 1944King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant.
- 1947King Michael of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.
- 1948The Cole Porter Broadway musical, Kiss Me, Kate (1,077 performances), opens at the New Century Theatre and becomes the first show to win the Best Musical Tony Award.
- 1965Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines.
- 1972Vietnam War: The United States halts heavy bombing of North Vietnam.
- 1977For the second time, Ted Bundy escapes from his cell in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
- 1981In the 39th game of his 3rd NHL season Wayne Gretzky scores 5 goals giving him 50 on the year setting a new NHL record previously held by Maurice Richard and Mike Bossy who earlier had each scored 50 goals in 50 games.
- 1993Israel and Vatican City establish diplomatic relations.
- 1996In the Indian state of Assam, a passenger train is bombed by Bodo separatists, killing 26.
- 1996Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.
- 1997In the worst incident in Algeria’s insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed.
- 2000Rizal Day Bombings: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines within a period of a few hours, killing 22 and injuring about a hundred.
- 2004A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.
- 2005Tropical Storm Zeta forms in the open Atlantic Ocean, tying the record for the latest tropical cyclone ever to form in the North Atlantic basin.
- 2006Madrid Barajas International Airport is bombed.
- 2006The Indonesian passenger ferry MV Senopati Nusantara sinks in a storm, resulting in at least 400 deaths.
- 2009A segment of Lanzhou–Zhengzhou–Changsha product oil pipeline ruptures in Shaanxi, China, and approximately 150000 l of diesel oil flows down the Wei River before finally reaching the Yellow River.
- 2011Due to a change of time zone the day is skipped in Samoa and Tokelau.
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Who Were Born On December 30?
- 39Titus, Roman emperor (d. 81)
- 1204Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd ibn Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (d. 1282)
- 1552Simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (d. 1611)
- 1642Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (d. 1707)
- 1673Ahmed III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1736)
- 1678William Croft, English composer (d. 1727)
- 1722Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1770)
- 1724Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter (d. 1805)
- 1741Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain (d. 1759)
- 1760Charles Sapinaud de La Rairie, French royalist general and counterrevolutionary (d. 1829)
- 1785Dorothea Lieven, Russian noblewoman (d. 1857)
- 1792Sylvester Jordan, German politician and lawyer (d. 1861)
- 1819John W. Geary, 1st Mayor of San Francisco (d. 1873)
- 1819Theodor Fontane, German writer (d. 1898)
- 1825Samuel Newitt Wood, American Politician (d. 1891)
- 1838Émile Loubet, 7th President of France (d. 1929)
- 1849John Milne, English seismologist and geologist (d. 1913)
- 1851Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician (d. 1929)
- 1853André Messager, French composer (d. 1929)
- 1865Rudyard Kipling, English writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1936)
- 1869Ōzutsu Man'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th Yokozuna (d. 1918)
- 1869Stephen Butler Leacock, English-born Canadian writer and economist (d. 1944)
- 1873Al Smith, American politician (d. 1944)
- 1878William Aberhart, Canadian politician (d. 1943)
- 1879Sri Ramana Maharshi, Indian philosopher (d. 1950)
- 1883Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1960)
- 1884Hideki Tojo, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1948)
- 1890Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, President of Mexico (d. 1973)
- 1897Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author (d. 1976)
- 1899Helge Ingstad, Norwegian explorer (d. 2001)
- 1904Dmitry Kabalevsky, Russian composer (d. 1987)
- 1905Daniil Kharms, Soviet-era surrealist and absurdist poet, writer and dramatist (d. 1942)
- 1906Carol Reed, English film director (d. 1976)
- 1910Paul Bowles, American composer and author (d. 1999)
- 1911Jeanette Nolan, American actress (d. 1998)
- 1913Elyne Mitchell, Australian author (d. 2002)
- 1913Lucio Agostini, Italian-born Canadian conductor and composer (d. 1996)
- 1914Bert Parks, American television host (d. 1992)
- 1914Jo Van Fleet, American actress (d. 1996)
- 1917Seymour Melman, American industrial engineer (d. 2004)
- 1920Jack Lord, American actor (d. 1998)
- 1921Rashid Karami, Lebanese statesman (d. 1987)
- 1927Bernard Barrow, American actor (d. 1993)
- 1927Robert Hossein, French film actor and director
- 1928Bo Diddley, American singer and musician (d. 2008)
- 1929Barbara Nichols, American actress (d. 1976)
- 1929Rosalind Hurley, British physician, barrister, ethicist and writer (d. 2004)
- 1931Skeeter Davis, American singer (d. 2004)
- 1934Del Shannon, American singer (d. 1990)
- 1934John Norris Bahcall, American physicist (d. 2005)
- 1934Joseph Bologna, American actor
- 1934Joseph P. Hoar, former US Central Command commander
- 1934Russ Tamblyn, American actor, dancer, and singer
- 1935Jack Riley, American actor
- 1935Omar Bongo, President of Gabon (d. 2009)
- 1935Sandy Koufax, American baseball player
- 1937Gordon Banks, English footballer
- 1937Jim Marshall, American football player
- 1937John Hartford, American musician (d. 2001)
- 1937Noel Paul Stookey, American folk singer (Peter, Paul & Mary)
- 1939Felix Pappalardi, American musician and recording producer (Mountain) (d. 1983)
- 1939Glenda Adams, Australian author (d. 2007)
- 1940James Burrows, American television director
- 1941Mel Renfro, American football player
- 1942Fred Ward, American actor
- 1942Guy Edwards, English racing driver
- 1942Janko Prunk, Slovenian historian
- 1942Michael Nesmith, American singer and musician (The Monkees)
- 1942Vladimir Bukovsky, Russian author and dissident
- 1944William J. Fallon, U.S. Navy Admiral, former U.S. Central Command commander
- 1945Concetta Tomei, American actress
- 1945Davy Jones, English singer (The Monkees)
- 1945Lloyd Kaufman, American film director and producer
- 1945Vernon Wells, Australian actor
- 1946Patti Smith, American singer and poet
- 1947Jeff Lynne, English musician (ELO)
- 1947Michael Burns, American historian
- 1947Steve Mix, American basketball player
- 1949Jim Flaherty, Canadian politician
- 1950Bjarne Stroustrup, Danish computer scientist, creator of C++
- 1950Lewis Shiner, American sci-fi/fantasy author
- 1951Doug Allder, English footballer
- 1952June Anderson, American soprano
- 1952Melissa Fay Greene, American author
- 1953Bill Kazmaier, American powerlifter
- 1953Daniel Barry, American astronaut
- 1953Meredith Vieira, American television journalist
- 1954Barry Greenstein, American poker player
- 1955Dindo Yogo, Congolese musician (d. 2000)
- 1956Claudia Di Girólamo, Chilean actress
- 1956Patricia Kalember, American actress
- 1956Sheryl Lee Ralph, American actress
- 1956Suzy Bogguss, American singer
- 1957Matt Lauer, American newscaster
- 1957Rod Harrington, English darts player
- 1958Steven L. Smith, American astronaut
- 1959Josée Verner, Canadian politician
- 1959Tracey Ullman, English actress and singer
- 1961Ben Johnson, Canadian athlete
- 1961Douglas Coupland, Canadian author
- 1961Sean Hannity, American talk radio and television host
- 1962Henry Cho, Korean-American comedian
- 1962Joshua Clover, American poet
- 1963Chandler Burr, American author
- 1963John van 't Schip, Dutch footballer and football coach
- 1963Michelle Douglas, Canadian human rights activist
- 1963Milan Šrejber, Czech tennis player
- 1964Duglas T. Stewart, Scottish musician (BMX Bandits)
- 1964Sylvie Moreau, French Canadian actress
- 1965Darrin C. Huss, Canadian singer (Psyche)
- 1965Heidi Fleiss, American madam
- 1966Bennett Miller, American film director
- 1967Carl Ouellet, Canadian professional wrestler
- 1967Karen Dunne, American track and road cyclist
- 1968Meredith Monroe, American actress
- 1969Dave England, American television personality
- 1969Jan Wehrmann, German footballer
- 1969Jay Kay, English musician (Jamiroquai)
- 1971Daniel Sunjata, American actor
- 1971Ricardo López Felipe, Spanish footballer
- 1972Kerry Collins, American football player
- 1972Paul Keegan, Irish footballer
- 1972Steven Wiig, American actor and musician
- 1973Ato Boldon, Trinidadian athlete
- 1973Frans Bauer, Dutch singer
- 1973Jason Behr, American actor
- 1973Nacho Vidal, Spanish porn star
- 1974Johanna Sällström, Swedish actress (d. 2007)
- 1974S. Jithesh, World’s Fastest Performing Cartoonist
- 1975Scott Chipperfield, Australian soccer player
- 1975Tiger Woods, American golfer
- 1976A.J. Pierzynski, American baseball player
- 1976Ashley Callie, South African actress (d. 2008)
- 1976Patrick Kerney, American football player
- 1977Grant Balfour, Australian baseball player
- 1977Kazuyuki Toda, Japanese footballer
- 1977Kenyon Martin, American basketball player
- 1977Laila Ali, American boxer
- 1977Saša Ilić, Serbian footballer
- 1977Scott Lucas, Australian rules footballer
- 1978Devin Brown, American basketball player
- 1978Rob Scuderi, American ice hockey player
- 1978Tyrese, American singer and actor
- 1978Zbigniew Robert Promiński, Polish drummer
- 1979Flávio, Angolan footballer
- 1980DJ Mbenga, basketball player
- 1980Eliza Dushku, American actress
- 1980Kenny Kwan, Hong Kong singer
- 1981Ali Al-Habsi, Omani footballer
- 1981Haley Paige, American porn star (d. 2007)
- 1981Matt Ulrich, American football player
- 1981Michael Rodríguez, Costa Rican footballer
- 1982Dathan Ritzenhein, American runner
- 1982Dawan Landry, American football player
- 1982Kristin Kreuk, Canadian actress
- 1982Robbie Gould, American football player
- 1983Davide Mandorlini, Italian footballer
- 1984LeBron James, American basketball player
- 1984Randall Azofeifa, Costa Rican footballer
- 1985Bryson Goodwin, rugby league player
- 1985Lars Boom, Dutch cyclist
- 1986Domenico Criscito, Italian footballer
- 1986Ellie Goulding, British singer
- 1986Gianni Zuiverloon, Dutch footballer
- 1987Jake Cuenca, Filipino actor and commercial model
- 1988Leon Jackson, Scottish singer
- 1989Ryan Sheckler, American professional skateboarder
- 2000Johntae Lipscomb, American actor
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Who Died On December 30?
- 274Pope Felix I
- 1218Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1162)
- 1460Edmund, Earl of Rutland, second son of Richard, Duke of York (murdered after battle) (b. 1443)
- 1460Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (killed in battle) (b. 1411)
- 1525Jacob Fugger, German banker (b. 1459)
- 1572Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect (b. 1512)
- 1573Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian writer (b. 1504)
- 1591Pope Innocent IX (b. 1519)
- 1621Saint Job of Maniava, Ukrainian Orthodox Saint (b. 1550)
- 1640John Francis Regis, French saint (b. 1597)
- 1644Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (b. 1577)
- 1662Archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria (b. 1628)
- 1691Robert Boyle, English scientist (b. 1627)
- 1769Nicholas Taaffe, 6th Viscount Taaffe, Austrian soldier (b. 1685)
- 1803Francis Lewis, signer of the American Declaration of Independence (b. 1713)
- 1879Manuel de Araújo Porto-alegre, Brazilian Romantic poet, painter and caricaturist (b. 1806)
- 1896José Rizal, national hero of the Philippines, (executed) (b. 1861)
- 1908Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian lawyer, journalist and senator (b. 1844)
- 1937Hans Niels Andersen, Danish businessman, founder of the East Asiatic Company (b. 1852)
- 1940Childe Wills, early associate of Henry Ford, one of the first employees of the Ford Motor Company, and a contributor to the design of the Model T (b. 1878)
- 1941El Lissitzky, Russian artist and architect (b. 1890)
- 1944Romain Rolland, French writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1866)
- 1945Song Jin-woo, Korean politician, educationist, journalist (b. 1889)
- 1947Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1861)
- 1947Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter, portraitist and art forger (b. 1889)
- 1954Archduke Eugen of Austria, Austrian field marshal (b. 1863)
- 1955Rex Ingamells, Australian poet (b. 1913)
- 1967Vincent Massey, Governor-General of Canada (b. 1887)
- 1968Trygve Lie, Norwegian politician, first United Nations Secretary General (b. 1896)
- 1970Angelos Evert, Greek police chief (b. 1894)
- 1970Sonny Liston, American boxer (b. 1932)
- 1971Jo Cals, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1965 until 1966. (b. 1914)
- 1971Melba Rae, American actress (b. 1922)
- 1979Richard Rodgers, American composer (b. 1902)
- 1981Alfie Anido, Filipino actor (b. 1959)
- 1984Massa, oldest gorilla on record (b. 1930)
- 1986Era Bell Thompson, American journalist (b. 1905)
- 1988Yuli Daniel, Russian writer (b. 1925)
- 1989Lenore Lemmon, wife of George Reeves (b. 1923)
- 1992Ling-Ling, panda given to the USA by China (b. 1969)
- 1993Giuseppe Occhialini, Italian physicist (b. 1907)
- 1993Irving “Swifty” Lazar, American Hollywood talent agent (b. 1907)
- 1993Mack David, American lyricist and songwriter (b. 1912)
- 1994Dmitri Ivanenko, Russian physicist (b. 1904)
- 1994Maureen Starkey, wife of Ringo Starr (b. 1946)
- 1995Doris Grau, American actress (b. 1924)
- 1995Ralph Flanagan – American band leader (b. 1914)
- 1996Jack Nance, American actor (b. 1943)
- 1996Lew Ayres, American actor (b. 1908)
- 1997Shinichi Hoshi, Japanese novelist (b. 1926)
- 1998George Webb, English actor (b. 1911)
- 1998Johnny Moore, American singer (The Drifters) (b. 1934)
- 1998Sam Muchnick, American professional wrestling promoter (b. 1905)
- 1999Fritz Leonhardt, German structural engineer (b. 1909)
- 1999Sarah Knauss, American, once considered the world’s oldest living person (b. 1880)
- 2000Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter (b. 1909)
- 2002Mary Brian, American actress (b. 1906)
- 2002Mary Wesley, English novelist (b. 1912)
- 2003Anita Mui, Hong Kong singer and actress (b. 1963)
- 2003David Bale, South African–born activist (b. 1941)
- 2003John Gregory Dunne, American writer (b. 1932)
- 2004Artie Shaw, American jazz clarinetist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1910)
- 2005Eddie Barlow, South African cricketer (b. 1940)
- 2005Rona Jaffe, American author (b. 1932)
- 2006Michel Plasse, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1948)
- 2006Saddam Hussein, former Iraqi Dictator, (executed for war crimes) (b. 1937)
- 2006Terry Peck, Falkland Islander who acted as a scout for 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment in the Falklands War (b. 1938)
- 2007Themis Cholevas, Greek basketball player (b. 1926)
- 2009Abdurrahman Wahid, 4th President of Indonesia (b. 1940)
- 2009Rowland S. Howard, Australian guitarist (The Birthday Party) (b. 1959)
- 2010Bobby Farrell, Aruban singer (Boney M) (b. 1949)
- 2010Per Oscarsson, Swedish actor (b. 1927)
- 2011Ronald Searle, British cartoonist and writer (b. 1920)
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