December, 30th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Saturday 30, 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.

Tuesday 30, 1997:
In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres of December 30, 1997, 400 people are killed from four villages.

Monday 30, 1996:
Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.

Saturday 30, 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.

Thursday 30, 1993:
Israel and the Vatican establish diplomatic relations.

Wednesday 30, 1981:
Wayne Gretzky scores his 50th goal in 39 games, an NHL record to this day.

Tuesday 30, 1980:
After 25 years, the longest-running prime-time TV series The Wonderful World of Disney is cancelled by NBC.

Thursday 30, 1976:
The Smothers Brothers play their last show (Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas).

Saturday 30, 1972:
Vietnam War: The US halts heavy bombing of North Vietnam.

Thursday 30, 1965:
Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines

Wednesday 30, 1953:
The first color television sets go on sale for about USD $1,175.

Thursday 30, 1948:
The play Kiss Me, Kate opens for the first of 1,077 performances.

Tuesday 30, 1947:
King Michael of Romania abdicates

Saturday 30, 1944:
King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving his throne vacant

Thursday 30, 1943:
Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.

Monday 30, 1940:
California opens its first freeway: the Arroyo Seco Parkway.

Wednesday 30, 1936:
The United Auto Workers union stages its first sit-down strike.

Friday 30, 1927:
The Ginza Line, the oldest subway line in Asia, opened in Tokyo.

Tuesday 30, 1924:
Edwin Hubble announces the existence of other galaxies.

Saturday 30, 1922:
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is formed.

Tuesday 30, 1919:
Lincoln's Inn in London admits its first female bar student.

Wednesday 30, 1903:
A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills 600.

Thursday 30, 1897:
Natal annexes Zululand.

Wednesday 30, 1896:
José Rizal was executed by firing squad in Manila.

Thursday 30, 1880:
The Transvaal becomes a republic and Paul Kruger, its first president

Tuesday 30, 1879:
The Pirates of Penzance is first performed (Paignton, Devon, England)

Tuesday 30, 1862:
USS Monitor sinks off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina

Friday 30, 1853:
20-strong dinner party held inside life-size model of Iguanodon created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and Sir Richard Owen in south London.

Sunday 30, 1460:
Wars of the Roses: The Duke of York is defeated at the Battle of Wakefield

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/30-december/on-this-day.html


People born on December 30

1984:
LeBron James, American basketball player (b: December 30, 1984) (Biography of LeBron James)

1982:
Kristin Kreuk, Canadian actress (b: December 30, 1982) (Biography of Kristin Kreuk)

1980:
Eliza Dushku, American actress (b: December 30, 1980) (Biography of Eliza Dushku)

1978:
Tyrese, American singer (b: December 30, 1978) (Biography of Tyrese)

1976:
Meredith Monroe, American actress (b: December 30, 1976) (Biography of Meredith Monroe)

1975:
Tiger Woods, American golfer (b: December 30, 1975) (Biography of Tiger Woods)

1973:
Jason Behr, American actor (b: December 30, 1973) (Biography of Jason Behr)
Ato Boldon, West Indian athlete (b: December 30, 1973) (Biography of Ato Boldon)

1972:
Kerry Collins, American football player (b: December 30, 1972) (Biography of Kerry Collins)

1969:
Dave England, American television personality (b: December 30, 1969) (Biography of Dave England)
Jay Kay, English musician and singer (Jamiroquai) (b: December 30, 1969) (Biography of Jason Kay)

1965:
Zoe Kelli Simon, American actress (b: December 30, 1965) (Biography of Zoe Kelli Simon)

1963:
Chandler Burr, American author (b: December 30, 1963) (Biography of Chandler Burr)
Michelle Douglas, Canadian human rights activist (b: December 30, 1963) (Biography of Michelle Douglas)
Andrew Chadwick, Painter, decorator and general idiot (b: December 30, 1963) (Biography of Andrew Chadwick)

1961:
Douglas Coupland, Canadian author (b: December 30, 1961) (Biography of Douglas Coupland)
Sean Hannity, American talk radio host and political commentator (b: December 30, 1961) (Biography of Sean Hannity)
Ben Johnson, Canadian athlete (b: December 30, 1961) (Biography of Ben Johnson (athlete))

1959:
Tracey Ullman, English actress and singer (b: December 30, 1959) (Biography of Tracey Ullman)

1957:
Matt Lauer, American newscaster (b: December 30, 1957) (Biography of Matt Lauer)

1956:
Suzy Bogguss, American singer (b: December 30, 1956) (Biography of Suzy Bogguss)

1952:
June Anderson, American soprano (b: December 30, 1952) (Biography of June Anderson)

1947:
Michael Burns, Ph.D., American actor and history professor (b: December 30, 1947) (Biography of Michael Burns, Ph.D.)
Jeff Lynne, English singer and musician (ELO) (b: December 30, 1947) (Biography of Jeff Lynne)

1946:
Patti Smith, American singer (b: December 30, 1946) (Biography of Patti Smith)

1945:
Davy Jones, American singer (The Monkees) (b: December 30, 1945) (Biography of Davy Jones)

1942:
Vladimir Bukovsky, Russian author and dissident (b: December 30, 1942) (Biography of Vladimir Bukovsky)
Michael Nesmith, American singer and musician (The Monkees) (b: December 30, 1942) (Biography of Michael Nesmith)
Fred Ward, American actor (b: December 30, 1942) (Biography of Fred Ward)

1941:
Mel Renfro, American football player (b: December 30, 1941) (Biography of Mel Renfro)

1938:
Joseph Bologna, American actor (b: December 30, 1938) (Biography of Joseph Bologna)

1937:
John Hartford, American musician (b: December 30, 1937 ; d: June 4, 2001) (Biography of John Hartford)
Gordon Banks, British footballer (b: December 30, 1937) (Biography of Gordon Banks)
Jim Marshall, American football player (b: December 30, 1937) (Biography of Jim Marshall (football player))
Paul Stookey, American singer (b: December 30, 1937) (Biography of Paul Stookey)

1935:
Sandy Koufax, baseball player (b: December 30, 1935) (Biography of Sandy Koufax)
Omar Bongo, President of Gabon (b: December 30, 1935) (Biography of Omar Bongo)

1934:
Del Shannon, American singer (b: December 30, 1934 ; d: February 8, 1990) (Biography of Del Shannon)
Russ Tamblyn, American actor, dancer, and singer (b: December 30, 1934) (Biography of Russ Tamblyn)
Joseph P. Hoar, U.S. general (b: December 30, 1934) (Biography of Joseph P. Hoar)
John Norris Bahcall, American physicist (b: December 30, 1934) (Biography of John N. Bahcall)

1931:
Skeeter Davis, American singer (b: December 30, 1931 ; d: September 19, 2004) (Biography of Skeeter Davis)

1928:
Bo Diddley, American singer and musician (b: December 30, 1928) (Biography of Bo Diddley)

1920:
Jack Lord, American actor (b: December 30, 1920 ; d: January 21, 1998) (Biography of Jack Lord)

1917:
Seymour Melman, American industrial engineer (b: December 30, 1917) (Biography of Seymour Melman)

1914:
Bert Parks, American television host (b: December 30, 1914 ; d: February 2, 1992) (Biography of Bert Parks)

1910:
Paul Bowles, American composer and author (b: December 30, 1910 ; d: November 18, 1999) (Biography of Paul Bowles)

1906:
Carol Reed, English film director (b: December 30, 1906) (Biography of Carol Reed)

1904:
Dmitri Kabalevsky, Russian composer (b: December 30, 1904) (Biography of Dmitri Kabalevsky)

1899:
Helge Ingstad, Norwegian explorer (b: December 30, 1899 ; d: March 29, 2001) (Biography of Helge Ingstad)

1897:
Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author (b: December 30, 1897 ; d: October 11, 1976) (Biography of Alfredo Bracchi)

1884:
Hideki Tojo, Prime Minister of Japan (b: December 30, 1884 ; d: December 23, 1948) (Biography of Hideki Tojo)

1873:
Al Smith, American politician (b: December 30, 1873 ; d: October 4, 1944) (Biography of Al Smith)

1865:
Rudyard Kipling, British writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b: December 30, 1865 ; d: January 18, 1936) (Biography of Rudyard Kipling)

1838:
Émile Loubet, 7th President of France (b.1929) (b: December 30, 1838 ; d: December 20, 1929) (Biography of Émile Loubet)

1819:
Theodor Fontane, German writer (b: December 30, 1819 ; d: September 20, 1898) (Biography of Theodor Fontane)

1678:
William Croft, English composer (b: December 30, 1678 ; d: August 14, 1727) (Biography of William Croft)

1673:
Ahmed III, Ottoman Sultan (b: December 30, 1673) (Biography of Ahmed III)

1642:
Vicenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (b: December 30, 1642 ; d: September 24, 1707) (Biography of Vicenzo da Filicaja)

1552:
Simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (b: December 30, 1552) (Biography of Simon Forman)

39:
Roman Emperor Titus (b: December 30, 39) (Biography of Roman Emperor Titus)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/30-december/births.html

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They left us on December 30

2004:
Artie Shaw, American clarinetist and bandleader (b: May 23, 1910 ; d: December 30, 2004) (Biography of Artie Shaw)

2003:
John Gregory Dunne, American writer (b: May 25, 1932 ; d: December 30, 2003) (Biography of John Gregory Dunne)
David Bale, South African-born activist (b: September 2, 1941 ; d: December 30, 2003) (Biography of David Bale)
Anita Mui, Hong Kong singer (b: October 10, 1963 ; d: December 30, 2003) (Biography of Anita Mui)

2002:
Mary Wesley (d: December 30, 2002) (Biography of Mary Wesley)

2001:
Eileen Heckart, American actress (b: March 29, 1919 ; d: December 30, 2001) (Biography of Eileen Heckart)

1996:
Lew Ayres, American actor (b: December 28, 1908 ; d: December 30, 1996) (Biography of Lew Ayres)

1995:
Doris Grau, American actress (b: October 12, 1924 ; d: December 30, 1995) (Biography of Doris Grau)

1986:
Era Bell Thompson, American journalist (b: August 10, 1905 ; d: December 30, 1986) (Biography of Era Bell Thompson)

1979:
Richard Rodgers, American composer (b: June 28, 1902 ; d: December 30, 1979) (Biography of Richard Rodgers)

1971:
Melba Rae (d: December 30, 1971) (Biography of Melba Rae)

1970:
Sonny Liston, American boxer (b: May 8, 1932 ; d: December 30, 1970) (Biography of Sonny Liston)

1968:
Trygve Lie, first United Nations Secretary General (b: July 16, 1896 ; d: December 30, 1968) (Biography of Trygve Lie)

1967:
Vincent Massey, Governor-General of Canada (b: February 20, 1887 ; d: December 30, 1967) (Biography of Vincent Massey)

1954:
Eugen, Archduke of Austria, Austrian field marshal (b: May 21, 1863 ; d: December 30, 1954) (Biography of Eugen, Archduke of Austria)

1944:
Romain Rolland, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b: January 29, 1866 ; d: December 30, 1944) (Biography of Romain Rolland)

1941:
El Lissitzky, Russian artist and architect (b: November 23, 1890 ; d: December 30, 1941) (Biography of El Lissitzky)

1896:
José Rizal, Filipino poet and national hero (b: June 19, 1861 ; d: December 30, 1896) (Biography of José Rizal)

1769:
Nicholas Taaffe, 6th Viscount Taaffe (d: December 30, 1769) (Biography of Nicholas Taaffe, 6th Viscount Taaffe)

1691:
Robert Boyle, Irish chemist (b: January 25, 1627 ; d: December 30, 1691) (Biography of Robert Boyle)

1662:
Archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria, Regent of the Tyrol (b: May 17, 1628 ; d: December 30, 1662) (Biography of Ferdinand Charles of Austria)

1644:
Jan Baptist van Helmont (d: December 30, 1644) (Biography of Jan Baptist van Helmont)

1640:
John Regis, French saint (b: January 31, 1597 ; d: December 30, 1640) (Biography of John Regis)

1591:
Pope Innocent IX (b: July 22, 1519 ; d: December 30, 1591) (Biography of Pope Innocent IX)

1573:
Giovanni Battista Giraldi (d: December 30, 1573) (Biography of Giovanni Battista Giraldi)

1572:
Galeazzo Alessi (d: December 30, 1572) (Biography of Galeazzo Alessi)

1525:
Jacob Fugger, German banker (b: March 6, 1459 ; d: December 30, 1525) (Biography of Jacob Fugger)

1460:
Richard, Duke of York (d: December 30, 1460) (Biography of Richard, Duke of York)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/30-december/deaths.html