December 30
is the 364th day of the year (365th in
leap years
) in the
Gregorian calendar
. There is one day remaining until the end of the year.
- 1901
-
Antarctica
exploration:
Robert Falcon Scott
,
Ernest Shackleton
and
Edward Adrian Wilson
reach a
South
latitude
of 82 degrees, 11 minutes, which was the farthest south anyone had been up until then.
- 1903
? Around 600 people are killed in a
fire
at the Iroquois Theatre in
Chicago
.
- 1905
?
Governor
of
Idaho
Frank Steunenberg
is assassinated by a bomb attack on his home in
Caldwell, Idaho
.
- 1906
- The All-
India
Muslim
League is founded in
Dhaka
. It later plays an important role in the creation of the new state of
Pakistan
.
- 1915
- Armored
ship
Natal
sinks in the Cromarty Firth off the coast of
Scotland
, killing 405 out of the 705 people on board.
- 1916
- The last coronation in
Hungary
is performed for King
Charles VI
and
Zita
.
- 1916
-
Grigori Rasputin
is killed.
- 1919
- Lincoln's Inn in
London
admits its first
female
bar student.
- 1922
? The
USSR
is founded.
- 1924
?
Edwin Hubble
announces the existence of other galaxies.
- 1927
? The Ginza Line, the first
subway
in East
Asia
, opens in
Tokyo
.
- 1936
- The
United Auto Workers
union stakes its first sitdown strike.
- 1940
?
California
opens first
freeway
.
- 1943
?
Subhas Chandra Bose
raises the flag of
Indian
independence at
Port Blair
,
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
.
- 1944
- King
George II of Greece
declares a
regency
, leaving the throne vacant.
- 1947
? King
Michael of Romania
is forced to abdicate the throne.
- 1948
- The
Cole Porter
Broadway
musical
Kiss Me, Kate
opens at the New Century Theatre.
- 1953
? The first color
TV
sets go on sale.
- 1958
- The
Guatemalan
Air Force
sinks several
Mexican
fishing
boats
alleged to have breached
maritime
borders
, killing 3 people and sparking international tension.
- 1965
?
Ferdinand Marcos
becomes
President
of
Philippines
.
- 1972
? The
US
halts the heavy bombing of
North Vietnam
.
- 1975
-
Didier Ratsiraka
declares the
Democratic Republic of Madagascar
.
- 1977
?
Ted Bundy
escapes from jail.
- 1981
- In the 39th game of his third
NHL
season,
Wayne Gretzky
scores five goals to take his total for the season to 50, tying records held by
Maurice Richard
and
Mike Bossy
.
- 1993
?
Israel
and the
Vatican
establish diplomatic relations.
- 1996
- In
Assam
, Bodo separatists
bomb
a passenger
train
, killing 26 people.
- 1996
- Proposed
budget
cuts by
Benjamin Netanyahu
spark protests from 250,000 workers across
Israel
.
- 1997
- In
Algeria
, The Wilaya of Relizane massacre kills 400 people from four
villages
.
- 2000
? A series of bombs explode on
Manila
's Metro, killing 22 people.
- 39
?
Titus
, Roman Emperor (d.
81
)
- 1371
-
Vasily I of Moscow
(d.
1425
)
- 1591
-
Joseph Furttenbach
, German
architect
,
mathematician
,
engineer
and diarist (d.
1667
)
- 1642
-
Vincenzo da Filicaja
, Italian
poet
(d.
1707
)
- 1673
?
Ahmed III
, Ottoman Sultan (d.
1736
)
- 1722
-
Charles Yorke
, Lord High Chancellor of
Great Britain
(d.
1770
)
- 1741
-
Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain
(d.
1759
)
- 1760
-
Charles Sapinaud de La Rairie
, French
general
(d.
1829
)
- 1786
-
Bjarni Thorarensen
, Icelandic
poet
(d.
1841
)
- 1787
-
Otto von Kotzebue
, Baltic German naval officer and explorer (d.
1846
)
- 1819
?
Theodor Fontane
, German writer (d.
1898
)
- 1819
?
John W. Geary
, 1st
Mayor
of
San Francisco
(d.
1873
)
- 1825
-
Newton Booth
, 11th
Governor of California
(d.
1902
)
- 1838
?
Emile Loubet
,
President of France
(d.
1929
)
- 1842
-
Osman Hamdi Bey
, Ottoman archaeologist, painter and museum founder (d.
1910
)
- 1847
-
John Peter Altgeld
,
Governor
of
Illinois
(d.
1902
)
- 1850
-
John Milne
, English
seismologist
and
geologist
(d.
1913
)
- 1851
?
Asa Griggs Candler
, American businessman and politician (d.
1929
)
- 1853
-
Andre Messager
, French
pianist
,
composer
and
conductor
(d.
1929
)
- 1865
?
Rudyard Kipling
,
British
writer
(d.
1936
)
- 1867
-
Henry S. Johnston
, American
politician
, 7th
Governor
of
Oklahoma
(d.
1965
)
- 1869
-
Stephen Leacock
, English-Canadian political scientist and author (d.
1944
)
- 1869
-
Ozutsu Man'emon
, Japanese
sumo
wrestler (d.
1918
)
- 1873
?
Al Smith
, American politician,
Governor
of
New York
and Presidential candidate (d.
1944
)
- 1875
-
Jean-Guy Gautier
, French
rugby
player (d.
1938
)
- 1878
-
William Aberhart
, 7th
Premier
of
Alberta
(d.
1943
)
- 1879
- Sri
Ramana Maharshi
, Indian
philosopher
(d.
1950
)
- 1879
-
Mary Forbes
, American actress (d.
1974
)
- 1883
-
Lester Patrick
, Canadian
ice hockey
player and coach (d.
1960
)
- 1884
?
Hideki Tojo
,
Prime Minister of Japan
(d.
1948
)
- 1890
?
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
,
President
of
Mexico
(d.
1973
)
- 1897
-
Alfredo Bracchi
, Italian writer (d.
1976
)
- 1897
-
Stanislaw Saks
, Polish
mathematician
(d.
1942
)
- 1899
?
Helge Ingstad
, Norwegian explorer (d.
2001
)
- 1904
-
Dmitri Kabalevsky
, Russian composer (d.
1987
)
- 1905
-
Daniil Kharms
, Russian surrealist
poet
,
writer
and
dramatist
(d.
1942
)
- 1906
-
Carol Reed
, English
movie director
(d.
1976
)
- 1910
?
Paul Bowles
, American composer and writer (d.
1999
)
- 1910
-
Howard W. Jones
, American
physician
(d.
2015
)
- 1911
-
Jeanette Nolan
, American actress (d.
1998
)
- 1913
-
Lucio Agostini
, Italian-Canadian
conductor
and
composer
(d.
1996
)
- 1914
-
Jo Van Fleet
, American actress (d.
1996
)
- 1917
-
David Willcocks
, English
organist
,
composer
and
conductor
(d.
2015
)
- 1920
-
Jack Lord
, American actor (d.
1998
)
- 1921
-
Rashid Karami
,
Lebanese
statesman
(d.
1987
)
- 1923
?
Sara Lidman
, Swedish writer (d.
2004
)
- 1926
-
Stan Tracey
, British
jazz
musician and
composer
(d.
2013
)
- 1927
-
Robert Hossein
, French
actor
and
director
- 1928
?
Bo Diddley
, American
rock and roll
musician (d.
2008
)
- 1930
-
Tu Youyou
, Chinese
chemist
and
pharmacologist
,
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
winner
- 1931
-
Frank Torre
, American
baseball
player (d.
2014
)
- 1931
?
Skeeter Davis
, American singer (d.
2004
)
- 1932
?
Paolo Villaggio
, Italian actor, director and writer (d.
2017
)
- 1934
?
Del Shannon
, American singer (d.
1990
)
- 1934
-
John H. Bahcall
, American
astrophysicist
(d.
2005
)
- 1934
-
Russ Tamblyn
, American actor
- 1934
-
Joseph Bologna
, American actor
- 1935
?
Omar Bongo
,
President
of
Gabon
(d.
2009
)
- 1935
?
Sandy Koufax
, American
baseball
player
- 1935
-
Jack Riley
, American actor
- 1937
?
Gordon Banks
, English
footballer
- 1937
-
Paul Stookey
, American singer
- 1938
-
Mike Auldridge
, American
guitarist
(d.
2012
)
- 1940
-
James Burrows
, American
actor
,
director
,
producer
and
screenwriter
- 1942
-
Vladimir Bukovsky
, Russian writer and dissident
- 1942
?
Michael Nesmith
, American
musician
and member of
The Monkees
- 1942
?
Janko Prunk
,
Slovenian
historian
- 1945
?
Davy Jones
, English
singer
,
actor
and member of
The Monkees
(d.
2012
)
- 1945
-
Lloyd Kaufman
, American movie director
- 1945
-
Paola Cacchi
, Italian athlete
- 1946
?
Patti Smith
, American singer and poet
- 1946
?
Berti Vogts
, German footballer
- 1946
-
Marc Forne Molne
, former
Prime Minister of Andorra
- 1947
-
Fatima Jibrell
, Somali environmental activist
- 1947
-
Jeff Lynne
, English
singer-songwriter
,
guitarist
and
producer
- 1947
-
Teresa Parodi
, Argentine
singer
and
composer
- 1948
-
Randy Schekman
, American
cell
biologist
and
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
winner
- 1949
-
David Bedford
, English long-distance athlete
- 1949
-
Jim Flaherty
, Canadian politician (d.
2014
)
- 1950
-
Bjarne Stroustrup
, Danish
computer
scientist
- 1950
-
Kazuhisa Kono
, Japanese
footballer
- 1953
-
Meredith Vieira
, American
television
journalist
and game show host
- 1954
-
Corrado Passera
, Italian banker
- 1957
-
Nick Skelton
, British
equestrian
- 1957
-
Matt Lauer
, American
newscaster
- 1959
?
Tracey Ullman
, British actress and singer
- 1960
-
Heather Wilson
, American politician
- 1961
-
Bill English
, 39th
Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 1961
?
Ben Johnson
, Jamaican-Canadian
athlete
- 1961
-
Seda Sayan
, Turkish
singer
,
actress
and presenter
- 1962
-
Alessandra Mussolini
, Italian politician
- 1963
-
Mike Pompeo
, 70th
United States Secretary of State
- 1964
-
Sophie Ward
, English actress
- 1965
?
Essam Abd El Fatah
, Egyptian football referee and
pilot
- 1965
?
Heidi Fleiss
, American madam
- 1967
-
Carl Ouellet
, Canadian wrestler
- 1968
-
Sabir Bhatia
, Indian
computer
scientist
- 1968
?
Meredith Monroe
, American actress
- 1969
?
Jay Kay
, British musician (
Jamiroquai
)
- 1969
-
David England
, American snowboarder and stuntman
- 1969
-
Kersti Kaljulaid
,
President
of
Estonia
- 1969
-
Shane McConkey
, American skier and basejumper
- 1971
-
Chris Vance
, English actor
- 1973
?
Ato Boldon
,
Trinidadian
athlete
- 1974
?
Johanna Sallstrom
, Swedish actress (d.
2007
)
- 1975
?
Scott Chipperfield
, Australian footballer
- 1975
?
Tiger Woods
,
American
golfer
- 1977
?
Kazuyuki Toda
, Japanese footballer
- 1977
-
Kenyon Martin
, American
basketball
player
- 1978
-
Phillips Idowu
, British long jumper
- 1978
-
Tyrese
, American singer and actor
- 1978
-
Rob Scuderi
, American
ice hockey
player
- 1979
-
Flavio
,
Angolan
footballer
- 1979
-
Timothy Clufetos
, American drummer
- 1980
-
Cedric Carrasso
, French
footballer
- 1980
?
Eliza Dushku
, American actress
- 1981
?
Ali Al-Habsi
,
Omani
footballer
- 1981
-
K.Will
, South Korean
singer-songwriter
and
actor
- 1982
-
Kristin Kreuk
, Canadian actress
- 1983
-
Kevin Systrom
, American
businessman
, co-founder of
Instagram
- 1984
?
LeBron James
, American
basketball
player
- 1986
-
Gianni Zuiverloon
, Dutch
footballer
- 1986
?
Ellie Goulding
, English
singer-songwriter
- 1986
-
Domenico Criscito
, Italian
footballer
- 1987
-
Jake Cuenca
, American-Filipino actor and footballer
- 1987
-
Jeanette Ottesen
, Danish swimmer
- 1988
?
Leon Jackson
, Scottish singer
- 1989
?
Ryan Sheckler
, American skateboarder
- 1990
-
Joe Root
, English
cricketer
- 274
-
Pope Felix I
- 1066
?
Joseph ibn Naghrela
, Jewish vizier (b.
1035
)
- 1460
-
Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York
, claimant to the English throne (b.
1411
)
- 1460
-
Edmund, Earl of Rutland
, second son of Richard of York (b.
1443
)
- 1525
?
Jakob 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
)
- 1662
-
Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria
(b.
1628
)
- 1691
-
Robert Boyle
, Irish
scientist
(b.
1627
)
- 1777
-
Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria
(b.
1727
)
- 1803
-
Francis Lewis
, American signer of the
Declaration of Independence
(b.
1713
)
- 1867
-
Sarah Booth
, English actress (b.
1793
)
- 1870
-
Juan Prim
, Spanish
general
and
statesman
(b.
1814
)
- 1896
?
Jose Rizal
, Filipino national hero (b.
1861
)
- 1905
?
Frank Steunenberg
, 4th Governor of
Idaho
(b.
1861
)
- 1916
-
Grigori Rasputin
, Russian monk and mystic (b.
1869
)
- 1928
-
Jean Collas
, French
rugby
player and tug of war competitor (b.
1874
)
- 1938
-
Aleksander Kakowski
,
Archbishop
of
Warsaw
(b.
1862
)
- 1941
?
El Lissitzky
, Russian architect and artist (b.
1890
)
- 1944
?
Romain Rolland
, French writer (b.
1866
)
- 1945
?
Song Jin-woo
, Korean politician, educator and journalist (b.
1889
)
- 1947
?
Alfred North Whitehead
, English
mathematician
and
philosopher
(b.
1861
)
- 1950
?
Arthur Davidson
, American businessman (b.
1881
)
- 1954
-
Archduke Eugen of Austria
(b.
1863
)
- 1964
-
Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt
, German
neurologist
(b.
1885
)
- 1966
-
Pietro Ciriaci
, Italian
cardinal
(b.
1885
)
- 1967
?
Vincent Massey
, Governor-General of
Canada
(b.
1887
)
- 1968
?
Trygve Lie
, Norwegian diplomat,
UN
Secretary-General (b.
1896
)
- 1970
?
Sonny Liston
, American boxer (b.
1932
)
- 1971
?
Jo Cals
,
Prime Minister
of the
Netherlands
(b.
1914
)
- 1971
-
Melba Rae
, American actress (b.
1922
)
- 1979
?
Richard Rodgers
, American composer (b.
1902
)
- 1982
-
Alberto Vargas
, Peruvian painter (b.
1896
)
- 1988
-
Yuli Daniel
, Russian
poet
(b.
1925
)
- 1993
-
Giuseppe Occhialini
, Italian
physicist
(b.
1907
)
- 1995
-
Doris Grau
, American actress (b.
1924
)
- 1996
?
Lew Ayres
, American actor (b.
1908
)
- 1996
-
Jack Nance
, American actor (b.
1943
)
- 1998
-
Johnny Moore
, American singer (b.
1934
)
- 1998
-
George Webb
, British actor (b.
1911
)
- 1999
?
Sarah Knauss
, American
supercentenarian
, second-oldest woman on record (b.
1880
)
- 2002
?
Mary Wesley
, English novelist (b.
1912
)
- 2004
?
Artie Shaw
, American jazz musician (b.
1910
)
- 2006
?
Saddam Hussein
,
Iraqi
dictator
(b.
1937
)
- 2009
?
Abdurrahman Wahid
,
President of Indonesia
, from 1999 ? 2001 (b.
1940
)
- 2010
?
Bobby Farrell
,
Aruban
dancer, DJ and performer (b.
1949
)
- 2010
?
Ellis Clarke
, 1st
President of Trinidad and Tobago
(b.
1917
)
- 2011
?
Ronald Searle
, British
cartoonist
(b.
1920
)
- 2012
-
Rita Levi-Montalcini
, Italian
Nobel Prize
-winning
neurologist
(b.
1909
)
- 2012
-
Carl Woese
, American microbiologist and biophysicist (b.
1928
)
- 2013
-
Eero Mantyranta
, Finnish
skier
(b.
1937
)
- 2014
-
Luise Rainer
, German-born
actress
(b.
1910
)
- 2014
-
Antonio Brack Egg
, Peruvian
ecologist
and
politician
(b.
1940
)
- 2014
-
Marian Jurczyk
, Polish politician (b.
1935
)
- 2014
-
Walter Roque
, Uruguayan-Venezuelan
footballer
(b.
1937
)
- 2015
-
Mangesh Padgaonkar
, Indian
poet
(b.
1929
)
- 2015
-
Howard Pawley
, Canadian politician, 18th
Premier
of
Manitoba
(b.
1934
)
- 2015
-
Doug Atkins
, American football player (b.
1930
)
- 2015
-
Howard Davis, Jr.
, American boxer (b.
1956
)
- 2016
-
Tyrus Wong
, Chinese-American
artist
(b.
1910
)
- 2017
-
Erica Garner
, American civil rights activist (b.
1990
)
- 2017
-
Khalid Shameem Wynne
, Pakistani military officer (b.
1953
)
- 2017
-
Cheryll Sotheran
, New Zealand museum executive (b.
1945
)