December
30
Events
1066 – Granada
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.
1460 – Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield.
1702 – Queen Anne's War: James Moore, Governor of the Province
of Carolina, abandons the Siege of St. Augustine.
1816 – The Treaty of St. Louis (1816) between the United States
and the united Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi Indian tribes
is proclaimed.
1825 – The Treaty of St. Louis (1825) between the United States
and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed.
1853 – Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico
to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.
1896 – Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed
by a Spanish firing squad in Manila, Philippines.
1897 – The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.
1903 – A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills
at least 605.
1905 – Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated
at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.
1906 – The All India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East
Bengal, British India Empire, which later laid down the foundations
of Pakistan.
1916 – The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King
Charles IV and Queen Zita.
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, Japan.
1936 – The United Auto Workers union stages its first sit-down
strike.
1943 – Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence
at Port Blair.
1944 – King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving
the throne vacant.
1947 – King Michael of Romania is forced to abdicate by the
Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.
1948 – The 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.
1965 – Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines.
1972 – Vietnam War: The United States halts heavy bombing of
North Vietnam.
1977 – For the second time, Ted Bundy escapes from his cell
in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
1981 – In 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.
1993 – Israel and Vatican City 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, the Wilaya
of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed.
2000 – Rizal 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.
2004 – A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos
Aires, Argentina kills 194.
2005 – Tropical Storm Zeta forms in the open Atlantic Ocean,
tying the record for the latest tropical cyclone ever to form
in the North Atlantic basin.
2006 – Madrid Barajas International Airport is bombed.
2006 – The Indonesian passenger ferry MV Senopati Nusantara
sinks in a storm, resulting in at least 400 deaths.
2009 – A segment of Lanzhou–Zhengzhou–Changsha product oil pipeline
ruptures in Shaanxi, China, and approximately 150,000 l (40,000
US gal) of diesel oil flows down the Wei River before finally
reaching the Yellow River.
2011 – Due to a change of time zone the day is skipped in Samoa
and Tokelau.
Holidays
and observances
Christian
Feast Day:
Roger of Cannae
Anysia of Salonika
Ecgwine of Worcester
Pope Felix I
Liberius of Ravenna
Ralph of Vaucelles
Day of the Declaration of Slovakia as an Independent Ecclesiastic
Province (Slovakia)
Freedom Day (Church of Scientology)
Rizal Day (Philippines)
The sixth day of Christmas. (Western Christianity)
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