December 30Birthdays & History

On this day: December 30 in history

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1. 534The second and final edition of the Code of Justinian comes into effect in the Byzantine Empire.Europe
2. 999Battle of Glenmama: The combined forces of Munster and Meath under king Brian Boru inflict a crushing defeat on the allied armies of Leinster and Dublin near Lyons Hill in Ireland.Europe
3. 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.Europe
4. 1419Hundred Years' War: Battle of La Rochelle.Europe
5. 1460Wars of the Roses: Lancastrians kill the 3rd Duke of York and win the Battle of Wakefield.Europe
6. 1641Reapers' War: Louis XIII of France swears the Catalan constitutions, being appointed Count of Barcelona and thus establishing the personal union of the Principality of Catalonia with the Kingdom of France.Europe
7. 1702Queen Anne's War: James Moore, Governor of the Province of Carolina, abandons the Siege of St. Augustine.North America
8. 1813War of 1812: British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York.EuropeNorth America
9. 1816The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the united Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi Indian tribes is proclaimed.North America
10. 1825The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed.North America
11. 1853Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.North AmericaLatin America
12. 1890Following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States Army and Lakota warriors face off in the Drexel Mission Fight.North America
13. 1896Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.AsiaEurope
14. 1896Canadian ice hockey player Ernie McLea scores the first hat-trick in Stanley Cup play, and the Cup-winning goal as the Montreal Victorias defeat the Winnipeg Victorias 6–5.North America
15. 1897The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.Europe
16. 1902The Discovery Expedition under Robert Falcon Scott attains a Farthest South at 82°17′S in Antarctica.World
17. 1903A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.North America
18. 1905Former Idaho governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.North America
19. 1906The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh).AsiaEurope
20. 1916The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.Europe
21. 1916Russian mystic and advisor to the Tsar Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin is murdered by a loyalist group led by Prince Felix Yusupov. His frozen, partially-trussed body was discovered in a Petrograd river three days later.Europe
22. 1922The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is formed.Europe
23. 1927The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.AsiaAsia
24. 1935The Italian Air Force bombs a Swedish Red Cross hospital during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.EuropeAfrica
25. 1936The Flint sit-down strike hits General Motors.North America
26. 1943Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.Asia
27. 1944King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant.Europe
28. 1947Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.Europe
29. 1952An RAF Avro Lancaster bomber crashes in Luqa, Malta after an engine failure, killing three crew members and a civilian on the ground.Europe
30. 1954The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation is established to consolidate criminal investigation and intelligence into a single agency.Europe
31. 1958The Guatemalan Air Force sinks several Mexican fishing boats alleged to have breached maritime borders, killing three and sparking international tension.Latin America
32. 1967Aeroflot Flight L-51 crashes near Liepāja International Airport in Liepāja, Latvia, killing 43.Europe
33. 1970Hurricane Creek mine disaster, near Hyden, KentuckyNorth America
34. 1972Vietnam War: Operation Linebacker II ends.Asia
35. 1987Stella Sigcau, Prime minister of the South African Bantustan of Transkei, is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General Bantu Holomisa.Africa
36. 1993Israel establishes diplomatic relations with Vatican City and also upgrades to full diplomatic relations with Ireland.Middle EastEurope
37. 1996Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.Middle East
38. 1997In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed.Africa
39. 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.Asia
40. 2004A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 194.Latin America
41. 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.World
42. 2006The Indonesian passenger ferry MV Senopati Nusantara sinks in a storm, resulting in at least 400 deaths.Asia
43. 2006Former president of Iraq Saddam Hussein is executed.Middle East
44. 2006Madrid–Barajas Airport is bombed.Europe
45. 2009A segment of the Lanzhou–Zhengzhou–Changsha 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.AsiaNorth America
46. 2009A suicide bomber kills nine people at Forward Operating Base Chapman, a key facility of the Central Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan.Asia
47. 2013More than 100 people are killed when anti-government forces attack key buildings in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.Africa
48. 2020A large explosion at the airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden kills at least 22 people and wounds 50.Middle East

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