December 30 - Events

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. It went on to lay 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.

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