December 30 All Events |
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| December 30th, 2039 (December 30 2039) | Birth | Titus, Roman emperor (died in 81) | |
| December 30th, 2006 (December 30 2006) | Event | Madrid Barajas International Airport is bombed. | |
| December 30th, 2006 (December 30 2006) | Event | Saddam Hussein is executed by hanging. | Saddam Hussein Quotes |
| December 30th, 2006 (December 30 2006) | Death | Terry Peck, Falkland Islander (born in 1938) who acted as a scout for 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment in the Falklands War | |
| December 30th, 2006 (December 30 2006) | Death | Michel Plasse, Canadian ice hockey player (born in 1948) | |
| December 30th, 2006 (December 30 2006) | Death | Saddam Hussein, former Iraqi President (born in 1937) (executed) | Saddam Hussein Quotes |
| December 30th, 2005 (December 30 2005) | Event | 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. | |
| December 30th, 2005 (December 30 2005) | Death | Rona Jaffe, American author (born in 1932) | |
| December 30th, 2004 (December 30 2004) | Event | A fire in the Republica Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194. | |
| December 30th, 2004 (December 30 2004) | Death | Artie Shaw, American jazz clarinetist, composer, and bandleader (born in 1910) | |
| December 30th, 2003 (December 30 2003) | Event | U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft recuses himself and his office from the Plame affair. | |
| December 30th, 2003 (December 30 2003) | Death | David Bale, South African-born activist (born in 1941) | |
| December 30th, 2003 (December 30 2003) | Death | John Gregory Dunne, American writer (born in 1932) | |
| December 30th, 2003 (December 30 2003) | Death | Anita Mui, Hong Kong singer and actress (born in 1963) | |
| December 30th, 2002 (December 30 2002) | Death | Mary Brian, American actress (born in 1906) | |
| December 30th, 2002 (December 30 2002) | Death | Mary Wesley, English novelist (born in 1912) | |
| December 30th, 2000 (December 30 2000) | Event | 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. | |
| December 30th, 2000 (December 30 2000) | Death | Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter (born in 1909) | |
| December 30th, 1999 (December 30 1999) | Death | Fritz Leonhardt, German structural engineer (born in 1909) | |
| December 30th, 1999 (December 30 1999) | Death | Sarah Knauss, American, once considered the world s oldest living person (born in 1880) | |
| December 30th, 1998 (December 30 1998) | Death | Johnny Moore, American singer (The Drifters) (born in 1934) | |
| December 30th, 1998 (December 30 1998) | Death | George Webb, English actor (born in 1911) | |
| December 30th, 1997 (December 30 1997) | Event | In the worst incident in Algeria s insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people are killed from four villages. | |
| December 30th, 1997 (December 30 1997) | Death | Shinichi Hoshi, Japanese novelist (born in 1926) | |
| December 30th, 1996 (December 30 1996) | Event | In the Indian state of Assam, a passenger train is bombed by Bodo separatists, killing 26. | |
| December 30th, 1996 (December 30 1996) | Event | Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel. | |
| December 30th, 1996 (December 30 1996) | Death | Lew Ayres, American actor (born in 1908) | |
| December 30th, 1996 (December 30 1996) | Death | Jack Nance, American actor (born in 1943) | |
| December 30th, 1995 (December 30 1995) | Event | The lowest ever United Kingdom temperature of -27.2øC was recorded at Altnaharra in the Scottish Highlands. This equalled the record set at Braemar, Aberdeenshire on February 11, 1895 and January 10, 1982. | |
| December 30th, 1995 (December 30 1995) | Death | Ralph FlanaganAmerican band leader (born in 1914) | |
| December 30th, 1995 (December 30 1995) | Death | Doris Grau, American actress (born in 1924) | |
| December 30th, 1994 (December 30 1994) | Death | Dmitri Ivanenko, Russian physicist (born in 1904) | |
| December 30th, 1994 (December 30 1994) | Death | Maureen Starkey, wife of Ringo Starr (born in 1946) | Ringo Starr Quotes |
| December 30th, 1993 (December 30 1993) | Event | Israel and the Vatican establish diplomatic relations. | |
| December 30th, 1993 (December 30 1993) | Death | Mack David, American lyricist and songwriter (born in 1912) | |
| December 30th, 1993 (December 30 1993) | Death | Irving "Swifty" Lazar, American Hollywood talent agent (born in 1907) | |
| December 30th, 1993 (December 30 1993) | Death | Giuseppe Occhialini, Italian physicist (born in 1907) | |
| December 30th, 1992 (December 30 1992) | Death | Ling-Ling, panda given to the USA by China (born in 1969) | |
| December 30th, 1989 (December 30 1989) | Birth | Ryan Sheckler, American professional skateboarder | |
| December 30th, 1989 (December 30 1989) | Death | Lenore Lemmon, wife of George Reeves (born in 1923) | |
| December 30th, 1988 (December 30 1988) | Birth | Leon Jackson, Scottish singer | |
| December 30th, 1988 (December 30 1988) | Death | Yuli Daniel, Russian writer (born in 1925) | |
| December 30th, 1987 (December 30 1987) | Birth | Jake Cuenca, Filipino actor and commercial model | |
| December 30th, 1986 (December 30 1986) | Event | The Swift Current Broncos bus crashes during bad weather outside of Swift Current, Saskatchewan, killing 4 players and injuring 1. | |
| December 30th, 1986 (December 30 1986) | Death | Era Bell Thompson, American journalist (born in 1905) | |
| December 30th, 1985 (December 30 1985) | Birth | Lars Boom, Dutch cyclist | |
| December 30th, 1984 (December 30 1984) | Birth | Randall Azofeifa, Costa Rican footballer | |
| December 30th, 1984 (December 30 1984) | Birth | LeBron James, American basketball player | |
| December 30th, 1984 (December 30 1984) | Death | Massa, oldest gorilla on record (born in 1930) | |
| December 30th, 1982 (December 30 1982) | Birth | Kristin Kreuk, Canadian actress | |
| December 30th, 1982 (December 30 1982) | Birth | Dawan Landry, American football player | |
| December 30th, 1982 (December 30 1982) | Birth | Dathan Ritzenhein, American runner | |
| December 30th, 1981 (December 30 1981) | Birth | Ali Al Habsi, Omani footballer | |
| December 30th, 1981 (December 30 1981) | Birth | Haley Paige, American porn star (died in 2007) | |
| December 30th, 1981 (December 30 1981) | Birth | Michael Rodriguez, Costa Rican footballer | |
| December 30th, 1981 (December 30 1981) | Birth | Matt Ulrich, American football player | |
| December 30th, 1981 (December 30 1981) | Death | Alfie Anido, Filipino actor (born in 1959) | |
| December 30th, 1980 (December 30 1980) | Birth | Eliza Dushku, American actress | |
| December 30th, 1980 (December 30 1980) | Birth | Kenny Kwan, Hong Kong singer | |
| December 30th, 1979 (December 30 1979) | Birth | Flavio, Angolan footballer | |
| December 30th, 1979 (December 30 1979) | Death | Richard Rodgers, American composer (born in 1902) | |
| December 30th, 1978 (December 30 1978) | Birth | Zbigniew Robert Prominski, Polish drummer | |
| December 30th, 1978 (December 30 1978) | Birth | Tyrese, American singer and actor | |
| December 30th, 1978 (December 30 1978) | Birth | Devin Brown , American basketball player | |
| December 30th, 1977 (December 30 1977) | Event | For the second time, Ted Bundy escapes from his cell in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. | |
| December 30th, 1977 (December 30 1977) | Birth | Laila Ali, American boxer | |
| December 30th, 1977 (December 30 1977) | Birth | Grant Balfour, Australian baseball player | |
| December 30th, 1977 (December 30 1977) | Birth | Scott Lucas, Australian rules footballer | |
| December 30th, 1977 (December 30 1977) | Birth | Kenyon Martin, American basketball player | |
| December 30th, 1976 (December 30 1976) | Birth | Patrick Kerney, American football player | |
| December 30th, 1976 (December 30 1976) | Birth | A.J. Pierzynski, American baseball player | |
| December 30th, 1975 (December 30 1975) | Birth | Scott Chipperfield, Australian soccer player | |
| December 30th, 1975 (December 30 1975) | Birth | Tiger Woods, American golfer | |
| December 30th, 1974 (December 30 1974) | Birth | Johanna Sallstrom, Swedish actress (died in 2007) | |
| December 30th, 1973 (December 30 1973) | Birth | Jason Behr, American actor | |
| December 30th, 1973 (December 30 1973) | Birth | Ato Boldon, Trinidadian athlete | |
| December 30th, 1973 (December 30 1973) | Birth | Nacho Vidal, Spanish porn star | |
| December 30th, 1972 (December 30 1972) | Event | Vietnam War: The United States halts heavy bombing of North Vietnam. | |
| December 30th, 1972 (December 30 1972) | Birth | Kerry Collins, American football player | |
| December 30th, 1972 (December 30 1972) | Birth | Paul Keegan, Irish footballer | |
| December 30th, 1972 (December 30 1972) | Birth | Steven Wiig, American actor and musician | |
| December 30th, 1971 (December 30 1971) | Birth | Daniel Sunjata, American actor | |
| December 30th, 1971 (December 30 1971) | Death | Melba Rae, American actress (Search for Tomorrow) (born in 1922) | |
| December 30th, 1970 (December 30 1970) | Death | Sonny Liston, American boxer (born in 1932) | |
| December 30th, 1969 (December 30 1969) | Birth | Dave England, American television personality | |
| December 30th, 1969 (December 30 1969) | Birth | Jay Kay, English musician (Jamiroquai) | |
| December 30th, 1969 (December 30 1969) | Birth | Meredith Monroe, American actress | |
| December 30th, 1968 (December 30 1968) | Death | Trygve Lie, Norwegian politician, first United Nations Secretary General (born in 1896) | |
| December 30th, 1967 (December 30 1967) | Birth | Carl Ouellet, Canadian professional wrestler | |
| December 30th, 1967 (December 30 1967) | Death | Vincent Massey, Governor-General of Canada (born in 1887) | |
| December 30th, 1965 (December 30 1965) | Event | Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines. | |
| December 30th, 1965 (December 30 1965) | Birth | Heidi Fleiss, American madam | |
| December 30th, 1964 (December 30 1964) | Birth | Sylvie Moreau, French Canadian actress | |
| December 30th, 1964 (December 30 1964) | Birth | Duglas T. Stewart, Scottish musician (BMX Bandits) | |
| December 30th, 1963 (December 30 1963) | Birth | Chandler Burr, American author | |
| December 30th, 1963 (December 30 1963) | Birth | Michelle Douglas, Canadian human rights activist | |
| December 30th, 1963 (December 30 1963) | Birth | Milan Srejber, Czech tennis player | |
| December 30th, 1962 (December 30 1962) | Birth | Henry Cho, Korean-American comedian | |
| December 30th, 1961 (December 30 1961) | Birth | Douglas Coupland, Canadian author | Douglas Coupland Quotes |
| December 30th, 1961 (December 30 1961) | Birth | Sean Hannity, American talk radio and television host | Sean Hannity Quotes |
| December 30th, 1961 (December 30 1961) | Birth | Ben Johnson, Canadian athlete | |
| December 30th, 1959 (December 30 1959) | Birth | Tracey Ullman, English actress and singer | |
| December 30th, 1959 (December 30 1959) | Birth | Josee Verner, French Canadian politician | |
| December 30th, 1958 (December 30 1958) | Birth | Rod Harrington, English darts player | |
| December 30th, 1958 (December 30 1958) | Birth | Steven L. Smith, American astronaut | |
| December 30th, 1957 (December 30 1957) | Birth | Matt Lauer, American newscaster | |
| December 30th, 1956 (December 30 1956) | Birth | Suzy Bogguss, American singer | |
| December 30th, 1956 (December 30 1956) | Birth | Sheryl Lee Ralph, American actress | |
| December 30th, 1955 (December 30 1955) | Birth | Dindo Yogo, Congolese musician (died in 2000) | |
| December 30th, 1955 (December 30 1955) | Death | Rex Ingamells, Australian poet (born in 1913) | |
| December 30th, 1954 (December 30 1954) | Death | Archduke Eugen of Austria, Austrian field marshal (born in 1863) | |
| December 30th, 1953 (December 30 1953) | Event | The first ever NTSC color television sets go on sale for about USD at $1,175 each from RCA. | |
| December 30th, 1953 (December 30 1953) | Birth | Bill Kazmaier, American powerlifter | |
| December 30th, 1953 (December 30 1953) | Birth | Harald Schmautz, German-born journalist | |
| December 30th, 1953 (December 30 1953) | Birth | Meredith Vieira, American television journalist | |
| December 30th, 1952 (December 30 1952) | Birth | June Anderson, American soprano | |
| December 30th, 1951 (December 30 1951) | Birth | Doug Allder, English footballer | |
| December 30th, 1951 (December 30 1951) | Birth | Jocky Wilson, Scottish Darts player | |
| December 30th, 1950 (December 30 1950) | Birth | Lewis Shiner, American sci-fi/fantasy author | |
| December 30th, 1949 (December 30 1949) | Birth | Jim Flaherty, Canadian politician | |
| December 30th, 1947 (December 30 1947) | Event | King Michael of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet-backed Communist government of Romania. | |
| December 30th, 1947 (December 30 1947) | Birth | Michael Burns, American historian | |
| December 30th, 1947 (December 30 1947) | Birth | Jeff Lynne, English musician (ELO) | |
| December 30th, 1947 (December 30 1947) | Death | Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician and philosopher (born in 1861) | Alfred North Whitehead Quotes |
| December 30th, 1947 (December 30 1947) | Death | Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter, portraitist and art forgers (born in 1889) | |
| December 30th, 1946 (December 30 1946) | Birth | Patti Smith, American singer and poet | Patti Smith Quotes |
| December 30th, 1945 (December 30 1945) | Birth | Davy Jones, English singer (The Monkees) | |
| December 30th, 1945 (December 30 1945) | Birth | Lloyd Kaufman, American film director and producer | |
| December 30th, 1945 (December 30 1945) | Birth | Concetta Tomei, American actress | |
| December 30th, 1945 (December 30 1945) | Birth | Vernon Wells, Australian actor | |
| December 30th, 1944 (December 30 1944) | Event | King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving his throne vacant. | |
| December 30th, 1944 (December 30 1944) | Birth | William J. Fallon, U.S. Navy Admiral, former U.S. Central Command commander | |
| December 30th, 1944 (December 30 1944) | Death | Romain Rolland, French writer, Nobel laureate (born in 1866) | Romain Rolland Quotes |
| December 30th, 1943 (December 30 1943) | Event | Subhash Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair. | Subhash Chandra Bose Quotes |
| December 30th, 1942 (December 30 1942) | Birth | Vladimir Bukovsky, Russian author and dissident | |
| December 30th, 1942 (December 30 1942) | Birth | Guy Edwards, English racing driver | |
| December 30th, 1942 (December 30 1942) | Birth | Michael Nesmith, American singer and musician (The Monkees) | |
| December 30th, 1942 (December 30 1942) | Birth | Janko Prunk, Slovenian historian | |
| December 30th, 1942 (December 30 1942) | Birth | Fred Ward, American actor | |
| December 30th, 1941 (December 30 1941) | Birth | Mel Renfro, American football player | |
| December 30th, 1941 (December 30 1941) | Death | El Lissitzky, Russian artist and architect (born in 1890) | |
| December 30th, 1940 (December 30 1940) | Event | California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway. | |
| December 30th, 1940 (December 30 1940) | Birth | James Burrows, American television director | |
| December 30th, 1939 (December 30 1939) | Birth | Felix Pappalardi, American musician and recording producer (d.1983) (Mountain) | |
| December 30th, 1939 (December 30 1939) | Birth | Glenda Adams, Australian author (died in 2007) | |
| December 30th, 1937 (December 30 1937) | Birth | Gordon Banks, English footballer | |
| December 30th, 1937 (December 30 1937) | Birth | John Hartford, American musician (died in 2001) | John Hart Quotes |
| December 30th, 1937 (December 30 1937) | Birth | Jim Marshall, American football player | |
| December 30th, 1937 (December 30 1937) | Birth | Noel Paul Stookey, American folk singer (Peter, Paul & Mary) | |
| December 30th, 1936 (December 30 1936) | Event | The United Auto Workers union stages its first sit-down strike. | |
| December 30th, 1935 (December 30 1935) | Birth | Omar Bongo, President of Gabon | |
| December 30th, 1935 (December 30 1935) | Birth | Sandy Koufax, American baseball player | |
| December 30th, 1935 (December 30 1935) | Birth | Jack Riley, American actor | |
| December 30th, 1934 (December 30 1934) | Birth | John Norris Bahcall, American physicist (died in 2005) | |
| December 30th, 1934 (December 30 1934) | Birth | Joseph Bologna, American actor | |
| December 30th, 1934 (December 30 1934) | Birth | Joseph P. Hoar, former US Central Command commander | |
| December 30th, 1934 (December 30 1934) | Birth | Del Shannon, American singer (died in 1990) | |
| December 30th, 1934 (December 30 1934) | Birth | Russ Tamblyn, American actor, dancer, and singer | |
| December 30th, 1931 (December 30 1931) | Birth | Skeeter Davis, American singer (died in 2004) | |
| December 30th, 1929 (December 30 1929) | Birth | Rosalind Hurley, British physician, barrister, ethicist and writer (died in 2004) | |
| December 30th, 1929 (December 30 1929) | Birth | Barbara Nichols, American actress (died in 1976) | |
| December 30th, 1928 (December 30 1928) | Birth | Bo Diddley, American singer and musician (died in 2008) | |
| December 30th, 1927 (December 30 1927) | Event | The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan. | |
| December 30th, 1927 (December 30 1927) | Birth | Bernard Barrow, American actor (died in 1993) | |
| December 30th, 1927 (December 30 1927) | Birth | Robert Hossein, French film actor and director | |
| December 30th, 1924 (December 30 1924) | Event | Edwin Hubble announces the existence of other galaxies. | |
| December 30th, 1922 (December 30 1922) | Event | The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed. | |
| December 30th, 1921 (December 30 1921) | Birth | Rashid Karami, Lebanese statesman (died in 1987) | |
| December 30th, 1920 (December 30 1920) | Birth | Jack Lord, American actor (died in 1998) | |
| December 30th, 1919 (December 30 1919) | Event | Lincoln s Inn in London admits its first female bar student. | |
| December 30th, 1917 (December 30 1917) | Birth | Seymour Melman, American industrial engineer (died in 2004) | |
| December 30th, 1914 (December 30 1914) | Birth | Bert Parks, American television host (died in 1992) | |
| December 30th, 1914 (December 30 1914) | Birth | Jo Van Fleet, American actress (died in 1996) | |
| December 30th, 1913 (December 30 1913) | Birth | Lucio Agostini, Italian-born Canadian conductor and composer (died in 1996) | |
| December 30th, 1913 (December 30 1913) | Birth | Elyne Mitchell, Australian author (died in 2002) | |
| December 30th, 1911 (December 30 1911) | Birth | Jeanette Nolan, American actress (died in 1998) | |
| December 30th, 1910 (December 30 1910) | Birth | Paul Bowles, American composer and author (died in 1999) | Paul Bowles Quotes |
| December 30th, 1908 (December 30 1908) | Death | Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian lawyer, journalist and senator (born in 1844) | |
| December 30th, 1906 (December 30 1906) | Event | The All India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India Empire, which later laid down the foundations of Pakistan. | |
| December 30th, 1906 (December 30 1906) | Birth | Carol Reed, English film director (died in 1976) | |
| December 30th, 1905 (December 30 1905) | Event | Former Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated near his home in Caldwell, Idaho. | |
| December 30th, 1904 (December 30 1904) | Birth | Dmitri Kabalevsky, Russian composer (died in 1987) | |
| December 30th, 1903 (December 30 1903) | Event | A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills 600. | |
| December 30th, 1899 (December 30 1899) | Birth | Helge Ingstad, Norwegian explorer (died in 2001) | |
| December 30th, 1897 (December 30 1897) | Event | Natal annexes Zululand. | |
| December 30th, 1897 (December 30 1897) | Birth | Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author (died in 1976) | |
| December 30th, 1896 (December 30 1896) | Event | Jose Rizal is executed by firing squad in Manila. | Jose Rizal Quotes |
| December 30th, 1896 (December 30 1896) | Death | Jose Rizal, national hero of the Philippines (born in 1861) (executed) | Jose Rizal Quotes |
| December 30th, 1890 (December 30 1890) | Birth | Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, President of Mexico (died in 1973) | |
| December 30th, 1884 (December 30 1884) | Birth | Hideki Tojo, Prime Minister of Japan (died in 1948) | |
| December 30th, 1883 (December 30 1883) | Birth | Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died in 1960) | |
| December 30th, 1879 (December 30 1879) | Birth | Sri Ramana Maharshi, Indian philosopher (died in 1950) | Philo Quotes |
| December 30th, 1878 (December 30 1878) | Birth | William Aberhart, Canadian politician (died in 1943) | |
| December 30th, 1873 (December 30 1873) | Birth | Al Smith, American politician (died in 1944) | |
| December 30th, 1869 (December 30 1869) | Birth | Stephen Butler Leacock, English-born Canadian writer and economist (died in 1944) | Stephen Leacock Quotes |
| December 30th, 1865 (December 30 1865) | Birth | Rudyard Kipling, English writer, Nobel laureate (died in 1936) | Rudyard Kipling Quotes |
| December 30th, 1862 (December 30 1862) | Event | The USS Monitor sinks off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. | |
| December 30th, 1853 (December 30 1853) | Event | Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest. | |
| December 30th, 1853 (December 30 1853) | Event | A dinner party is held inside a life-size model of an Iguanodon created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and Sir Richard Owen in south London. | |
| December 30th, 1853 (December 30 1853) | Birth | Andre Messager, French composer (died in 1929) | |
| December 30th, 1851 (December 30 1851) | Birth | Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician (died in 1929) | |
| December 30th, 1838 (December 30 1838) | Birth | Emile Loubet, 7th President of France (d.1929) | |
| December 30th, 1819 (December 30 1819) | Birth | Theodor Fontane, German writer (died in 1898) | |
| December 30th, 1819 (December 30 1819) | Birth | John W. Geary, 1st Mayor of San Francisco (died in 1873) | |
| December 30th, 1816 (December 30 1816) | Event | The Treaty of St. Louis is proclaimed. | |
| December 30th, 1803 (December 30 1803) | Death | Francis Lewis, signer of the American Declaration of Independence (born in 1713) | |
| December 30th, 1785 (December 30 1785) | Birth | Dorothea Lieven, Russian noblewoman (died in 1857) | |
| December 30th, 1769 (December 30 1769) | Death | Nicholas Taaffe, 6th Viscount Taaffe, Austrian soldier (born in 1685) | |
| December 30th, 1740 (December 30 1740) | Birth | Princess Elizabeth Caroline of Wales (died in 1759) | |
| December 30th, 1724 (December 30 1724) | Birth | Louis-Jean-Francois Lagrenee, French painter (died in 1805) | |
| December 30th, 1722 (December 30 1722) | Birth | Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (died in 1770) | |
| December 30th, 1691 (December 30 1691) | Death | Robert Boyle, Irish scientist (born in 1627) | |
| December 30th, 1678 (December 30 1678) | Birth | William Croft, English composer (died in 1727) | |
| December 30th, 1673 (December 30 1673) | Birth | Ahmed III, Ottoman Sultan (died in 1736) | |
| December 30th, 1662 (December 30 1662) | Death | Archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria (born in 1628) | |
| December 30th, 1644 (December 30 1644) | Death | Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (born in 1577) | |
| December 30th, 1642 (December 30 1642) | Birth | Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (died in 1707) | |
| December 30th, 1640 (December 30 1640) | Death | John Francis Regis, French saint (born in 1597) | |
| December 30th, 1621 (December 30 1621) | Death | Saint Job of Maniava, Ukrainian Orthodox Saint (born in 1550) | |
| December 30th, 1591 (December 30 1591) | Death | Pope Innocent IX (born in 1519) | |
| December 30th, 1573 (December 30 1573) | Death | Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian writer (born in 1504) | |
| December 30th, 1572 (December 30 1572) | Death | Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect (born in 1512) | |
| December 30th, 1552 (December 30 1552) | Birth | Simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (died in 1611) | |
| December 30th, 1525 (December 30 1525) | Death | Jacob Fugger, German banker (born in 1459) | |
| December 30th, 1460 (December 30 1460) | Event | Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. | |
| December 30th, 1460 (December 30 1460) | Death | Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (killed in battle) (born in 1411) | |
| December 30th, 1218 (December 30 1218) | Death | Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, English politician (born in 1162) | |
| December 30th, 1204 (December 30 1204) | Birth | Abu Uthman Sa id Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (died in 1282) | |
