December 30 Events |
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| 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, 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, 2004 (December 30 2004) | Event | A fire in the Republica Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194. | |
| December 30th, 2003 (December 30 2003) | Event | U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft recuses himself and his office from the Plame affair. | |
| 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, 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, 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, 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, 1993 (December 30 1993) | Event | Israel and the Vatican establish diplomatic relations. | |
| 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, 1977 (December 30 1977) | Event | For the second time, Ted Bundy escapes from his cell in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. | |
| December 30th, 1972 (December 30 1972) | Event | Vietnam War: The United States halts heavy bombing of North Vietnam. | |
| December 30th, 1965 (December 30 1965) | Event | Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines. | |
| 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, 1947 (December 30 1947) | Event | King Michael of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet-backed Communist government of Romania. | |
| December 30th, 1944 (December 30 1944) | Event | King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving his throne vacant. | |
| 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, 1940 (December 30 1940) | Event | California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway. | |
| December 30th, 1936 (December 30 1936) | Event | The United Auto Workers union stages its first sit-down strike. | |
| December 30th, 1927 (December 30 1927) | Event | The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan. | |
| 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, 1919 (December 30 1919) | Event | Lincoln s Inn in London admits its first female bar student. | |
| 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, 1905 (December 30 1905) | Event | Former Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated near his home in Caldwell, Idaho. | |
| December 30th, 1903 (December 30 1903) | Event | A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills 600. | |
| December 30th, 1897 (December 30 1897) | Event | Natal annexes Zululand. | |
| December 30th, 1896 (December 30 1896) | Event | Jose Rizal is executed by firing squad in Manila. | Jose Rizal 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, 1816 (December 30 1816) | Event | The Treaty of St. Louis is proclaimed. | |
| December 30th, 1460 (December 30 1460) | Event | Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. | |
