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History Events on December 30

By  Harry Howard  30 Dec   148 Views

History Events on December 30

Cold War
Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.

#Cold_War

In 1947
December 2013 Kinshasa attacks
More than 100 people are killed when anti-government forces attack key buildings in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

#December_2013_Kinshasa_attacks

In 2013
President of Iraq
Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein is executed.

#President_of_Iraq

In 2006
Idaho
Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.

#Idaho

In 1905
Queen Anne's War
Queen Anne's War: James Moore, Governor of the Province of Carolina, abandons the Siege of St. Augustine.

#Queen_Anne's_War

In 1702
Vietnam War
Vietnam War: The United States halts heavy bombing of North Vietnam.

#Vietnam_War

In 1972
George II of Greece
King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant.

#George_II_of_Greece

In 1944
Ferdinand Marcos
Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines.

#Ferdinand_Marcos

In 1965
War of 1812
War of 1812: British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York.

#War_of_1812

In 1813
Wounded Knee Massacre
Following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States Army and Lakota warriors face off in the Drexel Mission Fight.

#Wounded_Knee_Massacre

In 1890
Coronation of the Hungarian monarch
The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.

#Coronation_of_the_Hungarian_monarch

In 1916
All-India Muslim League
The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh).

#All-India_Muslim_League

In 1906
Tokyo Metro Ginza Line
The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.

#Tokyo_Metro_Ginza_Line

In 1927
Israel
Israel establishes diplomatic relations with Vatican City and also upgrades to full diplomatic relations with Ireland.

#Israel

In 1993
Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed.

#Soviet_Union

In 1922
Battle of Glenmama
Battle 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.

#Battle_of_Glenmama

In 999
Benjamin Netanyahu
Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.

#Benjamin_Netanyahu

In 1996
Gadsden Purchase
Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.

#Gadsden_Purchase

In 1853
Colony of Natal
The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.

#Colony_of_Natal

In 1897
Algeria
In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed.

#Algeria

In 1997
Subhas Chandra Bose
Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.

#Subhas_Chandra_Bose

In 1943
Wars of the Roses
Wars of the Roses: Lancastrians kill the 3rd Duke of York and win the Battle of Wakefield.

#Wars_of_the_Roses

In 1460
República Cromañón nightclub fire
A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.

#República_Cromañón_nightclub_fire

In 2004
José Rizal
Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.

#José_Rizal

In 1896
Iroquois Theatre fire
A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.

#Iroquois_Theatre_fire

In 1903
Camp Chapman attack
A suicide bomber kills nine people at Forward Operating Base Chapman, a key facility of the Central Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan.

#Camp_Chapman_attack

In 2009
Ice hockey
Canadian 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.

#Ice_hockey

In 1896
A 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.
In 2009
The Indonesian passenger ferry MV Senopati Nusantara sinks in a storm, resulting in at least 400 deaths.
In 2006
Madrid-Barajas Airport is bombed.
In 2006
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.
In 2005
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.
In 2000
The Guatemalan Air Force sinks several Mexican fishing boats alleged to have breached maritime borders, killing three and sparking international tension.
In 1958
The United Auto Workers union stages its first sitdown strike.
In 1936
The Italian Air Force bombs a Swedish Red Cross hospital during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.
In 1935
Russian mystic and advisor to the Tsar Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was murdered by a loyalist group led by Prince Felix Yusupov. His frozen, partially-trussed body was discovered in a Moscow river three days later.
In 1916
The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed.
In 1825
The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the united Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi Indian tribes is proclaimed.
In 1816
Hundred Years' War: Battle of La Rochelle
In 1419
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.
In 1066

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