Historical Events In December - 30

1977  Carter holds first news conference by US President in Eastern Europe (Warsaw) on December - 30.  

1978  Ohio State dismisses Woody Hayes as its football coach on December - 30.  

1979  Rock group, Emerson, Lake & Palmer break up on this day in history.  

1979  On this day in history richard Rodgers, composer (Rogers & Hammerstein), dies at 77  

1980  On December - 30 nBC cancels The Wonderful World of Disney, the longest-running prime time TV show in history. Disney now owns the ABC TV network.  

1981  Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record of 50 goals by 39th game of season on this day in history.  

1982  On this day in history uS Assay Office in New York City NY closes  

1984  On this day in history miss Elizabeth (Hulette) & Macho Man Randy Savage (Poffo) wed  

1985  On this day in history iBM-PC DOS Version 3.2 released  

1985  On December - 30 president Zia of Pakistan ends martial law  

1986  On this day in history uS begins Military exercises in Honduras  

1986  On December - 30 jiri Jaroch, composer, dies at 66  

1988  Canadian Senate OK's free trade pact; with US on December - 30.  

1988  Former Soviet President Brezhnev's son-in-law sentenced to 12-yr (bribery) on December - 30.  

1988  On this day in history mercedes-Benz pays $20.2-M fine failed to meet '86 government fuel standard  

1988  North subpoenas Reagan & Bush as defense witnesses for upcoming trial on December - 30.  

1988  On December - 30 the Yugoslavian government resigns over problems in Serbia  

1988  Yugoslav government resigns on this day in history.  

1989  Madoline Thomas, actress (Girl in the Canal), dies on December - 30.  

1992  Caesar [Caesar] Domela, painter/son of Ferdinand D Nieuwenhuis, dies on December - 30.  

1993  Mack David, US songwriter (Bachelor in Paradise), dies at 81 on December - 30.  

1994  Two are killed and five wounded when a gunman opens fire at two Boston area abortion clinics on this day in history.  

1994  On December - 30 uS Army pilot Bobby Hall is free, some 13 days after his helicopter is downed (resulting in the death of his co-pilot David Hilemon) by North Korea. Dec 30, 1993 Israel and the Vatican agree to recognize each other.  

1994  Lloyd James Austin, french Scholar, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1995  Heiner Muller, dramatist, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1996  Jack Nance, actor (Meatballs 4, Whore, Voodoo), murdered at 53 on this day in history.  

2006  Saddam Hussein, former Iraq president, is executed in Baghdad on December - 30.  

2006  The Free State Project completes its "First 1,000" pledge on this day in history.  

2006  On December - 30 the M/V Senopati Nusantara sinks in Indonesia with several hundred casualties.  

2006  On this day in history deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is hanged in Baghdad  

2008  Dick Green, Canadian actor on this day in history.  

2011  On this day in history eva Zeisel, Hungarian-born ceramic designer, dies at 105  

2012  On this day in history 19 people are killed by a suicide bomber in Balochistan, Pakistan  

2018  Patrick Mahomes becomes only the 2nd quarterback in NFL history to throw for 5,000 yards and 50 touchdowns during KC Chiefs' 35-3 win over Oakland Raiders; achieves both marks with 3rd quarter 89-yard TD pass to Demarcus Robinson on December - 30.  

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1204  On this day in history birth of abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (d. 1282)  

1552  On this day in history birth of simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (d. 1611)  

1566  On December - 30 birth of alessandro Piccinini, composer  

1569  On this day in history birth of georg Quitschreiber, composer  

1642  Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (d. 1707) was born on December - 30.  

1644  Philips van Almonde, Dutch Zeeuws lt-admiral was born on this day in history.  

1673  On December - 30 birth of ahmed III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1736)  

1678  On this day in history birth of william Croft, composer  

0273  Felix I, Italian Bishop of Rome, dies (or 274) on December - 30.  

1218  On December - 30 death of richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1162)  

1460  On December - 30 death of richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (killed in battle) (b. 1411)  

1525  On December - 30 jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant, dies at 66  

1572  Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect (Palazza Marino, Milan), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1573  Death of Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian writer (b. 1504) on this day in history.  

1591  On this day in history innocent IX, [Giovanni Facchinetti], Pope, (1591 62 days), dies at 72  

1621  Death of Saint Job of Maniava, Ukrainian Orthodox Saint (b. 1550) on December - 30.