Historical Events In December - 30

1907  On this day in history abraham Mills' commission declares Abner Doubleday invented baseball  

1907  Christina E "Christine" Auwen, Dutch model/singer (Haghezangers) on December - 30.  

1908  On December - 30 montreal Wanderers loses to Edmonton but retain Stanley Cup (4th of 1908). Cup is won by total points in a 2 game series  

1908  Stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers outscore Edmonton, 13-10 in 2 game set on this day in history.  

1910  On this day in history dennis Morgan, actor (Cattle Town, Canyon Pass, Waterfront)  

1911  Sun Yat-sen elected first President of Republic of China on this day in history.  

1911  On this day in history sun Yat-sen is elected as the first president of the Republic of China.  

1911  On this day in history crickets S F Barnes takes 5-6 in 1st 11 overs v Aust at MCG  

1911  On December - 30 jeanette Nolan, LA Calif, actress (Richard Boone Show, Virginian)  

1912  On December - 30 alfred von Kiderlen-Waechter, German foreign minister, dies at 60  

1913  On this day in history barnes takes 17 wickets vs South Africa (8-56 & 9-103)  

1913  Svend Simon Schultz, composer on December - 30.  

1914  Bert Parks, [Jacobson], Atlanta Ga, TV host (Miss America) on this day in history.  

1915  On this day in history hMS Natal, blew up and sank at her moorings in the Cromarty Firth, Scotland, over 400 lives lost. Sources differ about the date with some giving it as 31st. The cause was speculated about at the time and sabotage was feared by some but the official enquiry put it down to a cordite explosion which becomes unstable when overheated. Other ships had suffered a similar fate, and this is the most likely explanation.  

1915  Cromarty Harbour, Scot-British cruiser Natal explodes: 405 die on December - 30.  

1916  In Russia, Rasputin 'the mad monk' is murdered on December - 30.  

1917  On December - 30 -32°F (-36°C) in Mountain City, Tennessee (state record)  

1917  Nancy Coleman, Everett WA, actress (Edge of Darkness) on this day in history.  

1918  On December - 30 john E Hoover decides to be called J Edgar Hoover  

1918  On December - 30 w Eugene Smith, US photographer (Saipan, Walk to Paradise Garden)  

1919  Lincoln's Inn in London admits its first female bar student on December - 30.  

1919  On this day in history david Valentine Willcocks, composer  

1920  On December - 30 aad de Haas, Dutch religious painter/graphic artist/cartoonist  

1921  Michael Hollings, catholic priest/crusader on December - 30.  

1922  Russia becomes the Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics on December - 30.  

1922  On December - 30 soviet Union organized as a federation of RSFSR, Ukrainian SSR, Belorussian SSR & Transcaucasian SSR  

1922  On this day in history vladimir Lenin establishes the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.  

1923  On this day in history sara A Lidman, Swedish author (Jag Och Min Son, Samtal in Hanoi)  

1924  Edwin Hubble announces existence of other galactic systems on this day in history.  

1925  NSW score 705 against Victoria, go from 8-475 to 9-701 on December - 30.  

1926  Paul Eliot Greens "In Abraham's Bosom," premieres in NYC on December - 30.  

1926  Stanley Tracey, composer on this day in history.  

1927  Japan dedicates first subway in the Orient (route under 2 miles long) on this day in history.  

1927  Japan dedicates 1st subway in Orient (route under 2 miles long) on this day in history.  

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1204  Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (d. 1282) was born on this day in history.  

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

1566  Alessandro Piccinini, composer was born on December - 30.  

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

1642  Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (d. 1707) was born on this day in history.  

1644  Philips van Almonde, Dutch Zeeuws lt-admiral was born on December - 30.  

1673  On this day in history birth of ahmed III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1736)  

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

0273  On this day in history felix I, Italian Bishop of Rome, dies (or 274)  

1218  Death of Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1162) on December - 30.  

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

1525  On this day in history jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant, dies at 66  

1572  On this day in history galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect (Palazza Marino, Milan), dies at 60  

1573  On December - 30 death of giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian writer (b. 1504)  

1591  Innocent IX, [Giovanni Facchinetti], Pope, (1591 62 days), dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1621  Death of Saint Job of Maniava, Ukrainian Orthodox Saint (b. 1550) on this day in history.