Historical Events In December - 30

1907  Abraham Mills' commission declares Abner Doubleday invented baseball on December - 30.   

1907  Christina E "Christine" Auwen, Dutch model/singer (Haghezangers) on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history 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 December - 30.   

1910  Dennis Morgan, actor (Cattle Town, Canyon Pass, Waterfront) on this day in history.   

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

1911  On December - 30 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  Jeanette Nolan, LA Calif, actress (Richard Boone Show, Virginian) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history bert Parks, [Jacobson], Atlanta Ga, TV host (Miss America)   

1915  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 on December - 30.   

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

1916  On December - 30 in Russia, Rasputin 'the mad monk' is murdered   

1917  -32°F (-36°C) in Mountain City, Tennessee (state record) on this day in history.   

1917  Nancy Coleman, Everett WA, actress (Edge of Darkness) on December - 30.   

1918  John E Hoover decides to be called J Edgar Hoover on this day in history.   

1918  W Eugene Smith, US photographer (Saipan, Walk to Paradise Garden) on this day in history.   

1919  On this day in history lincoln's Inn in London admits its first female bar student.   

1919  David Valentine Willcocks, composer on this day in history.   

1920  Aad de Haas, Dutch religious painter/graphic artist/cartoonist on this day in history.   

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

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

1922  Soviet Union organized as a federation of RSFSR, Ukrainian SSR, Belorussian SSR & Transcaucasian SSR on this day in history.   

1922  Vladimir Lenin establishes the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on December - 30.   

1923  Sara A Lidman, Swedish author (Jag Och Min Son, Samtal in Hanoi) on December - 30.   

1924  On this day in history edwin Hubble announces existence of other galactic systems   

1925  NSW score 705 against Victoria, go from 8-475 to 9-701 on this day in history.   

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

1926  On December - 30 stanley Tracey, composer   

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  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  Alessandro Piccinini, composer was born on this day in history.   

1569  Georg Quitschreiber, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1644  On this day in history birth of philips van Almonde, Dutch Zeeuws lt-admiral   

1673  Ahmed III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1736) was born on this day in history.   

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

0273  Felix I, Italian Bishop of Rome, dies (or 274) on this day in history.   

1218  On this day in history death of richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1162)   

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

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

1572  On December - 30 galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect (Palazza Marino, Milan), dies at 60   

1573  Death of Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian writer (b. 1504) on December - 30.   

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 December - 30.