Historical Events In December - 30

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

1907  On December - 30 christina E "Christine" Auwen, Dutch model/singer (Haghezangers)   

1908  Montreal Wanderers loses to Edmonton but retain Stanley Cup (4th of 1908). Cup is won by total points in a 2 game series on this day in history.   

1908  Stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers outscore Edmonton, 13-10 in 2 game set on December - 30.   

1910  On December - 30 dennis Morgan, actor (Cattle Town, Canyon Pass, Waterfront)   

1911  Sun Yat-sen elected first President of Republic of China on December - 30.   

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

1911  On December - 30 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  Alfred von Kiderlen-Waechter, German foreign minister, dies at 60 on December - 30.   

1913  On December - 30 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  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  On December - 30 cromarty Harbour, Scot-British cruiser Natal explodes: 405 die   

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 December - 30.   

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

1918  W Eugene Smith, US photographer (Saipan, Walk to Paradise Garden) on December - 30.   

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

1919  On this day in history david Valentine Willcocks, composer   

1920  Aad de Haas, Dutch religious painter/graphic artist/cartoonist on December - 30.   

1921  Michael Hollings, catholic priest/crusader on this day in history.   

1922  Russia becomes the Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics on this day in history.   

1922  On this day in history soviet Union organized as a federation of RSFSR, Ukrainian SSR, Belorussian SSR & Transcaucasian SSR   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history paul Eliot Greens "In Abraham's Bosom," premieres in NYC   

1926  On December - 30 stanley Tracey, composer   

1927  On December - 30 japan dedicates first subway in the Orient (route under 2 miles long)   

1927  On December - 30 japan dedicates 1st subway in Orient (route under 2 miles long)   

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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 December - 30.   

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

1642  On this day in history birth of vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (d. 1707)   

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

1673  Ahmed III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1736) was born on December - 30.   

1678  William Croft, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1572  Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect (Palazza Marino, Milan), dies at 60 on December - 30.   

1573  On this day in history death of giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian writer (b. 1504)   

1591  Innocent IX, [Giovanni Facchinetti], Pope, (1591 62 days), dies at 72 on December - 30.   

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