Page 4: Historical Events In December - 30

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

1907  On this day in history christina E "Christine" Auwen, Dutch model/singer (Haghezangers)   

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  On December - 30 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  Crickets S F Barnes takes 5-6 in 1st 11 overs v Aust at MCG on December - 30.   

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  Barnes takes 17 wickets vs South Africa (8-56 & 9-103) on December - 30.   

1913  Svend Simon Schultz, composer on December - 30.   

1914  Bert Parks, [Jacobson], Atlanta Ga, TV host (Miss America) on December - 30.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1919  David Valentine Willcocks, composer on December - 30.   

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  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  On December - 30 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  On this day in history paul Eliot Greens "In Abraham's Bosom," premieres in NYC   

1926  Stanley Tracey, composer on December - 30.   

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

1927  On this day in history japan dedicates 1st subway in Orient (route under 2 miles long)   

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1204  On December - 30 birth of abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (d. 1282)   

1552  On December - 30 birth of simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (d. 1611)   

1566  On December - 30 birth of alessandro Piccinini, composer   

1569  Georg Quitschreiber, composer was born on December - 30.   

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

1644  On December - 30 birth of philips van Almonde, Dutch Zeeuws lt-admiral   

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1525  Jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1572  On December - 30 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 December - 30.   

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