Page 4: Historical Events In December - 30

1907  Abraham Mills' commission declares Abner Doubleday invented baseball on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers outscore Edmonton, 13-10 in 2 game set   

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  Sun Yat-sen is elected as the first president of the Republic of China on December - 30.   

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

1911  On this day in history jeanette Nolan, LA Calif, actress (Richard Boone Show, Virginian)   

1912  On this day in history alfred von Kiderlen-Waechter, German foreign minister, dies at 60   

1913  On December - 30 barnes takes 17 wickets vs South Africa (8-56 & 9-103)   

1913  On this day in history svend Simon Schultz, composer   

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  On this day in history cromarty Harbour, Scot-British cruiser Natal explodes: 405 die   

1916  On this day in history in Russia, Rasputin 'the mad monk' is murdered   

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

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

1918  On this day in history 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  On December - 30 lincoln's Inn in London admits its first female bar student.   

1919  On December - 30 david Valentine Willcocks, composer   

1920  On this day in history aad de Haas, Dutch religious painter/graphic artist/cartoonist   

1921  On December - 30 michael Hollings, catholic priest/crusader   

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 December - 30.   

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  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 this day in history stanley Tracey, composer   

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

1927  Japan dedicates 1st subway in Orient (route under 2 miles long) on December - 30.   

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1204  Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (d. 1282) was born on December - 30.   

1552  Simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (d. 1611) was born on this day in history.   

1566  On December - 30 birth of alessandro Piccinini, composer   

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

1642  On December - 30 birth of vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (d. 1707)   

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 December - 30.   

1678  William Croft, composer was born on December - 30.   

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

1218  Death of Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1162) on this day in history.   

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

1525  Jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant, dies at 66 on December - 30.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1621  On December - 30 death of saint Job of Maniava, Ukrainian Orthodox Saint (b. 1550)