Historical Events In December - 30

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

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

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

1910  Dennis Morgan, actor (Cattle Town, Canyon Pass, Waterfront) on December - 30.  

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 this day in history.  

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 December - 30.  

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  Svend Simon Schultz, composer on December - 30.  

1914  On this day in history bert Parks, [Jacobson], Atlanta Ga, TV host (Miss America)  

1915  On December - 30 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  On December - 30 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 this day in history.  

1917  On December - 30 nancy Coleman, Everett WA, actress (Edge of Darkness)  

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

1918  On this day in history 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 December - 30 david Valentine Willcocks, composer  

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

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

1922  On this day in history russia becomes the Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics  

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

1922  On December - 30 vladimir Lenin establishes the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.  

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 December - 30.  

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

1926  On this day in history stanley Tracey, composer  

1927  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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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  Alessandro Piccinini, composer was born on December - 30.  

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

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

1644  On December - 30 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 this day in history.  

0273  On December - 30 felix I, Italian Bishop of Rome, dies (or 274)  

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

1460  On this day in history 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  Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect (Palazza Marino, Milan), dies at 60 on December - 30.  

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 December - 30.  

1621  On this day in history death of saint Job of Maniava, Ukrainian Orthodox Saint (b. 1550)