Page 4: Historical Events In December - 30

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

1907  Christina E "Christine" Auwen, Dutch model/singer (Haghezangers) on December - 30.   

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 December - 30 stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers outscore Edmonton, 13-10 in 2 game set   

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 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  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 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 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 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 this day in history 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  Lincoln's Inn in London admits its first female bar student on December - 30.   

1919  On this day in history david Valentine Willcocks, composer   

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

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

1922  On December - 30 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  On December - 30 edwin Hubble announces existence of other galactic systems   

1925  On December - 30 nSW score 705 against Victoria, go from 8-475 to 9-701   

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

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

1566  Alessandro Piccinini, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1673  On December - 30 birth of ahmed III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1736)   

1678  On December - 30 birth of william Croft, composer   

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

1218  Death of Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1162) on December - 30.   

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  On this day in history 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 December - 30.   

1621  Death of Saint Job of Maniava, Ukrainian Orthodox Saint (b. 1550) on December - 30.