Page 4: Historical Events In December - 30

1907  On December - 30 abraham Mills' commission declares Abner Doubleday invented baseball   

1907  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history dennis Morgan, actor (Cattle Town, Canyon Pass, Waterfront)   

1911  On this day in history sun Yat-sen elected first President of Republic of China   

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 this day in history.   

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  Barnes takes 17 wickets vs South Africa (8-56 & 9-103) on this day in history.   

1913  On December - 30 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 December - 30.   

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 December - 30.   

1917  Nancy Coleman, Everett WA, actress (Edge of Darkness) on December - 30.   

1918  John E Hoover decides to be called J Edgar Hoover on December - 30.   

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 this day in history.   

1919  On December - 30 david Valentine Willcocks, composer   

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

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

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

1922  Soviet Union organized as a federation of RSFSR, Ukrainian SSR, Belorussian SSR & Transcaucasian SSR on this day in history.   

1922  On this day in history vladimir Lenin establishes the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.   

1923  Sara A Lidman, Swedish author (Jag Och Min Son, Samtal in Hanoi) on this day in history.   

1924  On December - 30 edwin Hubble announces existence of other galactic systems   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1552  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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  Death of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (killed in battle) (b. 1411) on this day in history.   

1525  On December - 30 jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant, dies at 66   

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)