December 30: Significance, Events, and How to Celebrate Natural Disasters & Epidemics

1928  Bo Diddley, [Ellas Bates], Miss, rock `n' roll pioneer (Bo Diddley)   

1929  Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority incorporates   

1929  Cole Porter's musical "Wake Up and Dream," premieres in NYC.   

1929  Barbara Nichols, Jamaica NY, actress (Dear Heart, Disorderly Orderly).   

1930  Jerome Theisen, benedictine.   

1931  Charles A Bassett II, Dayton Ohio, Captain USAF/astronaut.   

1931  Tyrone Power Sr, actor (Big Trial, Test of Donald Norton), dies at 62.   

1932  Bradman out for a duck v England at cricket MCG   

1932  John Hillerman, Denison Tx, actor (Magnum PI, Blazing Saddles).   

1933  -50°F (-46°C) in Bloomfield, Vermont (state record)   

1934  Barry Briggs, NZ auto maker (World Champion 1957, 58, 64, 66).   

1935  Italian bombers destroy Swedish Red Cross unit in Ethiopia.   

1935  Bruno Canino, composer   

1936  The United Auto Workers union stages its inaugural sit-down strike at the Fisher Body Plant in Flint, Michigan.   

1936  United Auto Workers stage 1st sit-down strike, at Fisher Body Plant.   

1938  Electronic television system patented, VK Zworykin   

1939  Bradman scores 267 SA v Vic, world record 34th double cricket century.   

1940  California's 1st freeway, (Arroyo Seco Parkway), opens   

1940  Fritz Volbach, composer, dies at 79   

1941  Al Capone's son Sonny marries in Miami Beach.   

1943  Phillies trade Babe Dahlgren to Pitts for Babe Phelps and cash   

1943  Hobart Bosworth, actor (Woman of Affairs, Big Parade), dies at 76.   

1944  King George II of Greece, renounces his throne.   

1944  King George II of Greece, abdicates his throne   

1944  Romain Roland, French writer/pacifist (Nobel 1915), dies at 78   

1946  Charles Wakefield Cadman, composer, dies at 65.   

1947  King Michael of Romania abdicates the throne, but makes it clear that he is forced out by Communists.   

1947  King Michael of Romania abdicates, allowing a communist republic to be formed.   

1947  36th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1).   

1947  Han [Henricus A] van Meegeren, Dutch painter/art forger, dies at 58.   

1948  Cole Porter's musical Kiss Me, Kate opens on Broadway   

1948  "Kiss Me, Kate" opens at New Century Theater NYC for 1077 performances   

1949  India recognizes People's Republic of China.   

1950  Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia become Independent states in France Union   

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