Historical Events In December - 30

1977  Carter holds first news conference by US President in Eastern Europe (Warsaw) on this day in history.  

1978  On December - 30 ohio State dismisses Woody Hayes as its football coach  

1979  On December - 30 rock group, Emerson, Lake & Palmer break up  

1979  On December - 30 richard Rodgers, composer (Rogers & Hammerstein), dies at 77  

1980  On December - 30 nBC cancels The Wonderful World of Disney, the longest-running prime time TV show in history. Disney now owns the ABC TV network.  

1981  Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record of 50 goals by 39th game of season on this day in history.  

1982  On December - 30 uS Assay Office in New York City NY closes  

1984  On this day in history miss Elizabeth (Hulette) & Macho Man Randy Savage (Poffo) wed  

1985  On December - 30 iBM-PC DOS Version 3.2 released  

1985  On this day in history president Zia of Pakistan ends martial law  

1986  On December - 30 uS begins Military exercises in Honduras  

1986  Jiri Jaroch, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1988  On December - 30 canadian Senate OK's free trade pact; with US  

1988  Former Soviet President Brezhnev's son-in-law sentenced to 12-yr (bribery) on December - 30.  

1988  On December - 30 mercedes-Benz pays $20.2-M fine failed to meet '86 government fuel standard  

1988  North subpoenas Reagan & Bush as defense witnesses for upcoming trial on December - 30.  

1988  On this day in history the Yugoslavian government resigns over problems in Serbia  

1988  On this day in history yugoslav government resigns  

1989  On December - 30 madoline Thomas, actress (Girl in the Canal), dies  

1992  On this day in history caesar [Caesar] Domela, painter/son of Ferdinand D Nieuwenhuis, dies  

1993  On this day in history mack David, US songwriter (Bachelor in Paradise), dies at 81  

1994  Two are killed and five wounded when a gunman opens fire at two Boston area abortion clinics on this day in history.  

1994  US Army pilot Bobby Hall is free, some 13 days after his helicopter is downed (resulting in the death of his co-pilot David Hilemon) by North Korea. Dec 30, 1993 Israel and the Vatican agree to recognize each other on this day in history.  

1994  On December - 30 lloyd James Austin, french Scholar, dies at 79  

1995  On December - 30 heiner Muller, dramatist, dies at 66  

1996  Jack Nance, actor (Meatballs 4, Whore, Voodoo), murdered at 53 on this day in history.  

2006  On December - 30 saddam Hussein, former Iraq president, is executed in Baghdad.  

2006  The Free State Project completes its "First 1,000" pledge on this day in history.  

2006  On this day in history the M/V Senopati Nusantara sinks in Indonesia with several hundred casualties.  

2006  Deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is hanged in Baghdad on this day in history.  

2008  On this day in history dick Green, Canadian actor  

2011  On December - 30 eva Zeisel, Hungarian-born ceramic designer, dies at 105  

2012  On this day in history 19 people are killed by a suicide bomber in Balochistan, Pakistan  

2018  On this day in history patrick Mahomes becomes only the 2nd quarterback in NFL history to throw for 5,000 yards and 50 touchdowns during KC Chiefs' 35-3 win over Oakland Raiders; achieves both marks with 3rd quarter 89-yard TD pass to Demarcus Robinson  

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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  On this day in history birth of alessandro Piccinini, composer  

1569  On December - 30 birth of georg Quitschreiber, composer  

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 December - 30.  

1678  William Croft, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1218  On December - 30 death of richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1162)  

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

1572  On this day in history galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect (Palazza Marino, Milan), dies at 60  

1573  On this day in history death of giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian writer (b. 1504)  

1591  On December - 30 innocent IX, [Giovanni Facchinetti], Pope, (1591 62 days), dies at 72  

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