Page 7: Historical Events In December - 30

1978  Ohio State dismisses Woody Hayes as its football coach   

1979  Rock group, Emerson, Lake and Palmer break up   

1979  Richard Rodgers, composer (Rogers and Hammerstein), dies at 77   

1980  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   

1982  US Assay Office in New York City NY closes   

1984  Miss Elizabeth (Hulette) and Macho Man Randy Savage (Poffo) wed   

1985  IBM-PC DOS Version 3.2 released   

1985  President Zia of Pakistan ends martial law   

1986  US begins Military exercises in Honduras.   

1986  Jiri Jaroch, composer, dies at 66.   

1988  Canadian Senate OK's free trade pact; with US   

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

1988  Mercedes-Benz pays $20.2-M fine failed to meet '86 government fuel standard.   

1988  North subpoenas Reagan and Bush as defense witnesses for upcoming trial.   

1988  The Yugoslavian government steps down over problems in Serbia   

1988  Yugoslav government steps down.   

1989  Madoline Thomas, actress (Girl in the Canal), dies.   

1992  Caesar [Caesar] Domela, painter/son of Ferdinand D Nieuwenhuis, dies.   

1993  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   

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.   

1994  Lloyd James Austin, french Scholar, dies at 79.   

1995  Heiner Muller, dramatist, dies at 66   

1996  Jack Nance, actor (Meatballs 4, Whore, Voodoo), murdered at 53.   

2006  Saddam Hussein, former Iraq president, is executed in Baghdad   

2006  The Free State Project completes its "inaugural 1000" pledge   

2006  The M/V Senopati Nusantara sinks in Indonesia with several hundred casualties   

2006  Deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is hanged in Baghdad   

2008  Dick Green, Canadian actor   

2011  Eva Zeisel, Hungarian-born ceramic designer, dies at 105.   

2012  19 people are killed by a suicide bomber in Balochistan, Pakistan   

2018  Patrick Mahomes is recorded as becoming only the 2nd quarterback in NFL history to throw for 5000 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.   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] The United Kingdom approves AstraZeneca-Oxford's vaccine, the second one available. The vaccine is easier to store as it only requires normal fridge temperatures, making distribution easier   

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1204  Abû 'uthmân sa'îd hakam al qurashi: Ruler of minorca   

1552  Simon forman: English occultist and astrologer   

1566  Alessandro piccinini: Composer   

1569  Georg quitschreiber: Composer   

1642  Vincenzo da filicaja: Italian poet   

1644  Philips van almonde: Dutch zeeuws lt-admiral   

1673  Ahmed iii: Ottoman sultan   

1678  William croft: Composer   

0273  Death of Felix i: Italian bishop of rome,   

1218  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)   

1525  Jacob fugger: German banker/merchant,   

1572  Galeazzo alessi: Italian architect (palazza marino, milan),   

1573  Death of Giovanni battista giraldi: Italian writer (b. 1504)   

1591  Death of Innocent ix: [giovanni facchinetti], pope, (1591 62 days),   

1621  Saint job of maniava: Ukrainian orthodox saint (b. 1550)