Historical Events In December - 30

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

1978  Ohio State dismisses Woody Hayes as its football coach on this day in history.  

1979  On this day in history rock group, Emerson, Lake & Palmer break up  

1979  On this day in history 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  On December - 30 wayne Gretzky sets NHL record of 50 goals by 39th game of season  

1982  US Assay Office in New York City NY closes on this day in history.  

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

1985  IBM-PC DOS Version 3.2 released on this day in history.  

1985  President Zia of Pakistan ends martial law on December - 30.  

1986  On this day in history uS begins Military exercises in Honduras  

1986  On this day in history jiri Jaroch, composer, dies at 66  

1988  Canadian Senate OK's free trade pact; with US on December - 30.  

1988  On December - 30 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 on this day in history.  

1988  On December - 30 north subpoenas Reagan & Bush as defense witnesses for upcoming trial  

1988  On December - 30 the Yugoslavian government resigns over problems in Serbia  

1988  On December - 30 yugoslav government resigns  

1989  Madoline Thomas, actress (Girl in the Canal), dies on this day in history.  

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

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

1994  On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

1994  On this day in history 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 December - 30.  

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  The M/V Senopati Nusantara sinks in Indonesia with several hundred casualties on this day in history.  

2006  On this day in history deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is hanged in Baghdad  

2008  Dick Green, Canadian actor on this day in history.  

2011  On this day in history 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  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 on December - 30.  

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1204  On December - 30 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  On December - 30 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  On December - 30 felix I, Italian Bishop of Rome, dies (or 274)  

1218  Death of Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1162) on this day in history.  

1460  On this day in history death of richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (killed in battle) (b. 1411)  

1525  Jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant, dies at 66 on December - 30.  

1572  Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect (Palazza Marino, Milan), dies at 60 on December - 30.  

1573  On December - 30 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  Death of Saint Job of Maniava, Ukrainian Orthodox Saint (b. 1550) on this day in history.