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  Felix i: Italian bishop of rome,   

1218  Richard de clare: 4th earl of hertford, english politician (b. 1162)   

1460  Richard plantagenet: 3rd duke of york, claimant to the english throne (killed in battle) (b. 1411)   

1525  Death of Jacob fugger: German banker/merchant,   

1572  Death of 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)