Birthdates Which Occur on December 30:
39 Titus 10th Roman emperor (79-81), conqueror of Jerusalem
1818 James Cantey Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1874
1819 John White Geary Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1873
and Theodor Fontane German writer (Effi Briest)
1828 Mark Perrin Lowrey Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885
1851 Asa Griggs Candler developed Coca-Cola
1855 Heinrich Hart German writer (Song of Menschheit)
1865 Rudyard Kipling Bombay, author (Jungle Book, Gunga Din-Nobel 1907)
1867 Simon Guggenheim philanthropist (died aboard Titanic)
1869 Adolphe Max Belgian Rep (Lib)
and Stephen Leacock Canada, economist/humorist/professor
1879 Sri Ramana Maharshi Hindu philosopher/yogi (Maharshi Research Inst)
1880 Alfred Einstein German/US musicologist/nephew of Albert Einstein
1883 Lester Patrick NHL pioneer
1884 Tojo Hideki Japanese PM during WW II
1889 Georg von der Vring German painter/writer (Soldier Suhren)
1898 Vincent Lopez Bkln NY, orch leader (Welcome Aboard)
19-- Bernard Barrow actor (Ryan's Hope, Louie Slavinsky-Loving)
and Jack Riley Cleve Ohio, actor (Carlin-Bob Newhart, Ocassional Wife)
and Patricia Kalember Schnectady NY, actress (Kay O'Brien)
1904 Dmitri Kabalevsky St Petersburg Russia, composer (In the Fire)
1906 Carol Reed motion picture director (3rd Man)
1910 Herman van der Horst cinematographer (Faja Lobbi)
and Paul Bowles US composer/writer (Shelting Sky)
1911 Jeanette Nolan LA Calif, actress (Richard Boone Show, Virginian)
1914 Bert Parks [Jacobson], Atlanta Ga, TV host (Miss America)
1918 W Eugene Smith US photographer (Saipan, Walk to Paradise Garden)
1919 Jo Van Fleet actress (Gunfight at OK Corral, East of Eden)
1921 Rashid Karami Lebanon, 10 time PM of Lebanon
1928 Bo Diddley [Ellas Bates], Miss, rock `n' roll pioneer (Bo Diddley)
and Jack Lord NYC, actor (Steve McGarrett-Hawaii 5-0, God's Little Acre)
1929 Barbara Nichols Jamaica NY, actress (Dear Heart, Disorderly Orderly)
and Bob Bouma TV host
1931 Charles A Bassett II Dayton Ohio, Captain USAF/astronaut
and Skeeter Davis Dry Ridge Ky, singer (End of World)
1932 John Hillerman actor (Magnum PI, Blazing Saddles, Audrey Rose)
1934 Nicolas Coster London, actor (Our Private World, Lobo, Ryan's Four)
and Russ Tamblyn LA Calif, actor (Win Place or Steal, Twin Peaks)
1935 Omar [Albert B] Bongo president of Gabon (1984- )
and Sandy Koufax Dodger pitcher (Cy Young '63, '65, '66, perfect-1967)
1937 John Hartford NYC, singer/songwriter (Smothers Brothers Hour)
1938 Joseph Bologna actor (Citizen Cohn)
1939 Del Shannon [Charlie Westover], rocker (Runaway)
and Doeke Eisma sociologist/Dutch 2nd chamber member (D66)
1942 Michael Nesmith Houston, rocker (Monkees-Last Train to Clarksville)
1945 Davy Jones Manchester Eng, singer (Monkees-Last Train to Clarksville)
1946 Patti Smith US singer
1947 Jeff Lynne rocker (ELO-Telephone Line, Travelling Wilburys)
and Michael Burns Mineola LI, actor (Barnaby West-Wagon Train)
1952 Somtow Sucharitkul [SP Somtow], Thailand, sf author (Utopia Hunters)
1953 Daniel T Barry Norwalk Ct, Phd/astronaut
1956 "Ch‚rie" Samba (Mbimba N'zinga) Za‹re painter (Pitie la prostitu‚e)
1958 Brandon Clark NYC, actor (Sean-The Fitzpatricks)
and Steven L Smith Phoenix Arizona, astronaut
1959 Tracey Ullman singer/actress (Tracey Ullman Show)
1961 Ben Johnson 100m runner (Olympic-gold-1988-disqualified)
1962 Paul Crowder rocker (The Adventures-Sea of Love)
1963 Alessandra Mussolini Naples Italy, actress (Ferragosto OK)
and Johnny van 't Schip soccer star (Ajax)
1964 Kimberly Taylor [Cindy], model/Penthouse Pet (1990)
1972 Maureen Flannigan actress (Evie-Out of this World)
1983 Rachel & Ross Trudeau twins of Jane Pauley & Gerry Trudeau
Deaths Which Occured December 30:
273 Felix I Italian Bishop of Rome, dies (or 274)
1572 Galeazzo Alessi Italian architect (Palazza Marino, Milan), dies at 60
1591 Innocent IX [Giovanni Facchinetti], Pope, (1591 62 days), dies at 72
1635 Jan Baptista Van Helmont physician/alchemist dies
1777 Maximilian III Jozef ruler of Bayern (1745-77), dies at 50
1832 Abijah Hammond owned large portion of Greenwich Village, dies
1894 Amelia Jenks Bloomer suffragist dies (Bloomers named for her)
1896 Jos‚ Mercado Rizal anti-Spanish rule of Philippines proponent dies
1912 Alfred von Kiderlen-Waechter German foreign minister, dies
1944 Romain Roland French writer, dies
1947 Han [Henricus A) van Meegeren painter/art forger, dies at 58
1951 Jozef E Stokvis Dutch 2nd Chamber member (SDAP), dies
1966 Christian A Herter US Min of Foreign affairs (1959-61), dies at 71
Holidays Which Occur December 30:
Bolivia, Chile Bank Holiday
Iran Birthday of Iman Reza
Italy New Year's Eve
Philippiines Rizal Day (anniversary of his death) (1896)
1231 El Salvador Bank Holiday
Religious Observances on December 30:
Things to Remember for December 30:
Flowers-narcissus, poinsettia & holly Gems-turquoise & zircon
National Indigestion Season
21 Days Astrological sign: Capricorn
Highlights in History Which Occur December 30:
274 St Felix I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1703 Tokyo hit by Earthquake; about 37,000 die
1809 Wearing masks at balls forbidden in Boston
1817 1st coffee planted in Hawaii
1835 After gold discovery in Ga, Cherokees forced to move across Miss R
1836 Lehman-theater in St Petersburg catches fire; 100 die
1844 Opera "Stradella" after being rewritten is produced (Hamburg)
1853 Gadsden Purchase 45,000ý mi (120,000ý km) by Gila River from M‚xico
for $10 million Area is now southern Arizona & New M‚xico
1854 Pennsylvania Rock Oil Co, 1st in US, incorporated in NYC
1861 US, banks stops payments in gold
1869 Philadelphia Knights of Labor forms
1875 Andrassy Note calls for Christian-Muslim religious freedoms
1892 Dr Miles V Lynk, physician, publishes 1st Black medical journal
1896 Montreal Victorias beat Winn Victorias 6-5 for Stanley Cup
1897 Province of Zululand annexed to Natal colony
1903 Fire at Chicago's Iriquois Theater kills 602. Forcing adoption
and 602 die as flames swept through Iroquois Theater in Chicago
and American Political Science Association founded at New Orleans
and Fire at Chicago's Iriquois Theater kills 602
of 1st national fire codes for public buildings.
1906 Iran becomes a constitutional monarchy
1907 Abraham Mills' commission declares Abner Doubleday invented baseball
1908 Montreal Wanderers loses to Edmonton but retain Stanley Cup (4th of
1908). Cup is won by total points in a 2 game series
1911 Sun Yat-sen elected 1st pres of Republic of China
1915 Cromarty Harbour, Scot-British cruiser Natal explodes: 405 die
1917 -32øF (-36øC) in Mountain City, Tennessee (state record)
and -37øF (-38øC) in Lewisburg, WV (state record)
1922 Soviet Union organized as a federation of RSFSR, Ukrainian SSR,
Belorussian SSR & Transcaucasian SSR
1924 Edwin Hubble announces existence of other galactic systems
1927 Japan dedicates 1st subway in Orient (route under 2 miles long)
1929 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1140 Crimea
and Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority incorporates
1933 -50øF (-46øC) in Bloomfield, Vermont (state record)
and Govt disallows NSB-membership for civil service
1935 Italian bombers destroy Swedish Red Cross unit in Ethiopia
1936 United Auto Workers stage 1st sit-down strike, at Fisher Body Plant
1937 M Laugier discovers asteroid #1461 Jean-Jacques
1938 Electronic television system patented, VK Zworykin
1940 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2750 Loviisa
1941 Al Capone's son Sonny marries in Miami Beach
1944 King George II of Greece, abdicates his throne
1947 King Michael of Romania, forced by communists abdicates his throne
and Romanian republic proclaimed
and US win Davis Cup tennis tournament
1949 India recognizes People's Republic of China
1950 Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia become Independent states in France Union
1952 Tuskegee Inst reports 1952 as 1st yr in 71 with no lynchings in US
1956 NY Giants beat Chicago Bears 47-7 in NFL championship game
1957 Israeli govt of Ben Gurion, resigns
and New York Giants win NFL championship
1958 French franc devalued
1959 George Washington, 1st ballistic missile sub commissioned
1962 Green Bay Packers beat NY Giants 16-7 in NFL championship game
1963 Congress authorizes Kennedy half dollar
and Green Bay Packers win NFL championship
1965 Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroid #2197 Shanghai
1967 Beatles' "Hello Goodbye," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks
1968 -48øF (-44øC), Mazama & Winthrop, Washington (state record)
1971 Long Island NHL franchise purchased (NY Islanders)
1972 Pres Nixon halts bombing of North Vietnam & announces peace talks
and T Smirnova discovers asteroid #3119 Dobronravin
1973 1st picture of a comet from space (Comet Kohoutek-Skylab)
and Miami Dolphins beat Oakland Raiders 27-10 in AFC championship game
and Minn Vikings beat Dallas Cowboys 27-10 in NFC championship game
1975 Constitution of Democratic Republic of Madagascar comes into force
1977 Carter holds 1st news conf by US pres in Eastern Europe (Warsaw)
1978 Harvard College discovers asteroid #2240 Tsai
and Ohio State dismisses Woody Hayes as its football coach
1979 Rock group, Emerson, Lake & Palmer break up
and Togo adopts constitution
1980 A Mrkos discovers asteroid #2971
and Z Vavrova discovers asteroid #2365 Interkosmos
1981 E Bowell disc asteroid #2984 Chaucer, #3247 Di Martino & #3549 Hapke
and F Dossin discovers asteroid #3198 Wallonia
and 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) & Macho Man Randy Savage (Poffo) wed
1985 IBM-PC DOS Version 3.2 released
and Pakistan restores constitution
1988 Canadian Senate OK's free trade pact; with US
and Former Soviet Pres Brezhnev's son-in-law sentenced to 12-yr (bribery)
and Mercedes-Benz pays $20.2-M fine failed to meet '86 govt fuel standard
and North subpoenas Reagan & Bush as defense witnesses for upcoming trial
Your Special Reminders for December 30:
1952 62øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
1943 3øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 364th day of year with 1 days left (Numerology = 6)
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