December 30

Historic Events

2020

A large explosion at the airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden kills at least 22 people and wounds 50. ›

2013

More than 100 people are killed when anti-government forces attack key buildings in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. ›

2009

A segment of the Lanzhou–Zhengzhou–Changsha pipeline ruptures in Shaanxi, China, and approximately 150,000 L (40,000 US gal) of diesel oil flows down the Wei River before finally reaching the Yellow River. ›

2009

A suicide bomber kills nine people at Forward Operating Base Chapman, a key facility of the Central Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan. ›

2006

Madrid–Barajas Airport is bombed. ›

2006

The Indonesian passenger ferry MV Senopati Nusantara sinks in a storm, resulting in at least 400 deaths. ›

2006

Former president of Iraq Saddam Hussein is executed. ›

2005

Tropical Storm Zeta forms in the open Atlantic Ocean, tying the record for the latest tropical cyclone ever to form in the North Atlantic basin. ›

2004

A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 194. ›

2000

Rizal Day bombings: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines within a period of a few hours, killing 22 and injuring about a hundred. ›

1997

In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed. ›

1996

Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel. ›

1993

Israel establishes diplomatic relations with Vatican City and also upgrades to full diplomatic relations with Ireland. ›

1987

Stella Sigcau, Prime minister of the South African Bantustan of Transkei, is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General Bantu Holomisa. ›

1972

Vietnam War: Operation Linebacker II ends. ›

1970

Hurricane Creek mine disaster, near Hyden, Kentucky ›

1967

Aeroflot Flight L-51 crashes near Liepāja International Airport in Liepāja, Latvia, killing 43. ›

1958

The Guatemalan Air Force sinks several Mexican fishing boats alleged to have breached maritime borders, killing three and sparking international tension. ›

1954

The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation is established to consolidate criminal investigation and intelligence into a single agency. ›

1952

An RAF Avro Lancaster bomber crashes in Luqa, Malta after an engine failure, killing three crew members and a civilian on the ground. ›

1947

Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania. ›

1944

King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant. ›

1943

Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair. ›

1936

The Flint sit-down strike hits General Motors. ›

1935

The Italian Air Force bombs a Swedish Red Cross hospital during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War. ›

1927

The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan. ›

1922

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is formed. ›

1916

Russian mystic and advisor to the Tsar Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin is murdered by a loyalist group led by Prince Felix Yusupov. His frozen, partially-trussed body was discovered in a Petrograd river three days later. ›

1916

The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita. ›

1906

The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh). ›

1905

Former Idaho governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell. ›

1903

A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605. ›

1902

The Discovery Expedition under Robert Falcon Scott attains a Farthest South at 82°17′S in Antarctica. ›

1897

The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand. ›

1896

Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila. ›

1896

Canadian ice hockey player Ernie McLea scores the first hat-trick in Stanley Cup play, and the Cup-winning goal as the Montreal Victorias defeat the Winnipeg Victorias 6–5. ›

1890

Following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States Army and Lakota warriors face off in the Drexel Mission Fight. ›

1853

Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest. ›

1825

The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed. ›

1816

The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the united Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi Indian tribes is proclaimed. ›

1702

Queen Anne's War: James Moore, Governor of the Province of Carolina, abandons the Siege of St. Augustine. ›

1641

Reapers' War: Louis XIII of France swears the Catalan constitutions, being appointed Count of Barcelona and thus establishing the personal union of the Principality of Catalonia with the Kingdom of France. ›

1460

Wars of the Roses: Lancastrians kill the 3rd Duke of York and win the Battle of Wakefield. ›

1419

Hundred Years' War: Battle of La Rochelle. ›

1066

Granada massacre: A Muslim mob storms the royal palace in Granada, crucifies Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacres most of the Jewish population of the city. ›

999

Battle of Glenmama: The combined forces of Munster and Meath under king Brian Boru inflict a crushing defeat on the allied armies of Leinster and Dublin near Lyons Hill in Ireland. ›

534

The second and final edition of the Code of Justinian comes into effect in the Byzantine Empire. ›