December 30 in History

Historical Events on December 30

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.
1419

Hundred Years' War: Battle of La Rochelle
1460

Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield.
1702

Queen Anne's War: James Moore, Governor of the Province of Carolina, abandons the Siege of St. Augustine.
1813

War of 1812: British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York.
1816

The Treaty of St. Louis (1816) between the United States and the united Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi Indian tribes is proclaimed.
1825

The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed.
1853

Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.
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.
1897

The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.
1903

A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
1905

Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.
1906

The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh).
1916

Russian mystic and advisor to the Tsar Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was murdered by a loyalist group led by Prince Felix Yusupov. His frozen, partially-trussed body was discovered in a Moscow river three days later.
1916

The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.
1919

Lincoln's Inn in London, England, UK admits its first female bar student.
1922

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed.
1927

The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
1936

The United Auto Workers union stages its first sitdown strike.
1943

Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.
1944

King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant.
1947

Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.
1954

The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation is established to consolidate criminal investigation and intelligence into a single agency.
1958

The Guatemalan Air Force sinks several Mexican fishing boats alleged to have breached maritime borders, killing three and sparking international tension.
1965

Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines.
1972

Vietnam War: The United States halts heavy bombing of North Vietnam.
1993

Israel establishes diplomatic relations with Vatican City and also upgrades to full diplomatic relations with Ireland.
1996

Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.
1997

In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed.
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.
2004

A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.
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.
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.
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.
2013

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

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