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Events on the 30th of December in history

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30 Dec 0274 St Felix I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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30 Dec 0987 French King Hugo Capet crowns his son Robert the compassionate king
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30 Dec 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.
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30 Dec 1317 Pontifical degree "Sancta Romania" against spiritualists
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30 Dec 1460 Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield.
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30 Dec 1621 English king James I cracks Protestation of Parliament
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30 Dec 1665 "Messiah" Sjabtai Tswi departs to Constantinople
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30 Dec 1666 Abraham Crijnssen departs to Suriname
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30 Dec 1672 Baron Karl Rabenhaupt occupies Coevorden Netherlands
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30 Dec 1685 Don Francisco de Agurto installed as land guardian of South Netherlands
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30 Dec 1689 Henry Purcell and Tates opera "Dido and Aeneas, " premieres in Chesea
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30 Dec 1689 Henry Purcell & Tates opera "Dido & Aeneas" premieres in Chesea
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30 Dec 1702 Queen Anne's War: James Moore, Governor of the Province of Carolina, abandons the Siege of St. Augustine.
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30 Dec 1703 Tokyo hit by Earthquake; about 37,000 die
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30 Dec 1731 1st US music concert (Peter Pelham's great room in Boston)
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30 Dec 1794 French troops conquer Grave Netherlands
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30 Dec 1809 Wearing masks at balls forbidden in Boston
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30 Dec 1813 War of 1812: British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York.
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30 Dec 1813 Danzig surrenders to allied armies
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30 Dec 1816 The Treaty of St. Louis (1816) between the United States and the united Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi Indian tribes is proclaimed.
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30 Dec 1817 1st coffee planted in Hawaii (Kona)
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30 Dec 1825 The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed.
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30 Dec 1835 After gold discovery in Georgia, Cherokees are forced to move across Mississippi River
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30 Dec 1835 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin sails from New Zealand to Sydney
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30 Dec 1836 Lehman-theater in St Petersburg catches fire; 100s die
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30 Dec 1844 Opera "Stradella" after being rewritten is produced (Hamburg)
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30 Dec 1844 The opera "Stradella" is produced (Hamburg) after being rewritten
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30 Dec 1853 Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.
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30 Dec 1853 Gadsden Purchase - 45,000 square miles (120,000 km) by Gila River from M
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30 Dec 1854 Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company, 1st in US, incorporated in New York NY
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30 Dec 1861 US, banks stops payments in gold
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30 Dec 1869 Philadelphia Knights of Labor forms
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30 Dec 1873 American Metrological Society forms (New York NY) weights, measures & money
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30 Dec 1875 Andrassy Note calls for Christian-Muslim religious freedoms
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30 Dec 1877 Johnannes Brahms' 2nd Symphony in D, premieres in Vienna
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30 Dec 1879 Gilbert & Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzance" premieres
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30 Dec 1884 Anton Bruckner's 7th Symphony in E, premieres in Leipzig
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30 Dec 1888 Belgium: king Leopold II installs Order of African Star
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30 Dec 1892 Dr Miles V Lynk, physician, publishes 1st Black medical journal
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30 Dec 1893 Russia signs military accord with France
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30 Dec 1896 Stanley Cup: Montreal Victorias beat Winnipeg Victorias, 6-5
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30 Dec 1896 Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila, Philippines.
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30 Dec 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.
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30 Dec 1897 The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.
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30 Dec 1897 Province of Zululand annexed to Natal colony
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30 Dec 1903 A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
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30 Dec 1903 602 die as flames swept through Iroquois Theater in Chicago IL
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30 Dec 1903 American Political Science Association founded at New Orleans LA
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30 Dec 1905 Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.
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30 Dec 1906 The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India. It went on to lay the foundations of Pakistan.
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30 Dec 1906 Iran becomes a constitutional monarchy
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30 Dec 1907 Abraham Mills' commission declares Abner Doubleday invented baseball
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30 Dec 1908 Stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers outscore Edmonton, 13-10 in 2 game set
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30 Dec 1908 Stanley Cup: Montr
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30 Dec 1911 Sun Yat-sen elected 1st President of the Republic of China
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30 Dec 1911 Crickets S F Barnes takes 5-6 in 1st 11 overs vs Australia at MCG
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30 Dec 1913 Barnes takes 17 wickets vs. South Africa (8-56 & 9-103)
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30 Dec 1915 Cromarty Harbour, Scottish-British cruiser Natal explodes: 405 die
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30 Dec 1916 The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.
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30 Dec 1917 -32
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30 Dec 1917 -37
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30 Dec 1918 John E Hoover decides to be called J Edgar Hoover
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30 Dec 1919 Lincoln's Inn in London, England, UK admits its first female bar student.
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30 Dec 1922 The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed.
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30 Dec 1922 Soviet Union organized as a federation of RSFSR, Ukrainian SSR, Belorussian SSR & Transcaucasian SSR
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30 Dec 1924 Edwin Hubble announces existence of other galactic systems
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30 Dec 1925 New South Wales score 705 against Victoria, go from 8-475 to 9-701
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30 Dec 1926 Chicago Tribune reports the Tigers threw a 4-game series to the White Sox in 1917 to help Chicago win the pennant (never substaniated)
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30 Dec 1926 Paul Eliot Greens "In Abraham's Bosom" premieres in New York NY
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30 Dec 1927 The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
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30 Dec 1927 Japan dedicates 1st subway in the Orient (route under 2 miles long)
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30 Dec 1929 Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority incorporates
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30 Dec 1929 Cole Porter's musical "Wake Up & Dream" premieres in New York NY
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30 Dec 1932 Bradman out for a duck vs England at cricket MCG
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30 Dec 1933 -50
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30 Dec 1933 Government disallows NSB-membership for civil service
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30 Dec 1933 Jack Badcock scores 274 vs Victoria, Tasmania's 1st double-ton
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30 Dec 1935 Italian bombers destroy Swedish Red Cross unit in Ethiopia
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30 Dec 1936 The United Auto Workers union stages its first sitdown strike.
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30 Dec 1936 United Auto Workers stage 1st sit-down strike, at Fisher Body Plant
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30 Dec 1938 Electronic television system patented by V K Zworykin
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30 Dec 1939 Bradman scores 267 South Africa vs Victoria, world record 34th double cricket century
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30 Dec 1939 O'Reilly takes 14-45 (8-23 & 6-22) as New South Wales crush Queensland in 2 days
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30 Dec 1940 California's 1st freeway (Arroyo Seco Parkway) opens
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30 Dec 1941 Nazibezetters oblige artsen member to become of Artsenkamer
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30 Dec 1941 Al Capone's son Sonny marries in Miami Beach
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30 Dec 1941 Nazis require Dutch physicians to join Nazi organization
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30 Dec 1941 Winston Churchill addresses Canadian parliament
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30 Dec 1943 Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.
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30 Dec 1943 Phillies trade Babe Dahlgren to Pittsburgh for Babe Phelps & cash
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30 Dec 1944 King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant.
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30 Dec 1944 King George II of Greece, abdicates his throne
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30 Dec 1947 King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.
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30 Dec 1947 King Michael of Romania, forced by communists to abdicate his throne
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30 Dec 1947 36th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1)
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30 Dec 1947 Romanian republic proclaimed
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30 Dec 1948 "Kiss Me, Kate" opens at New Century Theater NYC for 1077 performances
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30 Dec 1948 The Cole Porter Broadway musical, Kiss Me, Kate (1,077 performances), opens at the New Century Theatre and becomes the first show to win the Best Musical Tony Award.
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30 Dec 1949 India recognizes People's Republic of China
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30 Dec 1950 Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia become Independent states in France Union
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30 Dec 1952 Tuskegee Institute reports 1952 as 1st year in 71 with no lynchings in US
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30 Dec 1954 "House of Flowers" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 165 performances
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30 Dec 1954 Harold Arlen / Truman Capotes musical premieres in New York City
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30 Dec 1954 1st use of 24-second shot clock in pro basketball (Rochester vs Boston)
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30 Dec 1956 New York Giants beat Chicago Bears 47-7 in NFL championship game
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30 Dec 1957 Israeli government of Ben-Gurion, resigns
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30 Dec 1957 New York Giants win NFL championship
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30 Dec 1958 The Guatemalan Air Force sinks several Mexican fishing boats alleged to have breached maritime borders, killing three and sparking international tension.
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30 Dec 1958 French franc devalued
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30 Dec 1959 The George Washington, 1st ballistic missile sub commissioned
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30 Dec 1961 Moscow: premier of Dmitri Shostakovich's 4th Symphony (out 1936)
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30 Dec 1962 Green Bay Packers beat the New York Giants 16-7 in NFL championship game
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30 Dec 1963 Green Bay Packers win NFL championship
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30 Dec 1963 Congress authorizes the Kennedy half dollar
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30 Dec 1963 "Let's Make A Deal" debuts on NBC-TV
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30 Dec 1964 Edward Albee's "Tiny Alice" premieres in New York NY
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30 Dec 1965 Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines.
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30 Dec 1965 Ferdinand Marcos inaugurated as President of the Phillipines
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30 Dec 1967 Beatles' "Hello Goodbye" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks
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30 Dec 1967 Great Western Forum opens in Los Angeles
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30 Dec 1968 -48
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30 Dec 1970 Paul McCartney sues his bandmates to dissolve the Beatles
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30 Dec 1971 Long Island NHL franchise purchased (New York Islanders)
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30 Dec 1972 Vietnam War: The United States halts heavy bombing of North Vietnam.
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30 Dec 1972 President Nixon halts bombing of North Vietnam & announces peace talks
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30 Dec 1973 1st picture of a comet from space (Comet Kohoutek-Skylab)
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30 Dec 1973 Miami Dolphins beat Oakland Raiders 27-10 in AFC championship game
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30 Dec 1973 Minnesota Vikings beat Dallas Cowboys 27-10 in NFC championship game
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30 Dec 1974 Beatles are legally disbanded (4 years after suit was brought)
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30 Dec 1975 "Boccaccio" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 7 performances
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30 Dec 1975 Constitution of Democratic Republic of Madagascar comes into force
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30 Dec 1976 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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30 Dec 1977 For the second time, Ted Bundy escapes from his cell in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
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30 Dec 1977 Carter holds 1st news conference by US President in Eastern Europe (Warsaw)
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30 Dec 1978 "King & I" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 719 performances
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30 Dec 1978 Ohio State dismisses Woody Hayes as its football coach
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30 Dec 1979 Rock group, Emerson, Lake and Palmer break up
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30 Dec 1979 Togo adopts constitution
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30 Dec 1980 "Wonderful World of Disney, " last performance on NBC-TV
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30 Dec 1981 In the 39th game of his third NHL season, Wayne Gretzky scores five goals, giving him 50 on the year and setting a new NHL record previously held by Maurice Richard and Mike Bossy, who earlier had each scored 50 goals in 50 games.
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30 Dec 1981 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record of 50 goals by 39th game of season
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30 Dec 1982 Anthony Shaffers "Whodunnit, " premieres in New York City
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30 Dec 1982 US Assay Office in New York City, New York closes
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30 Dec 1982 Anthony Shaffer's "Whodunnit" premieres in New York NY
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30 Dec 1982 England defeat Australia by three runs at cricket MCG
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30 Dec 1984 Miss Elizabeth (Hulette) & Macho Man Randy Savage (Poffo) wed
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30 Dec 1985 Pakistan restores constitution
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30 Dec 1985 IBM-PC DOS Version 3.2 released
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30 Dec 1985 President Zia of Pakistan ends martial law
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30 Dec 1986 US begins Military exercises in Honduras
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30 Dec 1987 Australia hangs on for draw vs New Zealand at MCG, 1 wicket left 17 runs short
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30 Dec 1987 Premier Mugabe elected President of Zimbabwe
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30 Dec 1988 Canadian Senate OK's free trade pact; with US
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30 Dec 1988 Former Soviet President Brezhnev's son-in-law sentenced to 12-year (bribery)
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30 Dec 1988 Mercedes-Benz pays $20.2-M fine failed to meet '86 government fuel standard
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30 Dec 1988 North subpoenas Reagan & Bush as defense witnesses for upcoming trial
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30 Dec 1988 Yugoslav government resigns
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30 Dec 1989 Dmitri Volkov swims world record 50 meter freestyle (27.15 seconds)
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30 Dec 1990 "Miser" closes at Circle in the Square Theater NYC after 93 performances
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30 Dec 1990 11th United Negro College Fund raises $10,000,000
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30 Dec 1992 Last day of Test Cricket for Michael Whitney
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30 Dec 1992 Shane Warne takes 7-52 to lead Australian MCG win vs West Indies
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30 Dec 1993 "Candles, Snow, and Mistletoe" closes at Palace NYC after 7 performances
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30 Dec 1993 Israel and Vatican City establish diplomatic relations.
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30 Dec 1993 Singer Deni Hines (22) weds INXS guitarist Kirk Pengilly (35)
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30 Dec 1993 Vatican recognizes Israel
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30 Dec 1995 Carquest Bowl 6: North Carolina beats Arkansas, 20-10
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30 Dec 1996 In the Indian state of Assam, a passenger train is bombed by Bodo separatists, killing 26.
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30 Dec 1996 Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.
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30 Dec 1997 In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed.
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30 Dec 1997 An abandoned building collapses on New York's 42nd St, no one hurt
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30 Dec 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.
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30 Dec 2004 A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.
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30 Dec 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.
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30 Dec 2006 Madrid–Barajas Airport is bombed.
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30 Dec 2006 The Indonesian passenger ferry MV Senopati Nusantara sinks in a storm, resulting in at least 400 deaths.
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30 Dec 2006 Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein is executed.
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30 Dec 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.
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30 Dec 2009 A suicide bomber kills nine people at Forward Operating Base Chapman, a key facility of the Central Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan.
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30 Dec 2011 Owing to a change of time zone the day is skipped in Samoa and Tokelau.
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30 Dec 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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