December 30 in history
Events on December 30
Notable events that happened on December 30 in past years.
- 2020
A large explosion at the airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden kills at least 22 people and wounds 50.
Wikipedia article: 2020 Aden airport attack - 2009
A suicide bomber kills nine people at Forward Operating Base Chapman, a key facility of the Central Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan.
Wikipedia article: Camp Chapman attack - 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.
Wikipedia article: Tropical Storm Zeta - 1997
In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed.
Wikipedia article: Algeria - 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.
Wikipedia article: Stella Sigcau - 1958
The Guatemalan Air Force sinks several Mexican fishing boats alleged to have breached maritime borders, killing three and sparking international tension.
Wikipedia article: Guatemalan Air Force - 1947
Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.
Wikipedia article: Cold War - 1935
The Italian Air Force bombs a Swedish Red Cross hospital during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.
Wikipedia article: Dolo hospital airstrike - 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.
Wikipedia article: Grigori Rasputin - 1905
Former Idaho governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.
Wikipedia article: Idaho - 1896
Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.
Wikipedia article: José Rizal - 1853
Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.
Wikipedia article: Gadsden Purchase - 1813
War of 1812: British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York.
Wikipedia article: War of 1812 - 1419
Hundred Years' War: Battle of La Rochelle.
- 534
The second and final edition of the Code of Justinian comes into effect in the Byzantine Empire.
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