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Saddam Hussein was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003 during the United States-led invasion of Iraq.
Notable Deaths on December 30
2006 — Saddam Hussein
Iraqi general and politician, fifth President of Iraq (born 1937)
December 30 has 105 recorded notable deaths across history, from 274 to 2025. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
105 source records
274 – 2025
Today in history
Major events on December 30
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- 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. Source
- 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. Source
- 1993 Israel establishes diplomatic relations with Vatican City and also upgrades to full diplomatic relations with Ireland. Source
- 1954 The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation is established to consolidate criminal investigation and intelligence into a single agency. Source
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Known for her interviewing ability and popularity with viewers, she appeared as a host of numerous television programs, including Today, the ABC Evening News, 20/20, and The View.
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Often regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time, Liston is known for his immense strength, formidable jab, long reach, toughness, and is widely regarded as one of the most intimidating men in boxing history.
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Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, also named Richard Plantagenet, was a leading English magnate and claimant to the throne during the Wars of the Roses.
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Khaleda Zia was the wife of the former president of Bangladesh and army chief, Ziaur Rahman and was first lady from 1977 to 1981.
More major people who died on December 30
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
2022
Barbara Walters
American journalist, producer, and author (born 1929)
Barbara Jill Walters was an American broadcast journalist and television personality.
1970
Sonny Liston
American boxer (born 1932)
Charles L. "Sonny" Liston, nicknamed "the Big Bear", was an American professional boxer who competed from 1953 until his death in 1970.
1460
Richard of York
3rd Duke of York (born 1411)
Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, also named Richard Plantagenet, was a leading English magnate and claimant to the throne during the Wars of the Roses.
2025
Khaleda Zia
Bangladeshi Politician, Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Begum Khaleda Zia was a Bangladeshi politician who twice served as the prime minister of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1996 and again from 2001 to 2006.
2009
Abdurrahman Wahid
Indonesian journalist and politician, fourth President of Indonesia (born 1940)
Abdurrahman Wahid, more colloquially known as Gus Dur, was an Indonesian politician and Islamic religious leader who served as the fourth president of Indonesia, from his election in 1999 until he was removed from…
1525
Jakob Fugger
German banker and businessman (born 1459)
Jakob Fugger of the Lily, also known as Jakob Fugger the Rich or Jakob II, was a major German merchant, mining entrepreneur, and banker.
274
Pope Felix I
Pope Felix I was the bishop of Rome from 5 January 269 to his death on 30 December 274.
2013
Eiichi Ohtaki
Japanese singer-songwriter and producer (born 1948)
Eiichi Ohtaki was a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He first became known as a member of the rock band Happy End, but was better known for his solo work which began in 1972.
1995
Doris Grau
American voice actor and script supervisor (born 1924)
Doris Grau was an American actress and script supervisor from Brooklyn. After moving to Hollywood in 1940, she began her career supervising film and television scripts.
2012
Beate Sirota Gordon
Austrian-American director and producer (born 1923)
Beate Sirota Gordon was an Austrian and American performing arts presenter and women's rights advocate. Born in Vienna, Austria, she moved to the Empire of Japan in 1929 with her father, the pianist Leo Sirota.
2005
Eddie Barlow
South African cricketer and coach (born 1940)
Edgar John Barlow was a South African cricketer. Barlow was born in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa, and played first-class cricket for Transvaal and Eastern Province from 1959–60 to 1967–68 before moving to Western…
2015
Doug Atkins
American football player (born 1930)
Douglas Leon Atkins was an American professional football defensive end who played for the Cleveland Browns, Chicago Bears, and New Orleans Saints in the National Football League (NFL).
2015
Howard Davis
Jr., American boxer and trainer (born 1956)
Howard Edward Davis Jr. was an American professional boxer. Growing up on Long Island as the eldest of 10 children, Davis first learned boxing from his father.
1998
Sam Muchnick
American wrestling promoter, co-founded the National Wrestling Alliance (born 1905)
Samuel Muchnick was an American professional wrestling promoter, long based in St. Louis, Missouri.
1662
Ferdinand Charles
Archduke of Austria (born 1628)
Ferdinand Charles was the Archduke of Further Austria, including Tyrol, from 1632 to 1662. He was the firstborn son of Archduke Leopold V of Further Austria and Claudia de' Medici.
1788
Francesco Zuccarelli
Italian painter and academic (born 1702)
Giacomo Francesco Zuccarelli was an Italian artist of the late Baroque or Rococo period.
1896
José Rizal
Filipino ophthalmologist, journalist, and author (born 1861)
José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda was a Filipino nationalist, writer, and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines.
1988
Isamu Noguchi
American sculptor and landscaper (born 1904)
Isamu Noguchi was an American artist, furniture designer and landscape architect whose career spanned six decades from the 1920s.
2002
Eleanor J. Gibson
American psychologist and academic (born 1910)
Eleanor Jack Gibson was an American psychologist who focused on reading development and perceptual learning in infants.