# What happened on December 30 in history?

**Date:** December 30  
**Events recorded:** 48  
**Years spanned:** 534 – 2020  
**Full page:** https://thisday.info/events/december/30/

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## Featured Event

**2009** — A suicide bomber kills nine people at Forward Operating Base Chapman, a key facility of the Central Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan.

[Read more on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Chapman_attack)

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## Events on this date

- **534** — The second and final edition of the Code of Justinian comes into effect in the Byzantine Empire. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/534))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AD_999))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1066_Granada_massacre))
- **1419** — Hundred Years' War: Battle of La Rochelle. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Years'_War%2C_1415%E2%80%931453))
- **1460** — Wars of the Roses: Lancastrians kill the 3rd Duke of York and win the Battle of Wakefield. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wars_of_the_Roses))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reapers'_War))
- **1702** — Queen Anne's War: James Moore, Governor of the Province of Carolina, abandons the Siege of St. Augustine. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Anne's_War))
- **1813** — War of 1812: British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812))
- **1816** — The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the united Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi Indian tribes is proclaimed. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_St._Louis_(1816)))
- **1825** — The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_St._Louis_(1825)))
- **1853** — Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadsden_Purchase))
- **1890** — Following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States Army and Lakota warriors face off in the Drexel Mission Fight. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wounded_Knee_Massacre))
- **1896** — Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Rizal))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_hockey))
- **1897** — The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_of_Natal))
- **1902** — The Discovery Expedition under Robert Falcon Scott attains a Farthest South at 82°17′S in Antarctica. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_Expedition))
- **1903** — A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois_Theatre_fire))
- **1905** — Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho))
- **1906** — The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh). ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-India_Muslim_League))
- **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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigori_Rasputin))
- **1916** — The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation_of_the_Hungarian_monarch))
- **1922** — The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is formed. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union))
- **1927** — The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginza_Line))
- **1935** — The Italian Air Force bombs a Swedish Red Cross hospital during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolo_hospital_airstrike))
- **1936** — The Flint sit-down strike hits General Motors. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_sit-down_strike))
- **1943** — Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subhas_Chandra_Bose))
- **1944** — King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_II_of_Greece))
- **1947** — Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War))
- **1952** — An RAF Avro Lancaster bomber crashes in Luqa, Malta after an engine failure, killing three crew members and a civilian on the ground. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Lancaster))
- **1954** — The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation is established to consolidate criminal investigation and intelligence into a single agency. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Bureau_of_Investigation_(Finland)))
- **1958** — The Guatemalan Air Force sinks several Mexican fishing boats alleged to have breached maritime borders, killing three and sparking international tension. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemalan_Air_Force))
- **1967** — Aeroflot Flight L-51 crashes near Liepāja International Airport in Liepāja, Latvia, killing 43. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_L-51))
- **1970** — Hurricane Creek mine disaster, near Hyden, Kentucky ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Creek_mine_disaster))
- **1972** — Vietnam War: Operation Linebacker II ends. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Linebacker_II))
- **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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Sigcau))
- **1993** — Israel establishes diplomatic relations with Vatican City and also upgrades to full diplomatic relations with Ireland. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomatic_recognition))
- **1996** — Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu))
- **1997** — In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeria))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rizal_Day_bombings))
- **2004** — A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 194. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croma%C3%B1%C3%B3n_nightclub_fire))
- **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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Zeta))
- **2006** — Madrid–Barajas Airport is bombed. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid%E2%80%93Barajas_Airport))
- **2006** — The Indonesian passenger ferry MV Senopati Nusantara sinks in a storm, resulting in at least 400 deaths. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Senopati_Nusantara))
- **2006** — Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein is executed. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Iraq))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanzhou%E2%80%93Zhengzhou%E2%80%93Changsha_pipeline))
- **2009** — A suicide bomber kills nine people at Forward Operating Base Chapman, a key facility of the Central Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Chapman_attack))
- **2013** — More than 100 people are killed when anti-government forces attack key buildings in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_2013_Kinshasa_attacks))
- **2020** — A large explosion at the airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden kills at least 22 people and wounds 50. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Aden_airport_attack))

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## Notable births on December 30

- **1995** — **Igor Shesterkin** — Russian hockey goaltender ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Shesterkin))
- **1995** — **Joshua** — American singer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_(American_singer)))
- **1995** — **Ollie Watkins** — English footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ollie_Watkins))
- **1995** — **V** — South Korean singer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_(singer)))
- **1992** — **Ryan Tunnicliffe** — English footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Tunnicliffe))
- **1992** — **Carson Wentz** — American football player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_Wentz))
- **1991** — **Camila Giorgi** — Italian tennis player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camila_Giorgi))
- **1990** — **Bruno Henrique** — Brazilian footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Henrique_(footballer%2C_born_1990)))
- **1990** — **Joe Root** — English cricketer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Root))
- **1990** — **C. J. Wilcox** — American basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._J._Wilcox))

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## Notable deaths on December 30

- **2025** — **Khaleda Zia** — Bangladeshi Politician, Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaleda_Zia))
- **2023** — **Bryan Ansell** — British role-playing and wargame designer (born 1955) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Ansell))
- **2023** — **Tom Wilkinson** — English actor (born 1948) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Wilkinson))
- **2023** — **Aki Yashiro** — Japanese singer (born 1950) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aki_Yashiro))
- **2022** — **Barbara Walters** — American journalist, producer, and author (born 1929) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Walters))
- **2020** — **Dawn Wells** — American actress, (born 1938) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_Wells))
- **2017** — **Erica Garner** — American civil rights activist (born 1990) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erica_Garner))
- **2015** — **Doug Atkins** — American football player (born 1930) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Atkins))
- **2015** — **Howard Davis** — Jr., American boxer and trainer (born 1956) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Davis_Jr.))
- **2015** — **Mangesh Padgaonkar** — Indian poet, playwright, and translator (born 1929) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangesh_Padgaonkar))

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