Tukuk-OS📅 December 30
20 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on December 30? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2013 — Supporters of Congolese religious leader Paul-Joseph Mukungubila carried out a series of attacks on television studios, the airport and a military base in Kinshasa.
Paul-Joseph MukungubilaDecember 2013 Kinshasa attacksKinshasa
- 2009 — Due to a rupture of the Lanzhou–Zhengzhou–Changsha pipeline in Shaanxi, China, caused approximately 150,000 l (40,000 US gal) of diesel oil flowed down the Wei River before finally reaching the Yellow River six days later.
- 2009 — Pro-government counter-demonstrators held rallies (pictured) in several Iranian cities in response to recent anti-government protests on the holy day of Ashura.
- 2006 — The Indonesian ferry MV Senopati Nusantara sank in the Java Sea during a storm, killing at least 400 people.
- 2006 — Basque nationalist group ETA detonated a van bomb at Madrid–Barajas Airport in Spain, ending a nine-month ceasefire.
Basque nationalismETA (separatist group)2006 Madrid–Barajas Airport bombing
- 2006 — Saddam Hussein, the former president of Iraq, was executed after being found guilty of crimes against humanity by the Iraqi High Tribunal.
Saddam HusseinExecution of Saddam HusseinTrial of Saddam Hussein
- 2005 — Tropical Storm Zeta (pictured) became a tropical depression, making it the record-breaking 28th tropical cyclone of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, the most active in recorded history until 2020.
Tropical Storm ZetaTropical cyclone2005 Atlantic hurricane season
- 2000 — A series of bombings occurred around Metro Manila in the Philippines, killing 22 people and injuring around 100 others.
- 1958 — The Guatemalan Air Force fired on Mexican fishing boats that had strayed into Guatemalan territory, triggering an eight-month conflict.
- 1954 — The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation was established to consolidate criminal investigation and intelligence into a single agency.
National Bureau of Investigation (Finland)Criminal investigationCriminal intelligence
- 1940 — The Arroyo Seco Parkway, one of the first freeways built in the U.S., connecting downtown Los Angeles with Pasadena, California, was officially dedicated.
- 1935 — Second Italo-Ethiopian War: In retaliation for the execution of an Italian prisoner of war, the Italian Air Force destroyed a field hospital of the Swedish Red Cross in Dolo.
Second Italo-Ethiopian WarItalian Air ForceDolo hospital airstrike
- 1906 — The All-India Muslim League, a political party in British India that developed into the driving force behind the creation of Pakistan as a Muslim state on the Indian subcontinent, was founded in Dhaka.
- 1903 — In one of the deadliest single-building fires in United States history, the Iroquois Theatre fire in Chicago killed more than 600 people.
- 1902 — The Discovery Expedition under Robert Falcon Scott attained a new Farthest South point in Antarctica.
- 1845 — The University of Galway, University College Cork and Queen's University Belfast were established as part of the Queen's University of Ireland.
University of GalwayUniversity College CorkQueen's University Belfast
- 1813 — War of 1812: British forces captured Buffalo, New York, and burned down nearly all its buildings.
- 1702 — Queen Anne's War: James Moore, the British colonial governor of Carolina, abandoned a siege against St. Augustine in Spanish Florida and retreated to Charles Town in disgrace.
- 1460 — Wars of the Roses: At the Battle of Wakefield, Lancastrian forces destroyed the Yorkist army and killed Richard of York at Sandal Magna in West Yorkshire, England.
- 999 — In Ireland, the combined forces of Munster and Meath crushed a rebellion by Leinster and Dublin.
Births
- 1995 — Igor Shesterkin, Russian hockey goaltender
- 1995 — Joshua, American singer
- 1995 — Ollie Watkins, English footballer
- 1995 — V, South Korean singer
- 1992 — Ryan Tunnicliffe, English footballer
- 1992 — Carson Wentz, American football player
- 1991 — Camila Giorgi, Italian tennis player
- 1990 — Bruno Henrique, Brazilian footballer
- 1990 — Joe Root, English cricketer
- 1990 — C. J. Wilcox, American basketball player
- 1989 — Tyler Anderson, American baseball player
- 1989 — Ryan Sheckler, American skateboarder and entrepreneur
Deaths
- 2025 — Khaleda Zia, Bangladeshi politician, Former prime minister of Bangladesh
- 2023 — Bryan Ansell, British role-playing and wargame designer (born 1955)
- 2023 — Tom Wilkinson, English actor (born 1948)
- 2023 — Aki Yashiro, Japanese singer (born 1950)
- 2022 — Barbara Walters, American journalist, producer, and author (born 1929)
- 2020 — Dawn Wells, American actress, (born 1938)
- 2017 — Erica Garner, American civil rights activist (born 1990)
- 2015 — Doug Atkins, American football player (born 1930)
- 2015 — Howard Davis, Jr., American boxer and trainer (born 1956)
- 2015 — Mangesh Padgaonkar, Indian poet, playwright, and translator (born 1929)
- 2015 — Howard Pawley, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Premier of Manitoba (born 1934)
- 2014 — Terry Becker, American actor, director, and producer (born 1921)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Abraham the Writer
- Christian feast day: Anysia of Salonika
- Christian feast day: Egwin of Evesham
- Christian feast day: Frances Joseph-Gaudet (Episcopal Church)
- Christian feast day: Liberius of Ravenna
- Christian feast day: Pope Felix I
- Christian feast day: Ralph of Vaucelles
- Christian feast day: Roger of Cannae
- Christian feast day: December 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Day of the Declaration of Slovakia as an Independent Ecclesiastic Province (Slovakia)
- Rizal Day (Philippines)
- The fifth day of Kwanzaa (United States)
- The sixth of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity)
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