What are the important events that happened on December 30? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
December 30: Facts & Myths About This Day
December 30 is the 365th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There is one day remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 17, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 482,088 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectahexacontapentagon’ day.
Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 30 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,392 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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December 30 Historical Events
- 1460 –Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield.
- 1919 –Lincoln’s Inn in London admits its first female bar student.
- 1924 –Edwin Hubble announces the existence of other galaxies.
- 1927 –The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
- 1944 –King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant.
- 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.
- 1977 –For the second time, Ted Bundy escapes from his cell in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
- 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.
- 2006 –The Indonesian passenger ferry MV Senopati Nusantara sinks in a storm, resulting in at least 400 deaths.
- 2009 –A segment of Lanzhou–Zhengzhou–Changsha product oil pipeline ruptures in Shaanxi, China, and approximately 150000 l of diesel oil flows down the Wei River before finally reaching the Yellow River.
Who were born on December 30?
- 1741 –Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain (d. 1759)
- 1920 –Jack Lord, American actor (d. 1998)
- 1935 –Sandy Koufax, American baseball player
- 1937 –Noel Paul Stookey, American folk singer (Peter, Paul & Mary)
- 1945 –Davy Jones, English singer (The Monkees)
- 1947 –Jeff Lynne, English musician (ELO)
- 1967 –Carl Ouellet, Canadian professional wrestler
- 1969 –Jan Wehrmann, German footballer
- 1973 –Frans Bauer, Dutch singer
- 1978 –Devin Brown, American basketball player
Who died on December 30?
- 1460 –Edmund, Earl of Rutland, second son of Richard, Duke of York (murdered after battle) (b. 1443)
- 1460 –Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (killed in battle) (b. 1411)
- 1621 –Saint Job of Maniava, Ukrainian Orthodox Saint (b. 1550)
- 1937 –Hans Niels Andersen, Danish businessman, founder of the East Asiatic Company (b. 1852)
- 1970 –Angelos Evert, Greek police chief (b. 1894)
- 1993 –Mack David, American lyricist and songwriter (b. 1912)
- 1995 –Doris Grau, American actress (b. 1924)
- 1997 –Shinichi Hoshi, Japanese novelist (b. 1926)
- 1998 –George Webb, English actor (b. 1911)
- 1999 –Fritz Leonhardt, German structural engineer (b. 1909)
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