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 364th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There is one day remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 17, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 490,848 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 ‘trihectahexacontatetragon’ day.
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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 49 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 4,757 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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December 30 Historical Events
- 1816 –The Treaty of St. Louis (1816) between the United States and the united Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi Indian tribes is proclaimed.
- 1896 –Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila, Philippines.
- 1897 –The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.
- 1916 –The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.
- 1919 –Lincoln’s Inn in London admits its first female bar student.
- 1924 –Edwin Hubble announces the existence of other galaxies.
- 1965 –Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines.
- 1981 –In the 39th game of his 3rd NHL season Wayne Gretzky scores 5 goals giving him 50 on the year setting a new NHL record previously held by Maurice Richard and Mike Bossy who earlier had each scored 50 goals in 50 games.
- 1993 –Israel and Vatican City establish diplomatic relations.
- 2006 –The Indonesian passenger ferry MV Senopati Nusantara sinks in a storm, resulting in at least 400 deaths.
Who were born on December 30?
- 1722 –Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1770)
- 1849 –John Milne, English seismologist and geologist (d. 1913)
- 1910 –Paul Bowles, American composer and author (d. 1999)
- 1934 –Del Shannon, American singer (d. 1990)
- 1937 –John Hartford, American musician (d. 2001)
- 1950 –Bjarne Stroustrup, Danish computer scientist, creator of C++
- 1953 –Bill Kazmaier, American powerlifter
- 1955 –Dindo Yogo, Congolese musician (d. 2000)
- 1956 –Sheryl Lee Ralph, American actress
- 1978 –Tyrese, American singer and actor
Who died on December 30?
- 1218 –Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1162)
- 1460 –Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (killed in battle) (b. 1411)
- 1572 –Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect (b. 1512)
- 1591 –Pope Innocent IX (b. 1519)
- 1955 –Rex Ingamells, Australian poet (b. 1913)
- 1971 –Jo Cals, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1965 until 1966. (b. 1914)
- 1984 –Massa, oldest gorilla on record (b. 1930)
- 1994 –Maureen Starkey, wife of Ringo Starr (b. 1946)
- 2002 –Mary Brian, American actress (b. 1906)
- 2003 –John Gregory Dunne, American writer (b. 1932)
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