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
- 1825 –The Treaty of St. Louis (1825) between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed.
- 1906 –The All India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India Empire, which later laid down the foundations of Pakistan.
- 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.
- 1947 –King Michael of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.
- 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.
- 1996 –Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.
- 2006 –Madrid Barajas International Airport is bombed.
- 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?
- 1914 –Jo Van Fleet, American actress (d. 1996)
- 1934 –Del Shannon, American singer (d. 1990)
- 1935 –Omar Bongo, President of Gabon (d. 2009)
- 1945 –Lloyd Kaufman, American film director and producer
- 1950 –Lewis Shiner, American sci-fi/fantasy author
- 1951 –Doug Allder, English footballer
- 1963 –Chandler Burr, American author
- 1976 –Patrick Kerney, American football player
- 1977 –Kenyon Martin, American basketball player
- 1981 –Michael Rodríguez, Costa Rican footballer
Who died on December 30?
- 1460 –Edmund, Earl of Rutland, second son of Richard, Duke of York (murdered after battle) (b. 1443)
- 1640 –John Francis Regis, French saint (b. 1597)
- 1803 –Francis Lewis, signer of the American Declaration of Independence (b. 1713)
- 1879 –Manuel de Araújo Porto-alegre, Brazilian Romantic poet, painter and caricaturist (b. 1806)
- 1945 –Song Jin-woo, Korean politician, educationist, journalist (b. 1889)
- 1981 –Alfie Anido, Filipino actor (b. 1959)
- 1992 –Ling-Ling, panda given to the USA by China (b. 1969)
- 1993 –Giuseppe Occhialini, Italian physicist (b. 1907)
- 1993 –Irving “Swifty” Lazar, American Hollywood talent agent (b. 1907)
- 1999 –Fritz Leonhardt, German structural engineer (b. 1909)
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