History Events on December 30

Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.

#Cold_War

More than 100 people are killed when anti-government forces attack key buildings in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein is executed.

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Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.

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Queen Anne's War: James Moore, Governor of the Province of Carolina, abandons the Siege of St. Augustine.

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Vietnam War: The United States halts heavy bombing of North Vietnam.

#Vietnam_War

King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant.

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Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines.

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War of 1812: British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York.

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Following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States Army and Lakota warriors face off in the Drexel Mission Fight.

#Wounded_Knee_Massacre

The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.

#Coronation_of_the_Hungarian_monarch

The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh).

#All-India_Muslim_League

The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.

#Tokyo_Metro_Ginza_Line

Israel establishes diplomatic relations with Vatican City and also upgrades to full diplomatic relations with Ireland.

#Israel

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed.

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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.

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Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.

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Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.

#Gadsden_Purchase

The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.

#Colony_of_Natal

In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed.

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Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.

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Wars of the Roses: Lancastrians kill the 3rd Duke of York and win the Battle of Wakefield.

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A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.

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Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.

#José_Rizal

A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.

#Iroquois_Theatre_fire

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

#Camp_Chapman_attack

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.

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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.

The Indonesian passenger ferry MV Senopati Nusantara sinks in a storm, resulting in at least 400 deaths.

Madrid-Barajas Airport is bombed.

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.

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.

The Guatemalan Air Force sinks several Mexican fishing boats alleged to have breached maritime borders, killing three and sparking international tension.

The United Auto Workers union stages its first sitdown strike.

The Italian Air Force bombs a Swedish Red Cross hospital during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.

Russian mystic and advisor to the Tsar Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was murdered by a loyalist group led by Prince Felix Yusupov. His frozen, partially-trussed body was discovered in a Moscow river three days later.

The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed.

The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the united Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi Indian tribes is proclaimed.

Hundred Years' War: Battle of La Rochelle

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.