December 30th
What Happened on the day you were born on This day in History
1903 U.S.A. Theater Fire in Chicago
December 30th , 1903 : The Iroquois Theater Fire in Chicago, Illinois, claims 602 lives, the theater had only been open for just over a month. This is still the worst single-building fire in U.S. history for the number of lives lost.
1905 U.S.A. African American baby
December 30th , 1905 : The body of a two week old African American baby was found after searching the Potomac River. Its mother, Lottie Hawkins was held by police and was to be charged with infanticide.
1927 Jamaica Turkey For Xmas
December 30th , 1927 : Although Jamaicans continue to drink the rum that they produce there has been a change at the Christmas dinner table. Turkeys and chickens have taken the place of the traditional beef in Kingston and other parts of the country. Eating poultry is a novelty to many Jamaicans.
1934 Switzerland US Refuses To Join League of Nations
December 30th , 1934 : In Geneva the League of Nations had hoped that the U.S. would cooperate and become a member. However, President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Cordell Hull refused to get involved. 1934
1936 U.S.A. Car Workers Strikes
December 30th , 1936 : Strikes by members of the United Automobile Workers closed seven General Motors (GM) factories in Flint, Michigan
1944 Bulgaria Radio Moscow
December 30th , 1944 : According to Radio Moscow, Russia, the U.S., and Britain gave three previous regents of Bulgaria to the Bulgarian government because they were the “main culprits committing Bulgaria to the war against the United Nations.” 1944
1957 East Germany Visas Required
December 30th , 1957 : In an attempt to push the West to recognize them, East Germany ruled that travellers to their territory had to possess East German visas instead of Soviet ones. This law was imposed on diplomats and travellers from Allied countries. 1957
1958 Cuba Fidel Castro
December 30th , 1958 : Rebel guerrillas, led by Fidel Castro, are involved in heavy fighting around the town of Santa Clara, the capital of the province of Las Villas.
Two days later, Castro and his guerrillas had taken control and President Batista fled the country to the Dominican Republic 1958
1965 Philippines Ferdinand Marcos
December 30th , 1965 : Ferdinand Marcos is inaugurated president of the Philippines
1968 Canada GNP
December 30th , 1968 : Canada had a mixture of prosperity mixed with high unemployment and rising inflation. The Gross National Product was 67 billion dollars. 1968
1969 U.S.A. Tax Reduction Nixon
December 30th , 1969 : President Richard Nixon signed off on one of the most far-reaching tax reform bill in U.S. history, relieving nine million low-income citizens of the burden of paying taxes and cutting tax rates for all individuals by 5 percent. 1969
1971 Iraq Iranians Deported
December 30th , 1971 : 60,000 Iranian men, women and children are deported from Iraq following relations between Iraq and Iran ending.
1972 Vietnam US Stops Bombing
December 30th , 1972 : President Nixon orders a halt to the bombing of North Vietnam above the 20th Parallel to help with peace negotiations scheduled between Henry A. Kissinger and Le Duc Tho in Paris on Jan 8 1972
1978 Guyana Radio Demerere
December 30th , 1978 : Radio Demerere was bought from the British to give the government of Guyana full control over broadcasting in their own country.
1984 Mexico World's Deepest Cave
December 30th , 1984 : Speleologists in Mexico had discovered what might be the world’s deepest cave after going through a maze of underground tunnels in the jungle. The explorations took place in the state of Oaxeca. 1984
1986 England Canaries made redundant
December 30th , 1986 : Canaries have been made redundant from British Coal Mines and are being replaced by modern carbon monoxide detectors.
Canaries have been used in British mines to detect carbon monoxide fumes for over 70 years because they are particularly sensitive to toxic gases such as carbon monoxide which is colourless, odourless and tasteless.
1993 Israel Recognized Vatican
December 30th , 1993 : Israel and the Vatican agreed to recognize one another as countries. 1993
1994 U.S.A. Abortion Clinics
December 30th , 1994 : Two women are shot dead and several others injured after a gunman opened fire at two abortion clinics in a suburb of Boston.
1994 Japan Earthquake
December 30th , 1994 : A huge 7.5 earthquake shook northern Japan and workmen tried feverishly to repair the wreckage. Two hundred and eighty-five aftershocks occurred and the quake originated in the Pacific Ocean 300 miles northeast of Tokyo. 1994
2003 U.S.A. Ephedra
December 30th , 2003 : The federal government announced it would proceed with the ban on the sale of Ephedra, an herbal stimulant that has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for 5,000 years due to it's link to 155 deaths and dozens of heart attacks and strokes when used as a dietary supplement .
2006 North Korea Nuclear Bomb Test
December 30th , 2006 : North Korea tested a nuclear bomb in October in spite of the threat of sanctions being placed on it. The country also planned to open a nuclear power plant in 2007. 2006
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What Happened on the day you were born on This day in History
1922 Soviet Union Establishment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
December 30th , 1922 : Vladimir Lenin the Russian revolutionary who created Leninism, an extension of Marxist theory proclaims the establishment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 1922
December 30th , 1922 : Vladimir Lenin the Russian revolutionary who created Leninism, an extension of Marxist theory proclaims the establishment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 1922
1903 U.S.A. Theater Fire in Chicago
December 30th , 1903 : The Iroquois Theater Fire in Chicago, Illinois, claims 602 lives, the theater had only been open for just over a month. This is still the worst single-building fire in U.S. history for the number of lives lost.
1905 U.S.A. African American baby
December 30th , 1905 : The body of a two week old African American baby was found after searching the Potomac River. Its mother, Lottie Hawkins was held by police and was to be charged with infanticide.
1927 Jamaica Turkey For Xmas
December 30th , 1927 : Although Jamaicans continue to drink the rum that they produce there has been a change at the Christmas dinner table. Turkeys and chickens have taken the place of the traditional beef in Kingston and other parts of the country. Eating poultry is a novelty to many Jamaicans.
1934 Switzerland US Refuses To Join League of Nations
December 30th , 1934 : In Geneva the League of Nations had hoped that the U.S. would cooperate and become a member. However, President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Cordell Hull refused to get involved. 1934
1936 U.S.A. Car Workers Strikes
December 30th , 1936 : Strikes by members of the United Automobile Workers closed seven General Motors (GM) factories in Flint, Michigan
1944 Bulgaria Radio Moscow
December 30th , 1944 : According to Radio Moscow, Russia, the U.S., and Britain gave three previous regents of Bulgaria to the Bulgarian government because they were the “main culprits committing Bulgaria to the war against the United Nations.” 1944
1957 East Germany Visas Required
December 30th , 1957 : In an attempt to push the West to recognize them, East Germany ruled that travellers to their territory had to possess East German visas instead of Soviet ones. This law was imposed on diplomats and travellers from Allied countries. 1957
1958 Cuba Fidel Castro
December 30th , 1958 : Rebel guerrillas, led by Fidel Castro, are involved in heavy fighting around the town of Santa Clara, the capital of the province of Las Villas.
Two days later, Castro and his guerrillas had taken control and President Batista fled the country to the Dominican Republic 1958
1965 Philippines Ferdinand Marcos
December 30th , 1965 : Ferdinand Marcos is inaugurated president of the Philippines
1968 Canada GNP
December 30th , 1968 : Canada had a mixture of prosperity mixed with high unemployment and rising inflation. The Gross National Product was 67 billion dollars. 1968
1969 U.S.A. Tax Reduction Nixon
December 30th , 1969 : President Richard Nixon signed off on one of the most far-reaching tax reform bill in U.S. history, relieving nine million low-income citizens of the burden of paying taxes and cutting tax rates for all individuals by 5 percent. 1969
1971 Iraq Iranians Deported
December 30th , 1971 : 60,000 Iranian men, women and children are deported from Iraq following relations between Iraq and Iran ending.
1972 Vietnam US Stops Bombing
December 30th , 1972 : President Nixon orders a halt to the bombing of North Vietnam above the 20th Parallel to help with peace negotiations scheduled between Henry A. Kissinger and Le Duc Tho in Paris on Jan 8 1972
1978 Guyana Radio Demerere
December 30th , 1978 : Radio Demerere was bought from the British to give the government of Guyana full control over broadcasting in their own country.
1984 Mexico World's Deepest Cave
December 30th , 1984 : Speleologists in Mexico had discovered what might be the world’s deepest cave after going through a maze of underground tunnels in the jungle. The explorations took place in the state of Oaxeca. 1984
1986 England Canaries made redundant
December 30th , 1986 : Canaries have been made redundant from British Coal Mines and are being replaced by modern carbon monoxide detectors.
Canaries have been used in British mines to detect carbon monoxide fumes for over 70 years because they are particularly sensitive to toxic gases such as carbon monoxide which is colourless, odourless and tasteless.
1993 Israel Recognized Vatican
December 30th , 1993 : Israel and the Vatican agreed to recognize one another as countries. 1993
1994 U.S.A. Abortion Clinics
December 30th , 1994 : Two women are shot dead and several others injured after a gunman opened fire at two abortion clinics in a suburb of Boston.
1994 Japan Earthquake
December 30th , 1994 : A huge 7.5 earthquake shook northern Japan and workmen tried feverishly to repair the wreckage. Two hundred and eighty-five aftershocks occurred and the quake originated in the Pacific Ocean 300 miles northeast of Tokyo. 1994
2003 U.S.A. Ephedra
December 30th , 2003 : The federal government announced it would proceed with the ban on the sale of Ephedra, an herbal stimulant that has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for 5,000 years due to it's link to 155 deaths and dozens of heart attacks and strokes when used as a dietary supplement .
2006 North Korea Nuclear Bomb Test
December 30th , 2006 : North Korea tested a nuclear bomb in October in spite of the threat of sanctions being placed on it. The country also planned to open a nuclear power plant in 2007. 2006
