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December 30 is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common This article is about the year For the film see 2009 Lost Memories. Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. Events 63 BC - Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations. Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city Events 1041 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V Events 359 - Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life Events 1287 - St Lucia's flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses killing over 50000 people Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Events 755 - An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila Events 218 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Events 1790 - The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies Events 962 - Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city Events 563 - The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by Earthquakes Events 274 - Roman Emperor Aurelian Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. Events 537 - The Hagia Sophia is completed 1512 - The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Events 1170 - Thomas Becket: Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common December 2007 is the twelfth month of that year It began on a Saturday and 31 days later ended on a Monday PortalCurrent events News collections and sources See WikipediaNews collections and sources. December 2004: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September December 30, 2003 December 2003 - please do not remove the date header or category December 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - December 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - December 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There is 1 day remaining until the end of the year.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. The Wars of the Roses (1455–1485 were a series of dynastic Civil wars fought in England between supporters of the Houses of Lancaster and York The Battle of Wakefield took place at Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, on 30 December 1460 and was one of the major actions of the Wars of the Roses.
• 1816 - The Treaty of St. Louis is proclaimed. Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The Treaty of St Louis is one of many treaties signed between the United States and various Native American tribes
• 1853 - Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest. Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The Gadsden Purchase (known as Venta de La Mesilla or Treaty of La Mesilla in Mexico is a region of what is today southern Arizona and New Mexico The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America.
• 1853 - A dinner party is held inside a life-size model of an Iguanodon created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and Sir Richard Owen in south London. Iguanodon (ɪˈgwɑːnədɒn or /ɪˈgwænədɒn/ meaning " Iguana Tooth " is a Genus of Ornithopod Dinosaur Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins ( 8 February 1807 - 27 January 1894) was an English sculptor and Natural history Sir Richard Owen KCB ( Lancaster, July 20 1804 &ndash December 18 1892) was an English Biologist London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
• 1862 - The USS Monitor sinks off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Design Monitor was one of three ironclad warships ordered by the U Cape Hatteras is a cape on the coast of North Carolina. It is the point that protrudes the furthest to the southeast along the northeast-to-southwest line of the
• 1896 - José Rizal is executed by firing squad in Manila. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Dr José P Rizal (full name José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda) (June 19 1861 – December 30 1896 was a Filipino Polymath, Capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the Killing of a person by judicial process as Punishment. Execution by firing squad is a method of Capital punishment, particularly common in times of war The City of Manila
• 1897 - Natal annexes Zululand. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common KwaZulu-Natal (kwɑːˌzuːluː nəˈtɑːl often referred to as " KZN " is a province of South Africa. Zululand, the Zulu -dominated area of northern KwaZulu-Natal Province in South Africa, extends along the coast of the Indian Ocean from the Tugela
• 1903 - A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills 600. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Iroquois Theater Fire in Chicago Illinois, within twenty minutes claimed 602 lives on December 30, 1903. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States.
• 1905 - Former Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated near his home in Caldwell, Idaho. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Frank Steunenberg ( August 8, 1861 December 30, 1905) was the fourth Governor of the State of Idaho, serving Caldwell is a city in and the County seat of Canyon County, Idaho, United States.
• 1906 - The All India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India Empire, which later laid down the foundations of Pakistan. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The All India Muslim League ( Urdu: آل انڈیا مسلم لیگ Bengali:?????? ??? founded at Dhaka in 1906 was a political party in British Dhaka (also known as Dacca ( Bangla: ঢাকা ɖʱaka is the Capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka District. East Bengal ( Bengali: পূর্ববঙ্গ Purbobôngo) was the name used during two periods in the 20th century for a territory that roughly corresponded For usage see British rule in India British Raj ( rāj, lit "reign" in Hindustani) primarily refers to the British An empire (from the Latin " Imperium " denoting military Command within the ancient Roman government) is a State that Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and
• 1919 - Lincoln's Inn in London admits its first female bar student. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn is one of four Inns of Court in London to which Barristers of England and Wales belong and where London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
• 1922 - The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
• 1924 - Edwin Hubble announces the existence of other galaxies. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edwin Powell Hubble ( November 20, 1889 – September 28, 1953) was an American astronomer. A galaxy is a massive gravitationally bound system consisting of Stars an Interstellar medium of gas and dust, and Dark matter
• 1927 - The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. History The Ginza Line began as the brainchild of a businessman named, who visited London in 1914 saw the London Underground and concluded that Tokyo needed A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway or metro(politan system is an electric passenger railway officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū.
• 1936 - The United Auto Workers union stages its first sit-down strike. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Template talkInfobox Union for usage -->The United Automobile Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America International A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages hours and working conditions forming A sit-down strike is a form of Civil disobedience in which an organized group of workers usually employed at a factory or other centralized location take possession of
• 1940 - California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The Pasadena Freeway or Arroyo Seco Parkway is the first Freeway in the U
• 1943 - Subhash Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Subhas Chandra Bose (সুভাষ চন্দ্র বসু (born January 23, 1897; presumed to have died August 18, 1945 India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Port Blair ( Hindi: पोर्ट ब्लेयर is the largest town and a Municipal council in Andaman district in the Andaman Islands
• 1944 - King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving his throne vacant. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Early life first period of kingship and exile George was born at the royal villa at Tatoi, near Athens, the eldest son of Constantine I King of the Hellenes
• 1947 - King Michael of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet-backed Communist government of Romania. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michael King of the Romanians, Prince of Hohenzollern (born October 25, 1921) reigned as King of the Romanians (Maiestatea A soviet (сове́т, "council" originally was a workers' local council in late Imperial Russia. Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania
• 1953 - The first ever NTSC color television sets go on sale for about USD at $1,175 each from RCA. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. NTSC ( National Television System Committee) is the Analog television system used in the United States, Canada, Japan, Mexico The Television Technology can be divided along two lines those developments that depended upon both mechanical and electronic Principles and The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been RCA Corporation, founded as Radio Corporation of America, was an electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1986
• 1965 - Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralín Marcos ( September 11, 1917 &ndash September 28, 1989) was President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986 The President of the Philippines is the head of state and government of the Republic of the Philippines. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP
• 1972 - Vietnam War: The United States halts heavy bombing of North Vietnam. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN or less commonly Vietnamese Democratic Republic (Việt Nam Dân Chủ Cộng Hòa was a Country on the northern half of Vietnam
• 1977 - For the second time, Ted Bundy escapes from his cell in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Theodore Robert Bundy (November 24 1946 &ndash January 24 1989 known as Ted Bundy, was an American Serial killer. The City of Glenwood Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and the most populous city of Garfield County, Colorado
• 1993 - Israel and the Vatican establish diplomatic relations. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. The Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome, commonly known as the Pope, and is the preeminent Episcopal see of the Roman Catholic
• 1995 - The lowest ever United Kingdom temperature of -27. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located 2°C was recorded at Altnaharra in the Scottish Highlands. Altnaharra is a small hamlet in Sutherland in the Highland region of northern Scotland. The Scottish Highlands ( Scottish Gaelic: A' Ghàidhealtachd, Scots: Hielans) include the rugged and Mountainous This equalled the record set at Braemar, Aberdeenshire on February 11, 1895 and January 10, 1982. Braemar is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, around 58 miles west of Aberdeen in the Highlands. Aberdeenshire or the County of Aberdeen ( Siorrachd Obar Dheathain in Gaelic) is a Registration county of Scotland. Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar)
• 1996 - In the Indian state of Assam, a passenger train is bombed by Bodo separatists, killing 26. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Assam) ( Assamese: অসম Ôxôm) is a northeastern state of India with its capital at Dispur, a suburb of the city The Bodos (pronounced BO-ros) are an Ethnic and linguistic community early settlers of Assam in the North-East of India.
• 1996 - Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel. (בִּנְיָמִין "ביבי" נְתַנְיָהוּ Binyamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, born October 21 1949, Tel Aviv) was For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics.
• 1997 - In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people are killed from four villages. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's The Wilaya of Relizane massacres of 30 December, 1997 were probably the single bloodiest day of killing in the Algerian conflict of
• 2000 - Rizal Day Bombings: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines within a span of a few hours, killing 22 and injuring about a hundred. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The Rizal Day bombings, also referred to as the December 30 bombings and 12/30 attacks, were a series of bombings that occurred around Metro Manila in the Metropolitan Manila ( Filipino: Kalakhang Maynila, Kamaynilaan) or the National Capital Region (NCR ( Filipino: Pambansang The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP
• 2003 - U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft recuses himself and his office from the Plame affair. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice (see) concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement John David Ashcroft (born May 9 1942) is an American Politician who was the 79th United States Attorney General. Judicial disqualification, also referred to as recusal, refers to the act of abstaining from participation in an official action such as a legal proceeding The phrase Plame Affair (also known as the CIA leak scandal, the CIA leak case, the CIA leak grand jury investigation, and Plamegate) refers
• 2004 - A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " República Cromagnon ( Spanish for " Cro-Magnon Republic " was a Nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is geographically located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern
• 2005 - 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. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tropical Storm Zeta was a late-developing Tropical storm over the central Atlantic which formed after the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season had officially A tropical cyclone is a storm system characterized by a low pressure center and numerous Thunderstorms that produce strong winds and Flooding
• 2006 - Madrid Barajas International Airport is bombed. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Madrid-Barajas Airport (Aeropuerto de Madrid-Barajas is the main international airport serving the Spanish capital Madrid. On the morning of December 30, 2006, an explosion took place in the carpark building attached to Terminal 4 of Madrid Barajas International Airport in Spain
• 2006 - Saddam Hussein is executed by hanging. Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti ( Arabic: ar صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي --> April 28 1937 &ndash December 30 The execution of Saddam Hussein ' s death sentence occurred on December 30 2006.

Births

• 39 - Titus, Roman emperor (d. Year 39 was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Titus Flavius Vespasianus, commonly known as Titus ( December 30 39 &ndash September 13 81) was a Roman Emperor who 81)
• 1204 - Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (d. Year 81 was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Abû ‘Uthman Sa’îd ibn Hakam al Qurashi ( 30 December 1204 - 9 January 1282) (أبو عثمان سعيد بن الحكم القرشي was 1282)
• 1552 - Simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (d. Simon Forman ( 30 December 1552 &ndash September 1611 was a prominent English Elizabethan Occultist, astrologist and 1611)
• 1642 - Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (d. Vincenzo da Filicaja ( December 30, 1642 &ndash September 24, 1707) was an Italian poet 1707)
• 1673 - Ahmed III, Ottoman Sultan (d. Year 1707 ( MDCCVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Ahmed III ( Ottoman Turkish: احمد ثالث Aḥmed-i sālis) ( December 30, 1673 &mdash July The Ottoman Dynasty (or the Imperial House of Osman) ( Turkish: Osmanlı Hanedanı) ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1299 to 1922 beginning with 1736)
• 1678 - William Croft, English composer (d. Year 1736 ( MDCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year William Croft (30 December (baptism 1678 - 14 August 1727 was an English Composer and organist. 1727)
• 1722 - Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (d. Year 1727 ( MDCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1722 ( MDCCXXII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Charles Yorke ( 30 December 1722 &ndash 20 January 1770) was Lord Chancellor of Great Britain. 1770)
• 1724 - Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter (d. Year 1770 ( MDCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Friday Year 1724 ( MDCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée ( December 30, 1724 &ndash June 19, 1805) was a French painter, a pupil of Carlo Vanloo 1805)
• 1740 - Princess Elizabeth Caroline of Wales (d. Year 1805 ( MDCCCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Year 1740 ( MDCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain redirects here for the later "Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain" see Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom 1759)
• 1785 - Dorothea Lieven, Russian noblewoman (d. Year 1759 ( MDCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1785 ( MDCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Countess later HSH Princess Dorothea von Lieven ( Latvian: Doroteja fon Līvena; Дарья Христофоровна Ливен Daria Khristoforovna 1857)
• 1819 - Theodor Fontane, German writer (d. Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Year 1819 ( MDCCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Theodor Fontane (ˈtʰeodoɐ̯ fɔnˈtaːnə December 30, 1819 – September 20, 1898) was a German Novelist and 1898)
• 1819 - John W. Geary, 1st Mayor of San Francisco (d. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common John White Geary (December 30 1819 February 8 1873 was an American lawyer politician and a Union general in the American Civil War. The Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco is the head of the government of San Francisco, California. 1873)
• 1838 - Émile Loubet, 7th President of France (d. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Émile François Loubet (31 December 1838 - 20 December 1929 was a French Politician and the 7th President of France. The President of the French Republic (Président de la République française colloquially referred to in English as the President of France, is France 's elected 1929)
• 1851 - Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician (d. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Asa Griggs Candler ( December 30, 1851 &ndash March 12, 1929) was an American business tycoon who made most of his money selling 1929)
• 1853 - André Messager, French composer (d. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common André Charles Prosper Messager ( December 30, 1853 - February 24, 1929) French composer and musician was born at Montluçon 1929)
• 1865 - Rudyard Kipling, English writer, Nobel laureate (d. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936 was an English Author and poet The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1936)
• 1869 - Stephen Butler Leacock, English-born Canadian writer and economist (d. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Stephen Butler Leacock PhD, FRSC ( 30 December 1869 &ndash 28 March 1944) was a Canadian writer and 1944)
• 1873 - Al Smith, American politician (d. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Alfred Emanuel Smith Jr, known in private and public life as Al Smith, ( December 30, 1873 - October 4, 1944) was elected Governor 1944)
• 1878 - William Aberhart, Canadian politician (d. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common William Aberhart ( December 30, 1878 &ndash May 23, 1943) also known as Bible Bill for his religious preaching was a Canadian 1943)
• 1879 - Sri Ramana Maharshi, Indian philosopher (d. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sri Ramana Maharshi ( December 30, 1879 – April 14, 1950) born Venkataraman Iyer, was an Indian sage 1950)
• 1883 - Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Curtis Lester "The Silver Fox" Patrick ( December 30, 1883 – June 1, 1960) born in Drummondville Quebec Canada, was a 1960)
• 1884 - Hideki Tojo, Prime Minister of Japan (d. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The is the usual English-language term used for the Head of government of Japan, although the literal translation of the Japanese name for the office is Prime 1948)
• 1890 - Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, President of Mexico (d. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Adolfo Ruiz Cortines ( December 30 1890 &ndash December 3 1973)was President of Mexico from 1952 to 1958 representing The Constitutional Citizen President of the United Mexican States (the official title in Spanish is Ciudadano Presidente Constitucional de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos 1973)
• 1897 - Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Alfredo Bracchi ( Milan, Italy, 30 December 1897 &ndash 11 October 1976) was a versatile Italian author whose production 1976)
• 1899 - Helge Ingstad, Norwegian explorer (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Helge Marcus Ingstad ( 30 December, 1899 in Meråker – 29 March, 2001 in Oslo) was a Norwegian explorer 2001)
• 1904 - Dmitri Kabalevsky, Russian composer (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky (Дми́трий Бори́сович Кабале́вский (December 30 1904 &ndash February 18 1987 was a Russian Soviet 1987)
• 1906 - Carol Reed, English film director (d. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting For the New York weathercaster see Carol Reed (weather broadcaster. 1976)
• 1910 - Paul Bowles, American composer and author (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Paul Frederic Bowles ( December 30, 1910 – November 18, 1999) was an American Expatriate Composer, Author, 1999)
• 1911 - Jeanette Nolan, American actress (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Jeanette Nolan ( December 30, 1911 – June 5, 1998) was an American actress born in Los Angeles. 1998)
• 1913 - Lucio Agostini, Italian-born Canadian conductor and composer (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Lucio Agostini ( Fano, Italy, 30 December 1913 - 15 February 1996) was an Italian -born Composer and 1996)
• 1913 - Elyne Mitchell, Australian author (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Elyne Mitchell, OAM (born Sibyl Elyne Chauvel on 30 December 1913 Melbourne, Victoria - died 4 March 2002 2002)
• 1914 - Bert Parks, American television host (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Bert Parks ( December 30, 1914 – February 2, 1992) was an American Actor, Singer, and Radio and 1992)
• 1914 - Jo Van Fleet, American actress (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Jo Van Fleet ( December 30, 1914 &ndash June 10, 1996) was an Academy Award - and Tony Award - winning American 1996)
• 1917 - Seymour Melman, American industrial engineer (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Seymour Melman ( December 30 1917 – December 16 2004) was an American professor emeritus of Industrial engineering and Operations 2004)
• 1920 - Jack Lord, American actor (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar John Joseph Patrick Ryan ( December 30, 1920  &ndash January 21, 1998) best known by his Stage name Jack Lord, was 1998)
• 1921 - Rashid Karami, Lebanese statesman (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Rashid Abdul Hamid Karami ( December 30 1921 &ndash June 1 1987) (رشيد كرامي was a Lebanese statesman 1987)
• 1927 - Bernard Barrow, American actor (d. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bernard E "Bernie" Barrow ( December 30 1927 &ndash August 4 1993) was an American Actor, best known for 1993)
• 1927 - Robert Hossein, French film actor and director
• 1928 - Bo Diddley, American singer and musician (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Robert Hossein (born December 30, 1927 in Paris) is a French film actor director and writer Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bo Diddley ( December 30 1928 &ndash June 2 2008, born Ellas Otha Bates) was an original and influential American 2008)
• 1929 - Rosalind Hurley, British physician, barrister, ethicist and writer (d. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dame Rosalind Hurley, DBE, FRC, FRCPath, FRCOG ( 30 December 1929 - 30 June 2004) was knighted by 2004)
• 1929 - Barbara Nichols, American actress (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Barbara Nichols ( December 30 1929 – October 5 1976) was an actress who was something of a cross between a sex symbol and a character actress 1976)
• 1931 - Skeeter Davis, American singer (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Skeeter Davis (born Mary Frances Penick December 30, 1931 – September 19, 2004) was an American country music singer 2004)
• 1934 - John Norris Bahcall, American physicist (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Norris Bahcall ( December 30 1934 &ndash August 17 2005) was an American astrophysicist. 2005)
• 1934 - Joseph Bologna, American actor
• 1934 - Joseph P. Hoar, former US Central Command commander
• 1934 - Del Shannon, American singer (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joseph Bologna (born December 30, 1934) is an American Actor. General Joseph P Hoar (born December 30 1934 is a retired US Marine Corps officer former Commander in Chief of United States Central Command. The United States Central Command ( USCENTCOM) is a theater -level Unified Combatant Command unit of the U For Dell Shannon, the pen name of a police procedural novelist see Elizabeth Linington. 1990)
• 1934 - Russ Tamblyn, American actor, dancer, and singer
• 1935 - Omar Bongo, President of Gabon
• 1935 - Sandy Koufax, American baseball player
• 1935 - Jack Riley, American actor
• 1937 - Gordon Banks, English footballer
• 1937 - John Hartford, American musician (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Russ Tamblyn (born Russell Irving Tamblyn on December 30, 1934) is an American actor who is arguably best known for his performance Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba (born Albert-Bernard Bongo on 30 December 1935) became President of Gabon in 1967 Three people have served as heads of state in the history of Gabon since independence was obtained from France on 17 August 1960. Sanford Koufax (ˈkoʊfæks (born Sanford Braun, on December 30, 1935) is an American Left-handed former Pitcher in Jack Riley (born December 30, 1935) is an American comedic actor probably most recognizable as the irascible Elliot Carlin from Bob Newhart 's 1970s Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gordon Banks, OBE (born 30 December, 1937 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England) is a former English footballer John Cowan Hartford ( December 30 1937 &ndash June 4 2001) was an American folk, country and bluegrass 2001)
• 1937 - Jim Marshall, American football player
• 1937 - Noel Paul Stookey, American folk singer (Peter, Paul & Mary)
• 1939 - Felix Pappalardi, American musician and recording producer (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Jim Marshall (born December 30, 1937 Danville Kentucky) played College football at Ohio State University. Peter Paul and Mary (often called PP&M) are a musical group from the United States who were one of the most successful folk-singing groups of the Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Felix A Pappalardi Jr ( December 30, 1939 &ndash April 17, 1983) was an American music producer, Songwriter, 1983) (Mountain)
• 1939 - Glenda Adams, Australian author (d. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Mountain is an American rock band. The band broke up in 1972 reformed two years later broke up soon after that and have since reconvened and resumed Glenda Emilie Adams ( née Felton) ( 30 December 1939 &ndash 11 July 2007) was an Australian novelist and 2007)
• 1940 - James Burrows, American television director
• 1941 - Mel Renfro, American football player
• 1942 - Vladimir Bukovsky, Russian author and dissident
• 1942 - Guy Edwards, English racing driver
• 1942 - Michael Nesmith, American singer and musician (The Monkees)
• 1942 - Janko Prunk, Slovenian historian
• 1942 - Fred Ward, American actor
• 1944 - William J. Fallon, U.S. Navy Admiral, former U.S. Central Command commander
• 1945 - Davy Jones, English singer (The Monkees)
• 1945 - Lloyd Kaufman, American film director and producer
• 1945 - Concetta Tomei, American actress
• 1945 - Vernon Wells, Australian actor
• 1946 - Patti Smith, American singer and poet
• 1947 - Michael Burns, American historian
• 1947 - Jeff Lynne, English musician (ELO)
• 1949 - Jim Flaherty, Canadian politician
• 1950 - Lewis Shiner, American sci-fi/fantasy author
• 1951 - Doug Allder, English footballer
• 1951 - Jocky Wilson, Scottish Darts player
• 1952 - June Anderson, American soprano
• 1953 - Bill Kazmaier, American powerlifter
• 1953 - Harald Schmautz, German-born journalist
• 1953 - Meredith Vieira, American television journalist
• 1955 - Dindo Yogo, Congolese musician (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Edward Burrows (born December 30 1940) is an American Television director who has been working in television since the 1970s Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Melvin Lacy "Mel" Renfro (born December 30, 1941 in Houston Texas) is a former American football Cornerback and safety Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Vladimir Konstantinovich Bukovsky (Влади́мир Константи́нович Буко́вский b Guy Richard Goronwy Edwards (born in Macclesfield, Cheshire on December 30, 1942) is a former racing driver from England. Robert Michael Nesmith (b December 30, 1942) in Harris County Texas, is an American musician songwriter Actor, producer For the group's self-titled album see The Monkees (album. For the TV series see The Monkees (TV series. Janko Prunk (born December 30 1942 in Loka pri Zidanem Mostu) is a Slovenian historian for modern history Fred Ward (born December 30, 1942) is an American Actor. He began his career in 1979 alongside Clint Eastwood in Escape Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William Joseph Fallon, (born December 30 1944) was a four-star admiral in the United States Navy serving over 41 years The United States Central Command ( USCENTCOM) is a theater -level Unified Combatant Command unit of the U Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Davy Jones (born David Thomas Jones December 30, 1945) is an Grammy winning English pop Singer-songwriter and For the group's self-titled album see The Monkees (album. For the TV series see The Monkees (TV series. Lloyd Kaufman (Born Stanley Lloyd Kaufman Jr on December 30, 1945) is an American Film director, producer, Screenwriter Concetta Tomei (born December 30, 1945) is an American Theatre, Film and television Actress. Vernon George Wells (born December 31, 1945) is an Australian film and television Actor who has built his career around action-type films most often cast Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Patricia Lee Smith ( born December 30 1946 is an American Singer-songwriter and poet Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michael Burns may refer toSports Mike Burns (baseball, baseball pitcher Mike Burns (basketball coach, college men's basketball coach Jeffrey Lynne (born 30 December 1947 in Shard End, Birmingham) is a Grammy Award -winning English rock Songwriter Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Michael "Jim" Flaherty, PC, MP (born December 30, 1949 in Montreal, Quebec) is Canada's Minister Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lewis Shiner ( December 30, 1950, Eugene Oregon) is an American writer Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Douglas Stewart Allder (born 30 December 1951 in Hammersmith, London) is an English former professional footballer. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January John Thomas Wilson, (born 22 March 1950) better known as "Jocky" Wilson, is a former Scottish Darts champion Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. June Anderson (born December 30, 1952) is a Grammy -award winning American Coloratura Soprano. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bill Kazmaier (born December 30, 1953 in Burlington Wisconsin) is a former powerlifter strongman and Pro wrestler from the Harald Schmautz (born December 30 1953) is a German Journalist and Monarchist. Meredith Louise Vieira (born December 30, 1953) is an American Journalist, Television personality, and Game show host Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Théodore Dindo Yogo ( Lokutu, December 30, 1955 - August 23, 2000) was a Congolese Singer and Musician 2000)
• 1956 - Suzy Bogguss, American singer
• 1956 - Sheryl Lee Ralph, American actress
• 1957 - Matt Lauer, American newscaster
• 1958 - Rod Harrington, English darts player
• 1958 - Steven L. Smith, American astronaut
• 1959 - Tracey Ullman, English actress and singer
• 1959 - Josée Verner, French Canadian politician
• 1961 - Douglas Coupland, Canadian author
• 1961 - Sean Hannity, American talk radio and television host
• 1961 - Ben Johnson, Canadian athlete
• 1962 - Henry Cho, Korean-American comedian
• 1963 - Chandler Burr, American author
• 1963 - Michelle Douglas, Canadian human rights activist
• 1963 - Milan Šrejber, Czech tennis player
• 1964 - Sylvie Moreau, French Canadian actress
• 1964 - Duglas T. Stewart, Scottish musician (BMX Bandits)
• 1965 - Heidi Fleiss, American madam
• 1967 - Carl Ouellet, Canadian professional wrestler
• 1969 - Dave England, American television personality
• 1969 - Jay Kay, English musician (Jamiroquai)
• 1969 - Meredith Monroe, American actress
• 1971 - Daniel Sunjata, American actor
• 1972 - Kerry Collins, American football player
• 1972 - Paul Keegan, Irish footballer
• 1972 - Steven Wiig, American actor and musician
• 1973 - Jason Behr, American actor
• 1973 - Ato Boldon, Trinidadian athlete
• 1973 - Nacho Vidal, Spanish porn star
• 1974 - Johanna Sällström, Swedish actress (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Suzy Bogguss (born Susan Kay Bogguss, December 30, 1956) is an American Country music Singer. Sheryl Lee Ralph (born on December 30 1956 in Waterbury Connecticut) is a Tony Award -nominated American Actress and Singer Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Matthew Todd Lauer ( December 30, 1957) is an American television personality best known as the host of NBC 's The Today Show Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rod Harrington, born 30 December 1957 in Boreham Essex is a former English darts player with the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC Steven Lee Smith (born December 30, 1958) is an America technology executive and NASA Astronaut. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tracey Ullman (born December 30, 1959) is a British -born naturalized U Josée Verner, PC, MP (born December 30, 1959 in Gatineau, Québec) is a Canadian Politician Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Douglas Coupland (born December 30, 1961) is a Canadian Novelist. Sean Hannity (born December 30 1961 is an American radio and television host, conservative Political commentator, and Talk radio is a Radio format containing discussion about topical issues Benjamin Sinclair "Ben" Johnson CM (b December 30, 1961) is a Canadian former sprinter, who enjoyed a high-profile Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Henry Cho (born December 30, 1962 in Knoxville Tennessee) is an American Stand-up comedian. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Chandler Burr (born December 30, 1963) is an American Journalist and Author. Michelle Douglas (born 1963 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian Human rights activist who was involved in a landmark case around Lesbian Milan Šrejber (ˈmɪlan ˈʃrɛjbr̩ (born December 30, 1963 in Prague) is a former Tennis player from Czechoslovakia, who Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Sylvie Moreau, (pronounced silvi moː'ʁo ( December 30, 1964) is a Canadian Actress. Duglas T Stewart (born 30 December 1964) Stewart has been leader and the main composer of Glaswegian indie pop staples BMX Bandits since they formed in BMX Bandits are a Scottish 1960s-influenced guitar pop band who have been making music from 1986 to the present day Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Heidi Lynne Fleiss (born December 30 1965 known as the "Hollywood Madam," is an American former madam. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Carl Joseph Yvon Ouellet (born December 30, 1967 in Sainte-Catherine Quebec) is a Canadian professional wrestler. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dave England, (born December 30, 1969) has appeared on the MTV series Jackass, Jackass The Movie and Jason "Jay" Kay (born Jason Cheetham on 30 December, 1969 in Stretford Trafford) is an English Musician. Jamiroquai is a Grammy Award -winning English Acid jazz / Funk / soul band Meredith Leigh Monroe (born December 30, 1969) is an American Actress best-known for her role as Andie McPhee on Dawson's Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Daniel Sunjata Condon (born December 30, 1971) is a Tony Award-nominated American Actor who has performed in film television and in the theater Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kerry Michael Collins (born December 30, 1972 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania) is an American football Quarterback for the Paul Keegan (born December 30, 1972 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish professional footballer. Steven Ray Wiig (born December 30, 1972) is an American film Actor and Musician. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Jason Nathaniel Behr (born December 30, 1973) is an American Film and Television Actor. Ato Jabari Boldon (born December 30, 1973) is a retired athlete from Trinidad and Tobago, the 1997 200 m World Champion and four-time Olympic Nacho Vidal (born Ignacio Jordà González, December 30, 1973, in Mataró, Barcelona, Spain) is a Spanish Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Johanna Maria Ellinor Sällström ( December 30, 1974 &ndash February 13, 2007) was a Swedish Actress. 2007)
• 1975 - Scott Chipperfield, Australian soccer player
• 1975 - Tiger Woods, American golfer
• 1976 - Patrick Kerney, American football player
• 1976 - A.J. Pierzynski, American baseball player
• 1977 - Laila Ali, American boxer
• 1977 - Grant Balfour, Australian baseball player
• 1977 - Scott Lucas, Australian rules footballer
• 1977 - Kenyon Martin, American basketball player
• 1978 - Zbigniew Robert Promiński, Polish drummer
• 1978 - Tyrese, American singer and actor
• 1978 - Devin Brown , American basketball player
• 1979 - Flávio, Angolan footballer
• 1980 - Eliza Dushku, American actress
• 1980 - Kenny Kwan, Hong Kong singer
• 1981 - Ali Al Habsi, Omani footballer
• 1981 - Haley Paige, American porn star (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Scott Chipperfield (born December 30, 1975 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian Football (soccer left Background and family Woods was born in Cypress, California to Earl (1932-2006 and Kultida (Tida Woods Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Patrick Manning Kerney (KUR-nee (born December 30, 1976 in Trenton New Jersey) and grew up in Yardley Pennsylvania, is a professional Anthony John "AJ" Pierzynski (born December 30, 1976) is an American Major League Baseball Catcher who has played Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Laila Ali (born December 30, 1977 in Ocala Florida) is a Professional boxer. Grant Robert Balfour (born December 30 1977 in Sydney Australia) is a middle Reliever for the Tampa Bay Rays. Scott Lucas (born 30 December 1977 is an Australian rules footballer for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League, and is noted as the Kenyon Lee Martin (born December 30 1977, in Saginaw Michigan) is an American professional Basketball player Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Zbigniew Robert Promiński (b 30th December 1978 in Tczew) stage name Inferno, is a Polish Death metal Tyrese Darnell Gibson (born December 30, 1978) also known simply as Tyrese, is an American R&B Singer, Songwriter Devin Brown (born December 30, 1978 in Salt Lake City Utah) is an American National Basketball Association player currently playing Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Flávio Amado da Silva (born 30 December 1979) better known as Flávio, is an Angolan football forward who currently as of May 2006 plays for Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Eliza Patricia Dushku (born December 30 1980 is an American Actress, who has appeared in several Hollywood movies such as True Lies, Kenny Kwan Chi-Bun ( December 30, 1980) is a Hong Kong Singer and Actor, under the music label Emperor Entertainment Group Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Ali Abdullah Harib Al Habsi (علي بن عبد الله بن حارب الحبسي born December 30, 1981 in Muscat) is an Omani Maryam Irene Haley (December 30 1981 – August 21 2007 In an affidavit regarding her first marriage she stated that " was molested by an uncle which my parents knew about 2007)
• 1981 - Michael Rodríguez, Costa Rican footballer
• 1981 - Matt Ulrich, American football player
• 1982 - Kristin Kreuk, Canadian actress
• 1982 - Dawan Landry, American football player
• 1982 - Dathan Ritzenhein, American runner
• 1984 - Randall Azofeifa, Costa Rican footballer
• 1984 - LeBron James, American basketball player
• 1985 - Lars Boom, Dutch cyclist
• 1987 - Jake Cuenca, Filipino actor and commercial model
• 1988 - Leon Jackson, Scottish singer
• 1989 - Ryan Sheckler, American professional skateboarder

Deaths

• 1218 - Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Michael Rodríguez (born December 30 1981) is a Costa Rican Football (soccer player who currently plays for the Seattle Sounders of Matthew James Ulrich (born December 30, 1981) is an American football Offensive guard Free agent in the National Football Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Kristin Laura Kreuk (born December 30, 1982) is a Canadian actress. Dawan Frank Landry (born December 30, 1982) is an American professional football player currently playing on the Baltimore Ravens. Dathan Ritzenhein born December 30, 1982 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Randall Azofeifa (born December 30, 1984) is a Costa Rican footballer who plays for K LeBron Raymone James (born December 30 1984 in Akron Ohio) is an American professional Basketball player who plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers of Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Lars Boom (born 30 December 1985 is a professional Cyclo-cross and Road racing cyclist who was born in Vlijmen ( Noord-Brabant) in the Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Juan Carlos Cuenca, better known by his Screen name Jake Cuenca (born December 30, 1987 in San Jose California, U Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Leon Jackson (born 29 December 1988 is a Scottish Singer who won the fourth series of the British Television Talent show Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Ryan Allen Sheckler (born December 30, 1989) is an American professional Skateboarder as well as star and namesake of the MTV Richard de Clare 4th Earl of Hertford (1162 &ndash December 30, 1218) was the son of Roger de Clare 3rd Earl of Hertford and Maud de St 1162)
• 1460 - Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (killed in battle) (b. Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York ( 21 September 1411 &ndash 30 December 1460) was a member of the English royal family who served in senior 1411)
• 1525 - Jacob Fugger, German banker (b. Jacob Fugger (Jakob Fugger 6 March 1459 &ndash 30 December 1525) sometimes known as Jacob Fugger the Rich, was a German 1459)
• 1572 - Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect (b. Galeazzo Alessi ( 1512 - December 30, 1572) was an Italian architect from Perugia, known throughout Europe for his distinctive style based on 1512)
• 1573 - Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian writer (b. Giovanni Battista Giraldi (November 1504 - December 30, 1573) was an Italian Novelist and Poet. 1504)
• 1591 - Pope Innocent IX (b. Pope Innocent IX ( July 20, 1519 &ndash December 30, 1591) born Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti, was Pope from October 1519)
• 1621 - Saint Job of Maniava, Ukrainian Orthodox Saint (b. Saint Job of Maniava, tonsured a monk with the name Ezekiel, born Ivan Knyahynytskyi, Ukrainian: Княгиницький Йов (1550 1550)
• 1640 - John Francis Regis, French saint (b. Saint John Francis Regis SJ or Saint Jean François Regis ( 31 January, 1597 &ndash 30 December, 1640) was 1597)
• 1644 - Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (b. Jan Baptist van Helmont (bapt January 12, 1579 &ndash December 30, 1644) was an Early modern period Flemish 1577)
• 1662 - Archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria (b. 1628)
• 1691 - Robert Boyle, Irish scientist (b. Robert Boyle was a Natural philosopher, chemist physicist inventor and early Gentleman scientist, noted for his work in Physics and Chemistry 1627)
• 1769 - Nicholas Taaffe, 6th Viscount Taaffe, Austrian soldier (b. Year 1769 ( MDCCLXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Nicholas Taaffe 6th Viscount Taaffe (about 1685 - 30 December 1769) was a General Feldwachtmeister and Count of the Holy Roman 1685)
• 1803 - Francis Lewis, signer of the American Declaration of Independence (b. 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Francis Lewis ( March 21, 1713 &ndash December 30, 1803) was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence 1713)
• 1896 - José Rizal, national hero of the Philippines (b. Year 1713 ( MDCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Dr José P Rizal (full name José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda) (June 19 1861 – December 30 1896 was a Filipino Polymath, 1861) (executed)
• 1908 - Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian lawyer, journalist and senator (b. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the Killing of a person by judicial process as Punishment. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Thomas-Alfred Bernier ( 15 August 1844 &ndash 30 December 1908) was a Canadian journalist lawyer and senator. 1844)
• 1941 - El Lissitzky, Russian artist and architect (b. Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. (Лазарь Маркович Лисицкий על ליסיצקי November 23 1890 – December 30 1941 better known as El Lissitzky (Эль Лисицкий was a 1890)
• 1944 - Romain Rolland, French writer, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Romain Rolland ( 29 January 1866 – 30 December 1944) was a French Dramatist, Essayist, Art historian This is a list of Nobel Prize Laureates awarded for their outstanding contributions to Humanitarian causes for Peace, work in Literature 1866)
• 1947 - Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician and philosopher (b. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alfred North Whitehead, OM ( February 15 1861, Ramsgate, Kent, England &ndash December 30 1947, 1861)
• 1947 - Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter, portraitist and art forgers (b. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Han van Meegeren (10 October 1889 in Deventer, Overijssel – 30 December 1947 in Amsterdam) born Henricus Antonius van Meegeren, was a 1889)
• 1954 - Archduke Eugen of Austria, Austrian field marshal (b. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Archduke Eugen Ferdinand Pius Bernhard Felix Maria of Austria-Teschen ( May 21 1863 &ndash December 30 1954) was an Archduke 1863)
• 1955 - Rex Ingamells, Australian poet (b. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Reginald Charles (Rex Ingamells ( January 19, 1913 &mdash December 30, 1955) was an Australian poet generally credited with being the 1913)
• 1967 - Vincent Massey, Governor-General of Canada (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Charles Vincent Massey PC CC CH CD FRSC ( February 20, 1887 – December 30, The Governor General of Canada ( French: Gouverneure générale du Canada, or: Gouverneur général du Canada) is the vice-regal representative 1887)
• 1968 - Trygve Lie, Norwegian politician, first United Nations Secretary General (b. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Trygve Halvdan Lie ( ( July 16, 1896 &ndash December 30, 1968) was a Norwegian politician The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the head of the Secretariat, one of the principal organs of the United Nations. 1896)
• 1970 - Sonny Liston, American boxer (b. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charles L "Sonny" Liston (May 8 1932?–January 5 1971 was a professional boxer who became world heavyweight champion in 1962 by knocking out Floyd 1932)
• 1971 - Melba Rae, American actress (Search for Tomorrow) (b. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Melba Rae (born October 7, 1922 in Willard Utah; died December 30, 1971 in New York City) was an American Search for Tomorrow is a Soap opera which started airing on Monday September 3, 1951 on CBS. 1922)
• 1979 - Richard Rodgers, American composer (b. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Richard Charles Rodgers ( June 28, 1902, Arverne Queens, New York City &ndash December 30, 1979, New York 1902)
• 1981 - Alfie Anido, Filipino actor (b. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Alfie Anido ( December 31, 1959 &ndash December 30, 1981) was a popular Filipino Matinee idol best remembered for 1959)
• 1984 - Massa, oldest gorilla on record (b. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Massa ( 1930 - 30 December 1984) lived to be 54 years old and until 2008 was the longest lived Gorilla ever recorded Gorillas, the largest of the living Primates are ground-dwelling Herbivores that inhabit the Forests of Africa. 1930)
• 1986 - Era Bell Thompson, American journalist (b. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Era Bell Thompson ( 10 August 1905 &ndash 30 December 1986) was a graduate of the University of North Dakota (UND and an editor of 1905)
• 1988 - Yuli Daniel, Russian writer (b. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Yuli Markovich Daniel (Юлий Маркович Даниэль November 15, 1925 — December 30, 1988) was a Soviet Dissident 1925)
• 1989 - Lenore Lemmon, wife of George Reeves (b. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Leonore Lemmon ( May 11, 1923 - December 30, 1989) was an American Socialite who was the fiancée of actor George 1923)
• 1992 - Ling-Ling, panda given to the USA by China (b. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Ling-Ling (1969-92 and Hsing-Hsing (1970-99 were two Giant Pandas given to the United States as gifts by the government of China following President 1969)
• 1993 - Mack David, American lyricist and songwriter (b. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Mack David ( July 5, 1912 - December 30, 1993) was an American lyricist and songwriter best known for his work in film and television in the 1912)
• 1993 - Irving "Swifty" Lazar, American Hollywood talent agent (b. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Irving Paul "Swifty" Lazar ( March 28 1907 &ndash December 30 1993) was a legendary talent agent and deal-maker representing 1907)
• 1993 - Giuseppe Occhialini, Italian physicist (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Giuseppe "Beppo" Occhialini ( December 5, 1907 in Fossombrone, Pesaro, Italy – December 30, 1993) 1907)
• 1994 - Dmitri Ivanenko, Russian physicist (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Dmitri Ivanenko (Дмитрий Дмитриевич Иваненко ( July 29, 1904, Poltava, Ukraine — December 30, 1994 1904)
• 1994 - Maureen Starkey, wife of Ringo Starr (b. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Maureen Cox Starkey ( August 4, 1946 &ndash December 30, 1994) was the first wife of The Beatles drummer Ringo Starr. Ringo Starr, MBE (born Richard Starkey on 7 July 1940 is an English Musician, Singer, Songwriter and Actor 1946)
• 1995 - Ralph Flanagan - American band leader (b. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Ralph Flanagan (born Ralph Elias Flenniken, ( April 7, 1914 in Lorain Ohio - December 30, 1995 in Miami Florida 1914)
• 1995 - Doris Grau, American actress (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Doris Grau ( October 12 1924 - December 30 1995) was an American actress script supervisor and voice actress 1924)
• 1996 - Lew Ayres, American actor (b. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Lew Ayres ( December 28, 1908 &ndash December 30, 1996) was an American actor 1908)
• 1996 - Jack Nance, American actor (b. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Marvin John Nance ( December 21, 1943 – December 30, 1996) known professionally as Jack Nance and occasionally credited as 1943)
• 1997 - Shinichi Hoshi, Japanese novelist (b. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Shinichi Hoshi (星 新一 Hoshi Shin'ichi, September 6, 1926 - December 30, 1997) was a Japanese novelist and Science 1926)
• 1998 - Johnny Moore, American singer (The Drifters) (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Johnny Moore ( 14 December 1934 &ndash 30 December 1998) was an American Rhythm and blues singer with The Drifters The Drifters were a long-lived American Doo wop / R&B vocal group with a peak in popularity from 1953 to 1962 though several splinter Drifters continue to perform today 1934)
• 1998 - George Webb, English actor (b. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Webb ( June 9, 1911 &ndash December 30, 1998) was an English Actor. 1911)
• 1999 - Fritz Leonhardt, German structural engineer (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Fritz Leonhardt ( July 12 1909 - December 30 1999) was a German Structural engineer who made major contributions to 20th century 1909)
• 1999 - Sarah Knauss, American, once considered the world's oldest living person (b. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Sarah DeRemer Clark Knauss ( September 24, 1880 – December 30, 1999) was an American Supercentenarian considered 1880)
• 2000 - Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter (b. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Julius J Epstein (born August 22, 1909, New York City New York; died December 30, 2000, Los Angeles California) 1909)
• 2002 - Mary Brian, American actress (b. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Mary Brian ( February 17, 1906 – December 30, 2002) was an American Actress and Movie star who made the 1906)
• 2002 - Mary Wesley, English novelist (b. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Mary Aline Mynors Farmar, CBE (24 June 1912 - 30 December 2002 better known as Mary Wesley, was a British Novelist. 1912)
• 2003 - David Bale, South African-born activist (b. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. David Howard Bale (September 2 1941 &ndash December 30 2003 was a South African born entrepreneur and an Animal rights activist 1941)
• 2003 - John Gregory Dunne, American writer (b. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Gregory Dunne ( 25 May 1932 - 30 December 2003) was an American novelist screenwriter and literary critic 1932)
• 2003 - Anita Mui, Hong Kong singer and actress (b. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Anita Mui Yim-fong ( October 10, 1963 - December 30, 2003) was a popular Hong Kong Singer and Actress. 1963)
• 2004 - Artie Shaw, American jazz clarinetist, composer, and bandleader (b. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Arthur Jacob Arshawsky ( May 23, 1910 &ndash December 30, 2004) better known as Artie Shaw, was an American Jazz 1910)
• 2005 - Rona Jaffe, American author (b. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rona Jaffe (b June 12 1931, Brooklyn New York &mdash d December 30 2005, London, UK) was an American 1932)
• 2006 - Terry Peck, Falkland Islander (b. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Terence John Peck MBE, CPM ( 2 August 1938 -- 30 December 2006) was a member of the Falkland Islands Defence Force Falkland Islanders (also called Kelpers, Falklanders; Malvinenses Malvineros/as are the People of the British overseas territory 1938) who acted as a scout for 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment in the Falklands War
• 2006 - Michel Plasse, Canadian ice hockey player (b. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Parachute Regiment is the Airborne Infantry element of the British Army. The Falklands War (Guerra de las Malvinas/Guerra del Atlántico Sur also called the Falklands Conflict/Crisis, was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the Michel Pierre Plasse (June 1 1948 in Montreal, Quebec – December 30 2006 in Île du Pas Quebec) was a Canadian professional Ice hockey 1948)
• 2006 - Saddam Hussein, former Iraqi President (b. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti ( Arabic: ar صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي --> April 28 1937 &ndash December 30 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. 1937) (executed)

Holidays and observances

• The fifth day of Christmas in Western Christianity. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the Killing of a person by judicial process as Punishment. The Twelve Days of Christmas, and the associated evenings of those twelve days (Twelve-tide are the festive days beginning the evening of Christmas Day ( December 25 Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings
• R.C. Saints - Pope Felix I (optional memorial), Saint Sabinus, Anysia of Salonika, Anysius, Aphian, Donatus, Egwin of Worcester, Eugene of Milan, Eugenia Ravasco, Exuperantius, Holy Family (2007), Honorius, John Alcober, Liberius of Ravenna, Mansuetus, Marcellus, Margaret Colonna, Matthia dei Nazzarei, Our Lady of Bethlehem, Ralph of Vaucelles, Raynerius of Aquila, Ruggero of Canne, Severus, Venustian
• Philippines - Rizal Day

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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The Calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a Liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more Saints Pope Saint Sabinus (died 304 was a Bishop in the Christian church who resisted the Persecutions of Diocletian and was Martyred and later Egwin (died 30 December 717) (also Ecgwin, Ecgwine and Eegwine) was the third Bishop of Worcester in England Exuperantius may refer to Exuperantius of Poitiers, the father of Palladius the servant of saints Felix and Regula The Holy Family consists of the Child Jesus, the Virgin Mary and St Honorius may refer to Honorius (emperor (Flavius Augustus Honorius western Roman emperor 395-423 Honorius of Canterbury (Saint Honorius The Martyr Saints of China or Augustine Zhao Rong and his 119 companions are saints in the Roman Catholic Church, remembered for their martyrdom in China Mansueto or Mansuetus is also the name of an early Bishop of Milan and of an episcopus Brittanorum ("bishop of the Britons" [[Armorica]] at the Blessed Margaret Colona was born in Rome in the 13th century the exact date is unknown Raoul founder of Vaucelles Abbey or Saint Raoul (also San Raul is a saint of the Catholic Church who founded the famous Monastery of Vaucelles in The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP Dr José P Rizal (full name José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda) (June 19 1861 – December 30 1896 was a Filipino Polymath,

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