About December 30
December 30, 2024 is the 365th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There is one day remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
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Capricorn is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 30 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On December 30
- 1066 –Granada massacre: A Muslim mob storms the royal palace in Granada, crucifies Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacres most of the Jewish population of the city.
- 1460 –Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield.
- 1816 –The Treaty of St. Louis (1816) between the United States and the united Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi Indian tribes is proclaimed.
- 1825 –The Treaty of St. Louis (1825) between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed.
- 1903 –A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
- 1916 –The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.
- 1919 –Lincoln’s Inn in London admits its first female bar student.
- 1922 –The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed.
- 1924 –Edwin Hubble announces the existence of other galaxies.
- 1927 –The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
- 1936 –The United Auto Workers union stages its first sit-down strike.
- 1944 –King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant.
- 1947 –King Michael of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.
- 1981 –In the 39th game of his 3rd NHL season Wayne Gretzky scores 5 goals giving him 50 on the year setting a new NHL record previously held by Maurice Richard and Mike Bossy who earlier had each scored 50 goals in 50 games.
- 1993 –Israel and Vatican City establish diplomatic relations.
- 1996 –In the Indian state of Assam, a passenger train is bombed by Bodo separatists, killing 26.
- 1997 –In the worst incident in Algeria’s insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed.
- 2000 –Rizal Day Bombings: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines within a period of a few hours, killing 22 and injuring about a hundred.
- 2004 –A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.
- 2009 –A segment of Lanzhou–Zhengzhou–Changsha product oil pipeline ruptures in Shaanxi, China, and approximately 150000 l of diesel oil flows down the Wei River before finally reaching the Yellow River.
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