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.
- 1825 –The Treaty of St. Louis (1825) between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed.
- 1853 –Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.
- 1896 –Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila, Philippines.
- 1897 –The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.
- 1903 –A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
- 1905 –Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.
- 1906 –The All India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India Empire, which later laid down the foundations of Pakistan.
- 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.
- 1944 –King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant.
- 1948 –The Cole Porter Broadway musical, Kiss Me, Kate (1,077 performances), opens at the New Century Theatre and becomes the first show to win the Best Musical Tony Award.
- 1972 –Vietnam War: The United States halts heavy bombing of North Vietnam.
- 2004 –A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.
- 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.
- 2006 –Madrid Barajas International Airport is bombed.
- 2009 –A segment of Lanzhou–Zhengzhou–Changsha product oil pipeline ruptures in Shaanxi, China, and approximately 150000 l of diesel oil flows down the Wei River before finally reaching the Yellow River.
- 2011 –Due to a change of time zone the day is skipped in Samoa and Tokelau.
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