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.
- 1702 –Queen Anne’s War: James Moore, Governor of the Province of Carolina, abandons the Siege of St. Augustine.
- 1825 –The Treaty of St. Louis (1825) between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed.
- 1905 –Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.
- 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.
- 1927 –The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
- 1943 –Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.
- 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.
- 1965 –Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines.
- 1977 –For the second time, Ted Bundy escapes from his cell in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
- 1993 –Israel and Vatican City establish diplomatic relations.
- 1996 –Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.
- 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.
- 2006 –Madrid Barajas International Airport is bombed.
- 2006 –The Indonesian passenger ferry MV Senopati Nusantara sinks in a storm, resulting in at least 400 deaths.
- 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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