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| December 30th |
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| About December 30th is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There is one day remaining until the end of the calendar year. Births 1928 - Bo Diddley, singer, songwriter, musician 1931 - Skeeter Davis, country/pop singer ("The End of the World") 1941 - Mel Renfro, Hall of Fame cornerback 1954 - Barry Greenstein, professional poker player 1957 - Matt Lauer, journalist (The Today Show) 1961 - Sean Hannity, conservative political commentator 1975 - Tiger Woods, professional golfer 1977 - Laila Ali, boxer, television personality 1982 - Kristin Kreuk, actress (Smallville) 1984 - LeBron James, professional basketball player Deaths 1970 - Sonny Liston, professional boxer 1996 - Jack Nance, stage and screen actor (Eraserhead, Twin Peaks) 2006 - Saddam Hussein, former Iraq dictator Events 1813 - The British burned Buffalo, New York, during the War of 1812. 1853 - The United States buys 29,670 square miles from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest. 1922 - The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is formed. 1924 - Evidence of the existence of a galaxy outside of the Milky Way is announced by astronomer Edwin Hubble. 1927 - The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opened in Tokyo, Japan. 1940 - The Arroyo Seco Parkway opens, connecting Los Angeles and Pasadena, becoming the first freeway in California. 1972 - The United States halts its heavy bombing of North Vietnam. 1978 - Ohio State University fires coach Woody Hayes one day after he punched an opposing team's player. 2006 - Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, convicted of the executions of 148 Iraqi Shiites, is executed by hanging. |
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