December 30

December 30 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 year.

Events

• 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.
• 1702 – Queen Anne's War: James Moore, Governor of the Province of Carolina, abandons the Siege of St. Augustine.
• 1813 – British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York during the War of 1812.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1896 – Canadian ice hockey player Ernie McLea scores the first hat-trick in Stanley Cup play, and the Cup-winning goal as the Montreal Victorias defeat the Winnipeg Victorias 6–5.
• 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. It went on to lay the foundations of Pakistan.
• 1916 – The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.
• 1919 – Lincoln's Inn in London, England, UK 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.
• 1936 – The United Auto Workers union stages its first sitdown strike.
• 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.
• 1947 – King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.
• 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.
• 1958 – The Guatemalan Air Force sinks several Mexican fishing boats alleged to have breached maritime borders, killing 3 and sparking international tension.
• 1965 – Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines.
• 1972 – Vietnam War: The United States halts heavy bombing of North Vietnam.
• 1977 – For the second time, Ted Bundy escapes from his cell in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
• 1981 – In the 39th game of his third NHL season, Wayne Gretzky scores five goals, giving him 50 on the year and 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.
• 1996 – Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.
• 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.
• 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 Airport is bombed.
• 2006 – The Indonesian passenger ferry MV Senopati Nusantara sinks in a storm, resulting in at least 400 deaths.
• 2006 – Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein is executed.
• 2009 – A segment of the Lanzhou–Zhengzhou–Changsha pipeline ruptures in Shaanxi, China, and approximately 150,000 l (40,000 US gal) of diesel oil flows down the Wei River before finally reaching the Yellow River.
• 2009 – A suicide bomber kills nine people at Forward Operating Base Chapman, a key facility of the Central Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan.
• 2011 – Owing to a change of time zone the day is skipped in Samoa and Tokelau.
• 2013 – More than 100 people are killed when anti-government forces attack key buildings in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Births

• 39 – Titus, Roman emperor (d. 81)
• 1204 – Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd ibn Hakam al Qurashi, Portuguese ruler of Minorca (d. 1282)
• 1371 – Vasily I of Moscow, Grand Prince of Moscow (d. 1425)
• 1642 – Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (d. 1707)
• 1673 – Ahmed III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1736)
• 1678 – William Croft, English organist and composer (d. 1727)
• 1722 – Charles Yorke, English politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1770)
• 1724 – Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter (d. 1805)
• 1760 – Charles Sapinaud de La Rairie, French general (d. 1829)
• 1792 – Sylvester Jordan, German lawyer and politician (d. 1861)
• 1819 – Theodor Fontane, German author and poet (d. 1898)
• 1819 – John W. Geary, American lawyer and politician, 16th Governor of Pennsylvania (d. 1873)
• 1825 – Samuel Newitt Wood, American lawyer, publisher, and politician (d. 1891)
• 1838 – Émile Loubet, French politician, 7th President of France (d. 1929)
• 1849 – John Milne, English seismologist and geologist (d. 1913)
• 1851 – Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (d. 1929)
• 1853 – André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1929)
• 1865 – Rudyard Kipling, English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)
• 1869 – Stephen Leacock, English-Canadian political scientist and author (d. 1944)
• 1869 – Ōzutsu Man'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th Yokozuna (d. 1918)
• 1873 – Al Smith, American politician, 42nd Governor of New York (d. 1944)
• 1875 – Jean-Guy Gautier, French rugby player (d. 1938)
• 1878 – William Aberhart, Canadian evangelist and politician, 7th Premier of Alberta (d. 1943)
• 1879 – Ramana Maharshi, Indian guru and philosopher (d. 1950)
• 1883 – Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1960)
• 1884 – Hideki Tōjō, Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1948)
• 1890 – Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, Mexican soldier and politician, 47th President of Mexico (d. 1973)
• 1897 – Alfredo Bracchi, Italian songwriter and screenwriter (d. 1976)
• 1899 – Helge Ingstad, Norwegian explorer, lawyer, and politician, 2nd Governor of Svalbard (d. 2001)
• 1904 – Dmitry Kabalevsky, Russian composer (d. 1987)
• 1905 – Daniil Kharms, Russian poet, author, and playwright (d. 1942)
• 1906 – Carol Reed, English director and producer (d. 1976)
• 1910 – Paul Bowles, American composer and author (d. 1999)
• 1911 – Jeanette Nolan, American actress (d. 1998)
• 1913 – Lucio Agostini, Italian-Canadian conductor and composer (d. 1996)
• 1913 – Elyne Mitchell, Australian author (d. 2002)
• 1914 – Bert Parks, American actor and singer (d. 1992)
• 1914 – Jo Van Fleet, American actress (d. 1996)
• 1917 – Seymour Melman, American engineer and author (d. 2004)
• 1919 – David Willcocks, English organist, composer, and conductor
• 1920 – Jack Lord, American actor and director (d. 1998)
• 1921 – Rashid Karami, Lebanese politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Lebanon (d. 1987)
• 1922 – Jane Langton, American author and illustrator
• 1923 – Prakash Vir Shastri, Indian activist (d. 1977)
• 1925 – Ian MacNaughton, Scottish actor, producer and director (d. 2002)
• 1926 – Stan Tracey, English pianist and composer (d. 2013)
• 1927 – Bernard Barrow, American actor (d. 1993)
• 1927 – Robert Hossein, French actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1928 – Bo Diddley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008)
• 1929 – Rosalinde Hurley, English physician, microbiologist, and academic (d. 2004)
• 1929 – Barbara Nichols, American actress and singer (d. 1976)
• 1930 – Roy Yorke Calne, English surgeon and academic
• 1931 – Skeeter Davis, American singer-songwriter (The Davis Sisters) (d. 2004)
• 1931 – John T. Houghton, Welsh physicist and author
• 1931 – Frank Torre, American baseball player and manager (d. 2014)
• 1934 – John N. Bahcall, American astrophysicist and astronomer, co-developed the Hubble Space Telescope (d. 2005)
• 1934 – Joseph Bologna, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1934 – Barry Briggs, New Zealand motorcycle racer
• 1934 – Joseph P. Hoar, American general
• 1934 – Del Shannon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1990)
• 1934 – Russ Tamblyn, American actor, singer, and dancer
• 1935 – Omar Bongo, Gabonese lieutenant and politician, President of Gabon (d. 2009)
• 1935 – Sandy Koufax, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1935 – Jack Riley, American actor
• 1937 – Gordon Banks, English footballer and manager
• 1937 – John Hartford, American singer-songwriter and fiddler (d. 2001)
• 1937 – Jim Marshall, American football player
• 1937 – Paul Stookey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Peter, Paul and Mary)
• 1938 – Mike Auldridge, American guitarist (The Seldom Scene and Chesapeake) (d. 2012)
• 1938 – Gennaro Langella, American mob boss (d. 2013)
• 1939 – Glenda Adams, Australian author and academic (d. 2007)
• 1939 – Felix Pappalardi, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Mountain) (d. 1983)
• 1940 – James Burrows, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1941 – Mel Renfro, American football player and coach
• 1942 – Betty Aberlin, American actress
• 1942 – Vladimir Bukovsky, Russian author and activist
• 1942 – Guy Edwards, English race car driver
• 1942 – Michael Nesmith, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The Monkees and First National Band)
• 1942 – Janko Prunk, Slovenian historian, academic, and politician
• 1942 – Toomas Savi, Estonian physician and politician
• 1942 – Fred Ward, American actor and singer
• 1943 – Gösta Winbergh, Swedish tenor (d. 2002)
• 1944 – William J. Fallon, American admiral
• 1944 – Joseph Hilbe, American mathematician and philosopher
• 1945 – Davy Jones, English singer and actor (The Monkees) (d. 2012)
• 1945 – Lloyd Kaufman, American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded Troma Entertainment
• 1945 – Concetta Tomei, American actress
• 1945 – Vernon Wells, Australian actor and producer
• 1946 – Patti Smith, American singer-songwriter and poet
• 1947 – Michael Burns, American actor and historian
• 1947 – James Kahn, American author, screenwriter, and producer
• 1947 – Jeff Lynne, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Electric Light Orchestra, Traveling Wilburys, The Move, and The Idle Race)
• 1947 – Steve Mix, American basketball player and coach
• 1948 – Jed Johnson, American interior designer and director (d. 1996)
• 1949 – David Bedford, English runner
• 1949 – Jim Flaherty, Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th Canadian Minister of Finance (d. 2014)
• 1950 – Timothy Mo, Chinese-English author
• 1950 – Lewis Shiner, American author
• 1950 – Bjarne Stroustrup, Danish computer scientist, created the C++ programming language
• 1951 – Doug Allder, English footballer
• 1952 – June Anderson, American soprano
• 1952 – Melissa Fay Greene, American author
• 1953 – Daniel T. Barry, American engineer and astronaut
• 1953 – Bill Kazmaier, American strongman and wrestler
• 1953 – Dana Key, American singer, guitarist, and producer (DeGarmo and Key) (d. 2010)
• 1953 – Graham Vick, English director and producer
• 1953 – Meredith Vieira, American journalist and game show host
• 1954 – Barry Greenstein, American poker player
• 1955 – Dindo Yogo, Congolese singer (Viva La Musica, Langa Langa Stars, and Zaiko Langa Langa) (d. 2000)
• 1956 – Suzy Bogguss, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1956 – Claudia di Girolamo, Chilean actress
• 1956 – Patricia Kalember, American actress
• 1956 – Sheryl Lee Ralph, American actress and singer
• 1956 – Ingus Baušķenieks, Latvian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1957 – Matt Lauer, American journalist
• 1957 – Glenn Robbins, Australian actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1957 – Rod Harrington, English darts player and sportscaster
• 1957 – Nick Skelton, English horse rider
• 1958 – Steven Smith, American astronaut
• 1959 – Antonio Pappano, English pianist and conductor
• 1959 – Tracey Ullman, English-American actress, singer, director, and screenwriter
• 1959 – Josée Verner, Canadian lieutenant and politician, 8th Canadian Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
• 1961 – Douglas Coupland, German-Canadian author and playwright
• 1961 – Sean Hannity, American radio and television host
• 1961 – Ben Johnson, Jamaican-Canadian sprinter
• 1962 – Henry Cho, American actor
• 1962 – Joshua Clover, American author, poet, and critic
• 1962 – Paavo Järvi, Estonian-American conductor
• 1963 – Chandler Burr, American journalist and author
• 1963 – Milan Šrejber, Czech tennis player
• 1963 – John van 't Schip, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager
• 1964 – Almir Kayumov, Russian footballer and referee (d. 2013)
• 1964 – Sylvie Moreau, Canadian actress and screenwriter
• 1964 – Duglas T. Stewart, Scottish singer-songwriter and producer (BMX Bandits)
• 1964 – Sophie Ward, English actress
• 1965 – Heidi Fleiss, American madam
• 1966 – Bennett Miller, American director and producer
• 1966 – Gary Chartier, American philosopher, scholar, and academic
• 1967 – Carl Ouellet, Canadian wrestler
• 1968 – Bryan Burk, American screenwriter and producer
• 1969 – Dave England, American snowboarder and stuntman
• 1969 – Shane McConkey, American skier and basejumper
• 1969 – Jay Kay, English singer-songwriter (Jamiroquai)
• 1969 – Jan Wehrmann, German footballer
• 1969 – Emmanuel Clérico, French racing driver
• 1970 – Sister Bliss, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (Faithless)
• 1971 – Ricardo López Felipe, Spanish footballer
• 1971 – Daniel Sunjata, American actor
• 1972 – Kerry Collins, American football player
• 1972 – Paul Keegan, Irish footballer
• 1972 – Dita Indah Sari, Indonesian activist
• 1972 – Steven Wiig, American actor and drummer (Papa Wheelie)
• 1973 – Frans Bauer, Dutch singer
• 1973 – Jason Behr, American actor
• 1973 – Ato Boldon, Trinidadian runner, sportscaster, and politician
• 1973 – Nacho Vidal, Spanish porn actor, director, and producer
• 1974 – G-Enka, Estonian rapper and producer (Toe Tag)
• 1974 – Alexandro Alves do Nascimento, Brazilian footballer (d. 2012)
• 1974 – S. Jithesh, Indian cartoonist, poet, and critic
• 1974 – Johanna Sällström, Swedish actress (d. 2007)
• 1975 – Scott Chipperfield, Australian footballer
• 1975 – Tiger Woods, American golfer
• 1976 – Kastro, American rapper (Outlawz)
• 1976 – Ashley Callie, South African actress (d. 2008)
• 1976 – Patrick Kerney, American football player
• 1976 – A. J. Pierzynski, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1977 – Laila Ali, American boxer and actress
• 1977 – Grant Balfour, Australian baseball player
• 1977 – Saša Ilić, Serbian footballer
• 1977 – Scott Lucas, Australian footballer
• 1977 – Kenyon Martin, American basketball player
• 1977 – Kazuyuki Toda, Japanese footballer
• 1977 – Lucy Punch, English actress
• 1978 – Devin Brown, American basketball player
• 1978 – Tyrese Gibson, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1978 – Zbigniew Robert Promiński, Polish drummer (Behemoth, Azarath, and Witchmaster)
• 1978 – Rob Scuderi, American ice hockey player
• 1979 – Flávio Amado, Angolan footballer
• 1979 – Tommy Clufetos, American drummer (Black Sabbath)
• 1979 – Michael Grimm, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1980 – Eliza Dushku, American actress and producer
• 1980 – Kenny Kwan, Filipino-Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor (Boy'z)
• 1980 – D. J. Mbenga, Congolese-Belgian basketball player
• 1980 – Alison McGovern, English politician
• 1981 – K.Will, South Korean singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
• 1981 – Ali Al-Habsi, Omani footballer
• 1981 – Haley Paige, Mexican-American porn actress (d. 2007)
• 1981 – Michael Rodríguez, Costa Rican footballer
• 1981 – Reef the Lost Cauze, American rapper (JuJu Mob and Army of the Pharaohs)
• 1981 – Matt Ulrich, American football player
• 1982 – Robbie Gould, American football player
• 1982 – Kristin Kreuk, Canadian actress and producer
• 1982 – Tobias Kurbjuweit, German footballer
• 1982 – Dawan Landry, American football player
• 1982 – Dathan Ritzenhein, American runner
• 1983 – Davide Mandorlini, Italian footballer
• 1983 – Josh Sussman, American actor
• 1983 – Kevin Systrom, American businessman, co-founded Instagram
• 1984 – Randall Azofeifa, Costa Rican footballer
• 1984 – LeBron James, American basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers
• 1985 – Lars Boom, Dutch cyclist
• 1985 – Bryson Goodwin, Australian rugby player
• 1986 – Domenico Criscito, Italian footballer
• 1986 – Ellie Goulding, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1986 – Gianni Zuiverloon, Dutch footballer
• 1987 – Jake Cuenca, American-Filipino actor and footballer
• 1988 – Leon Jackson, Scottish singer
• 1988 – Kirsty-Leigh Porter, English actress
• 1989 – Natalie Korneitsik, Estonian beauty queen
• 1989 – Ryan Sheckler, American skateboarder and actor
• 1990 – Joe Root, English cricketer
• 1992 – Ryan Tunnicliffe, English footballer

Deaths

• 274 – Pope Felix I
• 1460 – Edmund, Earl of Rutland, Irish politician, Lord Chancellor of Ireland (b. 1443)
• 1460 – Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York(b. 1411)
• 1525 – Jakob Fugger, German banker and businessman (b. 1459)
• 1572 – Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect, designed the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli (b. 1512)
• 1573 – Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian author and poet (b. 1504)
• 1591 – Pope Innocent IX (b. 1519)
• 1621 – Job of Manyava, Ukrainian monk and saint (b. 1550)
• 1640 – John Francis Regis, French priest and saint (b. 1597)
• 1644 – Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist, physiologist, and physician (b. 1577)
• 1662 – Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria (b. 1628)
• 1768 – Ruth Blay, American murderer (b. 1737)
• 1769 – Nicholas Taaffe, 6th Viscount Taaffe, Irish-Austrian soldier and courtier (b. 1685)
• 1803 – Francis Lewis, Welsh-American merchant and politician (b. 1713)
• 1867 – Sarah Booth, English actress (b. 1793)
• 1879 – Manuel de Araújo Porto Alegre, Baron of Santo Ângelo, Brazilian poet and painter (b. 1806)
• 1896 – José Rizal, Filipino ophthalmologist, journalist, and author (b. 1861)
• 1908 – Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1844)
• 1916 – Grigori Rasputin, Russian mystic (b. 1869)
• 1928 – Jean Collas, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1874)
• 1937 – Hans Niels Andersen, Danish businessman, founded the East Asiatic Company (b. 1852)
• 1940 – Childe Wills, American engineer (b. 1878)
• 1941 – El Lissitzky, Russian photographer and architect (b. 1890)
• 1944 – Romain Rolland, French author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1945 – Song Jin-woo, South Korean journalist and politician (b. 1889)
• 1947 – Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter (b. 1889)
• 1947 – Alfred North Whitehead, English-American mathematician and philosopher (b. 1861)
• 1954 – Archduke Eugen of Austria (b. 1863)
• 1955 – Rex Ingamells, Australian poet (b. 1913)
• 1967 – Vincent Massey, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor General of Canada (b. 1887)
• 1968 – Trygve Lie, Norwegian politician, 1st Secretary-General of the United Nations (b. 1896)
• 1970 – Angelos Evert, Greek police officer (b. 1894)
• 1970 – Sonny Liston, American boxer (b. 1932)
• 1971 – Jo Cals, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1914)
• 1971 – Melba Rae, American actress (b. 1922)
• 1971 – Vikram Sarabhai, Indian physicist (b. 1919)
• 1979 – Richard Rodgers, American playwright and composer (b. 1902)
• 1981 – Alfie Anido, Filipino actor (b. 1959)
• 1982 – Alberto Vargas, Peruvian painter (b. 1896)
• 1984 – Massa, Ghanaian-American gorilla (b. 1930)
• 1986 – Era Bell Thompson, American journalist (b. 1905)
• 1988 – Yuli Daniel, Russian author and poet (b. 1925)
• 1989 – Leonore Lemmon, American girlfriend of George Reeves (b. 1923)
• 1990 – Raghuvir Sahay, Indian author, poet, and critic (b. 1929)
• 1993 – Mack David, American songwriter (b. 1912)
• 1993 – Irving Paul Lazar, American talent agent (b. 1907)
• 1993 – Giuseppe Occhialini, Italian-French physicist and academic (b. 1907)
• 1994 – Dmitri Ivanenko, Ukrainian-Russian physicist and academic (b. 1904)
• 1994 – Maureen Starkey Tigrett, English-American hairdresser (b. 1946)
• 1995 – Ralph Flanagan, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1914)
• 1995 – Doris Grau, American actress (b. 1924)
• 1996 – Lew Ayres, American actor and singer (b. 1908)
• 1996 – Jack Nance, American actor (b. 1943)
• 1997 – Shinichi Hoshi, Japanese author and illustrator (b. 1926)
• 1998 – Johnny Moore, American singer (The Drifters) (b. 1934)
• 1998 – Sam Muchnick, American wrestling promoter, co-founded the National Wrestling Alliance (b. 1905)
• 1998 – George Webb, English actor (b. 1911)
• 1999 – Sarah Knauss, American super-centenarian (b. 1880)
• 1999 – Fritz Leonhardt, German engineer, co-designed the Cologne Rodenkirchen Bridge and Fernsehturm Stuttgart (b. 1909)
• 2000 – Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1909)
• 2002 – Mary Brian, American actress (b. 1906)
• 2002 – Eleanor J. Gibson, American psychologist (b. 1910)
• 2002 – Mary Wesley, English author (b. 1912)
• 2003 – David Bale, South African–American businessman and activist (b. 1941)
• 2003 – John Gregory Dunne, American author and screenwriter (b. 1932)
• 2003 – Anita Mui, Hong Kong singer and actress (b. 1963)
• 2004 – Artie Shaw, American clarinet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1910)
• 2005 – Eddie Barlow, South African cricketer and coach (b. 1940)
• 2005 – Rona Jaffe, American-English author (b. 1932)
• 2006 – Saddam Hussein, Iraqi politician, 5th President of Iraq (b. 1937)
• 2006 – Terry Peck, Falkland Islander police officer and spy (b. 1938)
• 2006 – Michel Plasse, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1948)
• 2007 – Themis Cholevas, Greek basketball player (b. 1926)
• 2009 – Vishnuvardhan, Indian actor (b. 1950)
• 2009 – Rowland S. Howard, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Birthday Party and These Immortal Souls) (b. 1959)
• 2009 – Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesian journalist and politician, 4th President of Indonesia (b. 1940)
• 2010 – Bobby Farrell, Aruban-Dutch singer and dancer (Boney M.) (b. 1949)
• 2011 – Ronald Searle, English-French cartoonist (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Catarina Castor, Guatemalan politician (b. 1980)
• 2012 – Philip Coppens, Belgian-American journalist and author (b. 1971)
• 2012 – Beate Sirota Gordon, Austrian-American director and producer (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Mike Hopkins, New Zealand sound editor (b. 1959)
• 2012 – Arend Langenberg, Dutch voice actor and radio host (b. 1949)
• 2012 – Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian neurologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1909)
• 2012 – Gloria Pall, American model and actress (b. 1927)
• 2012 – Irvine Patnick, English businessman and politician (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Sonam Topgyal, Tibetan politician (b. 1941)
• 2012 – Carl Woese, American microbiologist and biophysicist (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Akeem Adams, Trinidadian footballer (b. 1991)
• 2013 – Katja Andy, German-American pianist and educator (b. 1907)
• 2013 – Martin Berkofsky, American pianist (b. 1943)
• 2013 – Charlie Hill, American actor (b. 1951)
• 2013 – Sjoerd Huisman, Dutch speed skater (b. 1986)
• 2013 – Kinnaird R. McKee, American admiral (b. 1929)
• 2013 – José María Maguregui, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1934)
• 2013 – Eiichi Ohtaki, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer (Happy End) (b. 1948)
• 2013 – Johnny Orr, American basketball player and coach (b. 1927)
• 2013 – Jan Steyn, South African judge (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Geoffrey Wheeler, English radio and television host (b. 1930)

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Anysia of Salonika
  • Egwin of Evesham
  • Liberius of Ravenna
  • Pope Felix I
  • Ralph of Vaucelles
  • Roger of Cannae
  • Frances Joseph-Gaudet (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • December 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Day of the Declaration of Slovakia as an Independent Ecclesiastic Province (Slovakia)
• Freedom Day (Church of Scientology)
• Rizal Day (Philippines)
• The sixth day of Christmas. (Western Christianity)

External links

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