December 30 in History
What happened on December 30 in history?
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on december 30 in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened on december 30 in history.
?>2006
Saddam Hussein, former Iraq dictator, is executed by hanging for crimes committed against his own people during his rule.
1976
Governor Carey of New York pardons seven inmates, closing the book on the Attica uprising.
1972
After two weeks of heavy bombing raids on North Vietnam, President Nixon halts the air offensive and agrees to resume peace negotiations with Hanoi representative Le Duc Tho.
1965
Ferdinand E. Marcos is sworn in as the Philippine Republic’s sixth president.
1947
Romania’s King Michael is forced to abdicate by Soviet-backed Communists. Communists now control all of Eastern Europe.
1932
The Soviet Union bars food handouts for housewives under 36 years of age. They must now work to eat.
1922
Soviet Russia is renamed the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
1905
Governor Frank Steunenberg of Idaho is killed by an assassin’s bomb.
1862
The draft of the Emancipation Proclamation is finished and circulated among President Abraham Lincoln‘s cabinet for comment.
1861
Banks in the United States suspend the practice of redeeming paper money for metal currency, a practice that would continue until 1879.
1803
The United States takes possession of the Louisiana area from France at New Orleans with a simple ceremony, the simultaneous lowering and raising of the national flags.
1460
The Duke of York is defeated and killed by Lancastrians at the Battle of Wakefield.