Historical Events In December - 30

1907  Abraham Mills' commission declares Abner Doubleday invented baseball on December - 30.   

1907  On this day in history christina E "Christine" Auwen, Dutch model/singer (Haghezangers)   

1908  Montreal Wanderers loses to Edmonton but retain Stanley Cup (4th of 1908). Cup is won by total points in a 2 game series on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers outscore Edmonton, 13-10 in 2 game set   

1910  On December - 30 dennis Morgan, actor (Cattle Town, Canyon Pass, Waterfront)   

1911  On December - 30 sun Yat-sen elected first President of Republic of China   

1911  On December - 30 sun Yat-sen is elected as the first president of the Republic of China.   

1911  On this day in history crickets S F Barnes takes 5-6 in 1st 11 overs v Aust at MCG   

1911  On this day in history jeanette Nolan, LA Calif, actress (Richard Boone Show, Virginian)   

1912  Alfred von Kiderlen-Waechter, German foreign minister, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1913  Barnes takes 17 wickets vs South Africa (8-56 & 9-103) on this day in history.   

1913  On this day in history svend Simon Schultz, composer   

1914  On December - 30 bert Parks, [Jacobson], Atlanta Ga, TV host (Miss America)   

1915  On December - 30 hMS Natal, blew up and sank at her moorings in the Cromarty Firth, Scotland, over 400 lives lost. Sources differ about the date with some giving it as 31st. The cause was speculated about at the time and sabotage was feared by some but the official enquiry put it down to a cordite explosion which becomes unstable when overheated. Other ships had suffered a similar fate, and this is the most likely explanation.   

1915  On December - 30 cromarty Harbour, Scot-British cruiser Natal explodes: 405 die   

1916  On December - 30 in Russia, Rasputin 'the mad monk' is murdered   

1917  -32°F (-36°C) in Mountain City, Tennessee (state record) on this day in history.   

1917  Nancy Coleman, Everett WA, actress (Edge of Darkness) on this day in history.   

1918  John E Hoover decides to be called J Edgar Hoover on this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history w Eugene Smith, US photographer (Saipan, Walk to Paradise Garden)   

1919  On this day in history lincoln's Inn in London admits its first female bar student.   

1919  David Valentine Willcocks, composer on December - 30.   

1920  On this day in history aad de Haas, Dutch religious painter/graphic artist/cartoonist   

1921  On December - 30 michael Hollings, catholic priest/crusader   

1922  Russia becomes the Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics on this day in history.   

1922  On December - 30 soviet Union organized as a federation of RSFSR, Ukrainian SSR, Belorussian SSR & Transcaucasian SSR   

1922  On December - 30 vladimir Lenin establishes the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.   

1923  On December - 30 sara A Lidman, Swedish author (Jag Och Min Son, Samtal in Hanoi)   

1924  Edwin Hubble announces existence of other galactic systems on this day in history.   

1925  NSW score 705 against Victoria, go from 8-475 to 9-701 on this day in history.   

1926  Paul Eliot Greens "In Abraham's Bosom," premieres in NYC on December - 30.   

1926  On December - 30 stanley Tracey, composer   

1927  Japan dedicates first subway in the Orient (route under 2 miles long) on December - 30.   

1927  On this day in history japan dedicates 1st subway in Orient (route under 2 miles long)   

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1204  On this day in history birth of abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (d. 1282)   

1552  On this day in history birth of simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (d. 1611)   

1566  On this day in history birth of alessandro Piccinini, composer   

1569  Georg Quitschreiber, composer was born on this day in history.   

1642  Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (d. 1707) was born on this day in history.   

1644  Philips van Almonde, Dutch Zeeuws lt-admiral was born on December - 30.   

1673  Ahmed III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1736) was born on this day in history.   

1678  William Croft, composer was born on this day in history.   

0273  On December - 30 felix I, Italian Bishop of Rome, dies (or 274)   

1218  Death of Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1162) on December - 30.   

1460  On this day in history death of richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (killed in battle) (b. 1411)   

1525  On this day in history jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant, dies at 66   

1572  On December - 30 galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect (Palazza Marino, Milan), dies at 60   

1573  Death of Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian writer (b. 1504) on December - 30.   

1591  Innocent IX, [Giovanni Facchinetti], Pope, (1591 62 days), dies at 72 on December - 30.   

1621  Death of Saint Job of Maniava, Ukrainian Orthodox Saint (b. 1550) on December - 30.