Historical Events In December - 30

1907  On December - 30 abraham Mills' commission declares Abner Doubleday invented baseball   

1907  On December - 30 christina E "Christine" Auwen, Dutch model/singer (Haghezangers)   

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

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 this day in history 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  Crickets S F Barnes takes 5-6 in 1st 11 overs v Aust at MCG on this day in history.   

1911  Jeanette Nolan, LA Calif, actress (Richard Boone Show, Virginian) on this day in history.   

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

1913  On this day in history barnes takes 17 wickets vs South Africa (8-56 & 9-103)   

1913  On December - 30 svend Simon Schultz, composer   

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

1915  On this day in history 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  In Russia, Rasputin 'the mad monk' is murdered on December - 30.   

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

1917  On December - 30 nancy Coleman, Everett WA, actress (Edge of Darkness)   

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

1918  W Eugene Smith, US photographer (Saipan, Walk to Paradise Garden) on this day in history.   

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

1919  On this day in history david Valentine Willcocks, composer   

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

1921  Michael Hollings, catholic priest/crusader on this day in history.   

1922  On this day in history russia becomes the Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics   

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 this day in history sara A Lidman, Swedish author (Jag Och Min Son, Samtal in Hanoi)   

1924  On this day in history edwin Hubble announces existence of other galactic systems   

1925  On December - 30 nSW score 705 against Victoria, go from 8-475 to 9-701   

1926  Paul Eliot Greens "In Abraham's Bosom," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1926  On December - 30 stanley Tracey, composer   

1927  On December - 30 japan dedicates first subway in the Orient (route under 2 miles long)   

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

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1204  Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (d. 1282) was born on this day in history.   

1552  Simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (d. 1611) was born on this day in history.   

1566  Alessandro Piccinini, composer was born on December - 30.   

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

1642  Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (d. 1707) was born on December - 30.   

1644  On December - 30 birth of philips van Almonde, Dutch Zeeuws lt-admiral   

1673  Ahmed III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1736) was born on December - 30.   

1678  On this day in history birth of william Croft, composer   

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

1218  On this day in history death of richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1162)   

1460  On December - 30 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  On December - 30 death of giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian writer (b. 1504)   

1591  On this day in history innocent IX, [Giovanni Facchinetti], Pope, (1591 62 days), dies at 72   

1621  On this day in history death of saint Job of Maniava, Ukrainian Orthodox Saint (b. 1550)