Page 4: Historical Events In December - 30

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

1907  Christina E "Christine" Auwen, Dutch model/singer (Haghezangers) on December - 30.   

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  Stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers outscore Edmonton, 13-10 in 2 game set on this day in history.   

1910  Dennis Morgan, actor (Cattle Town, Canyon Pass, Waterfront) on December - 30.   

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  On December - 30 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 December - 30.   

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

1913  Svend Simon Schultz, composer on December - 30.   

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  In Russia, Rasputin 'the mad monk' is murdered on December - 30.   

1917  -32°F (-36°C) in Mountain City, Tennessee (state record) on December - 30.   

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

1918  On this day in history john E Hoover decides to be called J Edgar Hoover   

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  On December - 30 david Valentine Willcocks, composer   

1920  Aad de Haas, Dutch religious painter/graphic artist/cartoonist on December - 30.   

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

1922  Russia becomes the Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics on December - 30.   

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

1922  On this day in history vladimir Lenin establishes the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.   

1923  Sara A Lidman, Swedish author (Jag Och Min Son, Samtal in Hanoi) on December - 30.   

1924  On December - 30 edwin Hubble announces existence of other galactic systems   

1925  NSW score 705 against Victoria, go from 8-475 to 9-701 on December - 30.   

1926  On December - 30 paul Eliot Greens "In Abraham's Bosom," premieres in NYC   

1926  Stanley Tracey, composer on this day in history.   

1927  Japan dedicates first subway in the Orient (route under 2 miles long) on this day in history.   

1927  Japan dedicates 1st subway in Orient (route under 2 miles long) on this day in history.   

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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  Alessandro Piccinini, composer was born on this day in history.   

1569  On this day in history birth of georg Quitschreiber, composer   

1642  On December - 30 birth of vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (d. 1707)   

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

1673  On December - 30 birth of ahmed III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1736)   

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 December - 30 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  Jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1572  Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect (Palazza Marino, Milan), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1573  Death of Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian writer (b. 1504) on this day in history.   

1591  Innocent IX, [Giovanni Facchinetti], Pope, (1591 62 days), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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