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30 December, 2006
Madrid Barajas International Airport is bombed.
30 December, 2006
Saddam Hussein is executed by hanging.
30 December, 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.
30 December, 2004
A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.
30 December, 2003
U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft recuses himself and his office from the Plame affair.
30 December, 2000
Rizal Day Bombings: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines within a span of a few hours, killing 22 and injuring about a hundred.
30 December, 1997
In the worst incident in Algerias insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people are killed from four villages.
30 December, 1996
In the Indian state of Assam, a passenger train is bombed by Bodo separatists, killing 26.
30 December, 1996
Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.
30 December, 1995
The lowest ever United Kingdom temperature of -27.2°C was recorded at Altnaharra in the Scottish Highlands. This equalled the record set at Braemar, Aberdeenshire on February 11, 1895 and January 10, 1982.
30 December, 1993
Israel and the Vatican establish diplomatic relations.
30 December, 1981
Wayne Gretzky scores his 50th goal in 39 games, still a National Hockey League record.
30 December, 1977
Ted Bundy escapes from his cell in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
30 December, 1972
Vietnam War: The United States halts heavy bombing of North Vietnam.
30 December, 1965
Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines.
30 December, 1953
The first ever NTSC color television sets go on sale for about USD at $1,175 each from RCA.
30 December, 1947
King Michael of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet-backed Communist government of Romania.
30 December, 1944
King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving his throne vacant.
30 December, 1943
Subhash Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.
30 December, 1940
California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway.
30 December, 1936
The United Auto Workers union stages its first sit-down strike.
30 December, 1927
The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
30 December, 1924
Edwin Hubble announces the existence of other galaxies.
30 December, 1922
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed.
30 December, 1919
Lincolns Inn in London admits its first female bar student.
30 December, 1906
The All India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India Empire, which later laid down the foundations of Pakistan.
30 December, 1905
Former Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated near his home in Caldwell, Idaho.
30 December, 1903
A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills 600.
30 December, 1897
Natal annexes Zululand.
30 December, 1896
José Rizal is executed by firing squad in Manila.
30 December, 1879
The Pirates of Penzance is first performed at Paignton, Devon, England.
30 December, 1862
The USS Monitor sinks off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
30 December, 1853
Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.
30 December, 1853
A dinner party is held inside a life-size model of an Iguanodon created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and Sir Richard Owen in south London.
30 December, 1816
The Treaty of St. Louis is proclaimed.
30 December, 1460
Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield.

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