Birthday December 30, 1851 Asa Griggs Candler, developed Coca-Cola
Birthday December 30, 1865 Rudyard Kipling, author who coined "White man's burden" (Nobel '07)
Birthday December 30, 1867 Simon Guggenheim, sen
Birthday December 30, 1869 Stephen Leacock, Canadian economist, humorist
Birthday December 30, 1876 Pablo Casals, Spanish violinist, conductor, composer
Birthday December 30, 1884 Tojo is born
Birthday December 30, 1884 Tojo Hideki, Japanese PM in WWII
Birthday December 30, 1911 Jeanette Nolan
Birthday December 30, 1914 Bert Parks, Miss America emcee
Birthday December 30, 1919 Jo Van Fleet, Actress (Gunfight at the OK Corral, East of Eden)
Birthday December 30, 1928 Bo Diddley, Rock 'n' roll pioneer
Birthday December 30, 1928 Jack Lord, (Hawaii 5-0)
Birthday December 30, 1929 Barbara Nichols
Birthday December 30, 1931 Skeeter Davis, in Dry Ridge Ky
Birthday December 30, 1935 Sandy Koufax, Dodger pitcher
Birthday December 30, 1940 Cheers co-creator and famed TV director James Burrows born
Birthday December 30, 1942 Mike Nesmith, (Monkees)
Birthday December 30, 1959 Tracy Ullman
History December 30, 1803 Francis Lewis dies
History December 30, 1809 Wearing masks at balls forbidden in Boston
History December 30, 1816 Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin wed
History December 30, 1817 1st coffee planted in Hawaii
History December 30, 1852 Rutherford B. Hayes marries Lucy Webb
History December 30, 1853 Gadsden Purchase 45 000 sq miles by Gila River from Mexico for $10 million. Area is now southern Arizona & New Mexico
History December 30, 1853 Southern U.S. border established
History December 30, 1862 U.S.S. Monitor sinks
History December 30, 1903 602 die as flames swept through Iroquois Theater in Chicago
History December 30, 1903 Fire breaks out in Chicago theater
History December 30, 1905 Former Idaho governor Steunenberg assassinated
History December 30, 1916 Rasputin is murdered
History December 30, 1916 Grigori Rasputin Russian monk advisor to tsarina is assassinated
History December 30, 1916 Rasputin murdered
History December 30, 1922 USSR organized as a federation
History December 30, 1924 Edwin Hubble announces existence of other Milky Way systems
History December 30, 1935 Italian bombers destroyed Swedish Red Cross unit in Ethiopia
History December 30, 1936 Sit-down strike begins in Flint
History December 30, 1938 Electronic television system patented VK Zworykin
History December 30, 1950 Acheson calls for renewed effort to meet communist threat
History December 30, 1965 Marcos inaugurated
History December 30, 1968 Led Zeppelin captured live for the first time in Spokane gym
History December 30, 1970 U.S. Navy transfers some responsibility to South Vietnamese
History December 30, 1971 Long Island NHL franchise purchased (NY Islanders)
History December 30, 1972 Pres Nixon halts bombing of North Vietnam & announces peace talks
History December 30, 1972 Negotiations to resume in Paris
History December 30, 1975 Democratic Republic of Madagascar founded
History December 30, 1978 OSU fires coach Woody Hayes for attacking an opposing player
History December 30, 1994 An anti-abortion activist goes on a murder spree
December 30, 1851 Asa Griggs Candler, developed Coca-Cola
December 30, 1865 Rudyard Kipling, author who coined "White man's burden" (Nobel '07)
December 30, 1867 Simon Guggenheim, sen
December 30, 1869 Stephen Leacock, Canadian economist, humorist
December 30, 1876 Pablo Casals, Spanish violinist, conductor, composer
December 30, 1884 Tojo is born
December 30, 1884 Tojo Hideki, Japanese PM in WWII
December 30, 1911 Jeanette Nolan
December 30, 1914 Bert Parks, Miss America emcee
December 30, 1919 Jo Van Fleet, Actress (Gunfight at the OK Corral, East of Eden)
December 30, 1928 Bo Diddley, Rock 'n' roll pioneer
December 30, 1928 Jack Lord, (Hawaii 5-0)
December 30, 1929 Barbara Nichols
December 30, 1931 Skeeter Davis, in Dry Ridge Ky
December 30, 1935 Sandy Koufax, Dodger pitcher
December 30, 1940 Cheers co-creator and famed TV director James Burrows born
December 30, 1942 Mike Nesmith, (Monkees)
December 30, 1959 Tracy Ullman
December 30, 1803 Francis Lewis dies
December 30, 1809 Wearing masks at balls forbidden in Boston
December 30, 1816 Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin wed
December 30, 1817 1st coffee planted in Hawaii
December 30, 1852 Rutherford B. Hayes marries Lucy Webb
December 30, 1853 Gadsden Purchase 45 000 sq miles by Gila River from Mexico for $10 million. Area is now southern Arizona & New Mexico
December 30, 1853 Southern U.S. border established
December 30, 1862 U.S.S. Monitor sinks
December 30, 1903 602 die as flames swept through Iroquois Theater in Chicago
December 30, 1903 Fire breaks out in Chicago theater
December 30, 1905 Former Idaho governor Steunenberg assassinated
December 30, 1916 Rasputin is murdered
December 30, 1916 Grigori Rasputin Russian monk advisor to tsarina is assassinated
December 30, 1916 Rasputin murdered
December 30, 1922 USSR organized as a federation
December 30, 1924 Edwin Hubble announces existence of other Milky Way systems
December 30, 1935 Italian bombers destroyed Swedish Red Cross unit in Ethiopia
December 30, 1936 Sit-down strike begins in Flint
December 30, 1938 Electronic television system patented VK Zworykin
December 30, 1950 Acheson calls for renewed effort to meet communist threat
December 30, 1965 Marcos inaugurated
December 30, 1968 Led Zeppelin captured live for the first time in Spokane gym
December 30, 1970 U.S. Navy transfers some responsibility to South Vietnamese
December 30, 1971 Long Island NHL franchise purchased (NY Islanders)
December 30, 1972 Pres Nixon halts bombing of North Vietnam & announces peace talks
December 30, 1972 Negotiations to resume in Paris
December 30, 1975 Democratic Republic of Madagascar founded
December 30, 1978 OSU fires coach Woody Hayes for attacking an opposing player
December 30, 1994 An anti-abortion activist goes on a murder spree