Today in History – December 30 in History
What happened on this day in history – December 30 in History around the world
1460 | The Duke of York is defeated and killed by Lancastrians at the Battle of Wakefield. | |
1803 | The United States takes possession of the Louisiana area from France at New Orleans with a simple ceremony, the simultaneous lowering and raising of the national flags. | |
1861 | Banks in the United States suspend the practice of redeeming paper money for metal currency, a practice that would continue until 1879. | |
1862 | The draft of the Emancipation Proclamation is finished and circulated among President Abraham Lincoln‘s cabinet for comment. | |
1905 | Governor Frank Steunenberg of Idaho is killed by an assassin’s bomb. | |
1922 | Soviet Russia is renamed the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. | |
1932 | The Soviet Union bars food handouts for housewives under 36 years of age. They must now work to eat. | |
1947 | Romania’s King Michael is forced to abdicate by Soviet-backed Communists. Communists now control all of Eastern Europe. | |
1965 | Ferdinand E. Marcos is sworn in as the Philippine Republic’s sixth president. | |
1972 | After two weeks of heavy bombing raids on North Vietnam, President Nixon halts the air offensive and agrees to resume peace negotiations with Hanoi representative Le Duc Tho. | |
1976 | Governor Carey of New York pardons seven inmates, closing the book on the Attica uprising. | |
2006 | Saddam Hussein, former Iraq dictator, is executed by hanging for crimes committed against his own people during his rule. | |
Born on December 30 | ||
1865 | Rudyard Kipling, British author (Jungle Book, Soldiers Three). | |
1867 | Simon Guggenheim, philanthropist and U.S. senator for Colorado. | |
1884 | Tojo Hideki, Japanese Prime Minister during World War II. | |
1928 | Bo Diddley, blues composer and singer. | |
1935 | Sandy Koufax, Hall of Fame left-handed pitcher with the L.A. Dodgers. |