What are the important events that happened on December 30? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
December 30: Facts & Myths About This Day
December 30 is the 365th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There is one day remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 17, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 482,088 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectahexacontapentagon’ day.
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Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 30 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,392 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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December 30 Historical Events
- 1853 –Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.
- 1916 –The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.
- 1924 –Edwin Hubble announces the existence of other galaxies.
- 1936 –The United Auto Workers union stages its first sit-down strike.
- 1943 –Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.
- 1972 –Vietnam War: The United States halts heavy bombing of North Vietnam.
- 1977 –For the second time, Ted Bundy escapes from his cell in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
- 1996 –Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.
- 2004 –A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.
- 2011 –Due to a change of time zone the day is skipped in Samoa and Tokelau.
Who were born on December 30?
- 1552 –Simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (d. 1611)
- 1760 –Charles Sapinaud de La Rairie, French royalist general and counterrevolutionary (d. 1829)
- 1792 –Sylvester Jordan, German politician and lawyer (d. 1861)
- 1939 –Glenda Adams, Australian author (d. 2007)
- 1945 –Vernon Wells, Australian actor
- 1953 –Daniel Barry, American astronaut
- 1971 –Daniel Sunjata, American actor
- 1972 –Steven Wiig, American actor and musician
- 1973 –Ato Boldon, Trinidadian athlete
- 1975 –Scott Chipperfield, Australian soccer player
Who died on December 30?
- 1460 –Edmund, Earl of Rutland, second son of Richard, Duke of York (murdered after battle) (b. 1443)
- 1572 –Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect (b. 1512)
- 1640 –John Francis Regis, French saint (b. 1597)
- 1803 –Francis Lewis, signer of the American Declaration of Independence (b. 1713)
- 1908 –Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian lawyer, journalist and senator (b. 1844)
- 1937 –Hans Niels Andersen, Danish businessman, founder of the East Asiatic Company (b. 1852)
- 1993 –Mack David, American lyricist and songwriter (b. 1912)
- 2004 –Artie Shaw, American jazz clarinetist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1910)
- 2009 –Rowland S. Howard, Australian guitarist (The Birthday Party) (b. 1959)
- 2010 –Per Oscarsson, Swedish actor (b. 1927)
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