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 364th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There is one day remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 17, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,767,052,800 seconds 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 ‘trihectahexacontatetragon’ 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 49 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 4,757 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.
- 1905 –Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.
- 1906 –The All India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India Empire, which later laid down the foundations of Pakistan.
- 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.
- 1947 –King Michael of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.
- 1965 –Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines.
- 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.
- 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.
Who were born on December 30?
- 1853 –André Messager, French composer (d. 1929)
- 1927 –Bernard Barrow, American actor (d. 1993)
- 1934 –Joseph P. Hoar, former US Central Command commander
- 1934 –Russ Tamblyn, American actor, dancer, and singer
- 1935 –Jack Riley, American actor
- 1947 –Steve Mix, American basketball player
- 1952 –Melissa Fay Greene, American author
- 1969 –Jan Wehrmann, German footballer
- 1973 –Frans Bauer, Dutch singer
- 1986 –Domenico Criscito, Italian footballer
Who died on December 30?
- 1591 –Pope Innocent IX (b. 1519)
- 1662 –Archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria (b. 1628)
- 1908 –Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian lawyer, journalist and senator (b. 1844)
- 1955 –Rex Ingamells, Australian poet (b. 1913)
- 1971 –Melba Rae, American actress (b. 1922)
- 1996 –Lew Ayres, American actor (b. 1908)
- 1998 –Johnny Moore, American singer (The Drifters) (b. 1934)
- 1998 –Sam Muchnick, American professional wrestling promoter (b. 1905)
- 1999 –Sarah Knauss, American, once considered the world’s oldest living person (b. 1880)
- 2003 –David Bale, South African–born activist (b. 1941)
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