December 30

December 30th is the 364th day of 2022. This year, it will be a Friday which will be in week 53. We will be the 30th of December 2022 in 4 months.

Capricorn

Zodiac sign

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What happened that day?

2013: More than 100 people are killed when anti-government forces attack key buildings in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2009: A suicide bomber kills nine people at Forward Operating Base Chapman, a key facility of the Central Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan.
2009: A segment of the Lanzhou-Zhengzhou-Changsha pipeline ruptures in Shaanxi, China, and approximately 150,000 l (40,000 US gal) of diesel oil flows down the Wei River before finally reaching the Yellow River.
2006: Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein is executed.
2006: The Indonesian passenger ferry MV Senopati Nusantara sinks in a storm, resulting in at least 400 deaths.
2006: Madrid-Barajas Airport is bombed.
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.
2004: A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.
2000: Rizal Day bombings: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines within a period of a few hours, killing 22 and injuring about a hundred.
1997: In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed.
1996: Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.
1993: Israel establishes diplomatic relations with Vatican City and also upgrades to full diplomatic relations with Ireland.
1972: Vietnam War: The United States halts heavy bombing of North Vietnam.
1965: Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines.
1958: The Guatemalan Air Force sinks several Mexican fishing boats alleged to have breached maritime borders, killing three and sparking international tension.
1954: The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation is established to consolidate criminal investigation and intelligence into a single agency.
1947: Cold War: King Michael I of [Romania](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania) is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.
1944: King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant.
1943: Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.
1936: The United Auto Workers union stages its first sitdown strike.
1927: The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
1922: The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed.
1919: Lincoln's Inn in London, England, UK admits its first female bar student.
1916: The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.
1916: Russian mystic and advisor to the Tsar Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was murdered by a loyalist group led by Prince Felix Yusupov. His frozen, partially-trussed body was discovered in a Moscow river three days later.
1906: The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh).
1905: Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.
1903: A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
1897: The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.
1896: Canadian ice hockey player Ernie McLea scores the first hat-trick in Stanley Cup play, and the Cup-winning goal as the Montreal Victorias defeat the Winnipeg Victorias 6-5.
1896: Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.
1853: Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.
1825: The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed.
1816: The Treaty of St. Louis (1816)) between the United States and the united Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi Indian tribes is proclaimed.
1813: War of 1812: British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York.
1702: Queen Anne's War: James Moore, Governor of the Province of Carolina, abandons the Siege of St. Augustine.
1460: Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield.
1419: Hundred Years' War: Battle of La Rochelle
1066: Granada massacre: A Muslim mob storms the royal palace in Granada, crucifies Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacres most of the Jewish population of the city.