Page 4: Historical Events In December - 30

1907  On December - 30 abraham Mills' commission declares Abner Doubleday invented baseball   

1907  Christina E "Christine" Auwen, Dutch model/singer (Haghezangers) on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history montreal Wanderers loses to Edmonton but retain Stanley Cup (4th of 1908). Cup is won by total points in a 2 game series   

1908  Stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers outscore Edmonton, 13-10 in 2 game set on December - 30.   

1910  On this day in history dennis Morgan, actor (Cattle Town, Canyon Pass, Waterfront)   

1911  Sun Yat-sen elected first President of Republic of China on this day in history.   

1911  On December - 30 sun Yat-sen is elected as the first president of the Republic of China.   

1911  On December - 30 crickets S F Barnes takes 5-6 in 1st 11 overs v Aust at MCG   

1911  On this day in history jeanette Nolan, LA Calif, actress (Richard Boone Show, Virginian)   

1912  Alfred von Kiderlen-Waechter, German foreign minister, dies at 60 on December - 30.   

1913  Barnes takes 17 wickets vs South Africa (8-56 & 9-103) on December - 30.   

1913  On this day in history svend Simon Schultz, composer   

1914  Bert Parks, [Jacobson], Atlanta Ga, TV host (Miss America) on December - 30.   

1915  On December - 30 hMS Natal, blew up and sank at her moorings in the Cromarty Firth, Scotland, over 400 lives lost. Sources differ about the date with some giving it as 31st. The cause was speculated about at the time and sabotage was feared by some but the official enquiry put it down to a cordite explosion which becomes unstable when overheated. Other ships had suffered a similar fate, and this is the most likely explanation.   

1915  Cromarty Harbour, Scot-British cruiser Natal explodes: 405 die on this day in history.   

1916  On December - 30 in Russia, Rasputin 'the mad monk' is murdered   

1917  On this day in history -32°F (-36°C) in Mountain City, Tennessee (state record)   

1917  On this day in history nancy Coleman, Everett WA, actress (Edge of Darkness)   

1918  On December - 30 john E Hoover decides to be called J Edgar Hoover   

1918  W Eugene Smith, US photographer (Saipan, Walk to Paradise Garden) on this day in history.   

1919  Lincoln's Inn in London admits its first female bar student on this day in history.   

1919  David Valentine Willcocks, composer on this day in history.   

1920  On this day in history aad de Haas, Dutch religious painter/graphic artist/cartoonist   

1921  On December - 30 michael Hollings, catholic priest/crusader   

1922  On this day in history russia becomes the Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics   

1922  Soviet Union organized as a federation of RSFSR, Ukrainian SSR, Belorussian SSR & Transcaucasian SSR on this day in history.   

1922  Vladimir Lenin establishes the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on December - 30.   

1923  On December - 30 sara A Lidman, Swedish author (Jag Och Min Son, Samtal in Hanoi)   

1924  On December - 30 edwin Hubble announces existence of other galactic systems   

1925  NSW score 705 against Victoria, go from 8-475 to 9-701 on December - 30.   

1926  Paul Eliot Greens "In Abraham's Bosom," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history stanley Tracey, composer   

1927  Japan dedicates first subway in the Orient (route under 2 miles long) on this day in history.   

1927  Japan dedicates 1st subway in Orient (route under 2 miles long) on December - 30.   

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1204  Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (d. 1282) was born on December - 30.   

1552  On December - 30 birth of simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (d. 1611)   

1566  Alessandro Piccinini, composer was born on December - 30.   

1569  Georg Quitschreiber, composer was born on December - 30.   

1642  On December - 30 birth of vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (d. 1707)   

1644  Philips van Almonde, Dutch Zeeuws lt-admiral was born on this day in history.   

1673  On December - 30 birth of ahmed III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1736)   

1678  William Croft, composer was born on December - 30.   

0273  On this day in history felix I, Italian Bishop of Rome, dies (or 274)   

1218  On this day in history death of richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1162)   

1460  On December - 30 death of richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (killed in battle) (b. 1411)   

1525  On this day in history jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant, dies at 66   

1572  On December - 30 galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect (Palazza Marino, Milan), dies at 60   

1573  On December - 30 death of giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian writer (b. 1504)   

1591  Innocent IX, [Giovanni Facchinetti], Pope, (1591 62 days), dies at 72 on December - 30.   

1621  On this day in history death of saint Job of Maniava, Ukrainian Orthodox Saint (b. 1550)