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 December - 30 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 this day in history.   

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

1911  On December - 30 sun Yat-sen elected first President of Republic of China   

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

1911  Crickets S F Barnes takes 5-6 in 1st 11 overs v Aust at MCG on this day in history.   

1911  On December - 30 jeanette Nolan, LA Calif, actress (Richard Boone Show, Virginian)   

1912  On this day in history alfred von Kiderlen-Waechter, German foreign minister, dies at 60   

1913  On December - 30 barnes takes 17 wickets vs South Africa (8-56 & 9-103)   

1913  On December - 30 svend Simon Schultz, composer   

1914  On this day in history bert Parks, [Jacobson], Atlanta Ga, TV host (Miss America)   

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 December - 30.   

1916  In Russia, Rasputin 'the mad monk' is murdered on this day in history.   

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

1917  On December - 30 nancy Coleman, Everett WA, actress (Edge of Darkness)   

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

1918  On this day in history w Eugene Smith, US photographer (Saipan, Walk to Paradise Garden)   

1919  On December - 30 lincoln's Inn in London admits its first female bar student.   

1919  David Valentine Willcocks, composer on December - 30.   

1920  On December - 30 aad de Haas, Dutch religious painter/graphic artist/cartoonist   

1921  Michael Hollings, catholic priest/crusader on this day in history.   

1922  Russia becomes the Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics on this day in history.   

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

1922  On December - 30 vladimir Lenin establishes the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.   

1923  On this day in history sara A Lidman, Swedish author (Jag Och Min Son, Samtal in Hanoi)   

1924  On this day in history edwin Hubble announces existence of other galactic systems   

1925  NSW score 705 against Victoria, go from 8-475 to 9-701 on this day in history.   

1926  Paul Eliot Greens "In Abraham's Bosom," premieres in NYC on December - 30.   

1926  Stanley Tracey, composer on December - 30.   

1927  On this day in history japan dedicates first subway in the Orient (route under 2 miles long)   

1927  On December - 30 japan dedicates 1st subway in Orient (route under 2 miles long)   

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1204  On December - 30 birth of abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (d. 1282)   

1552  Simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (d. 1611) was born on this day in history.   

1566  On this day in history birth of alessandro Piccinini, composer   

1569  On this day in history birth of georg Quitschreiber, composer   

1642  Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (d. 1707) was born on this day in history.   

1644  Philips van Almonde, Dutch Zeeuws lt-admiral was born on December - 30.   

1673  On this day in history birth of ahmed III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1736)   

1678  On this day in history birth of william Croft, composer   

0273  On December - 30 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  Jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant, dies at 66 on December - 30.   

1572  Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect (Palazza Marino, Milan), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1573  Death of Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian writer (b. 1504) on December - 30.   

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

1621  On December - 30 death of saint Job of Maniava, Ukrainian Orthodox Saint (b. 1550)