'''30 декември''' е 364-ият ден в годината според григорианския календар (365-и през високосна). Остава 1 ден до края на годината.

== Събития ==
* 1699 - С указ на император Петър I в Русия е въведено летоброенето от Рождество Христово.
* 1703 - При земетресение в Токио загиват около 37&nbsp;000 души.
* 1853 - САЩ купуват от Мексико южната част на Аризона и Ню Мексико.
thumb|120px|Рожден ден на бейзбола
thumb|80px|Гербът на СССР
thumb|120px|Американския космически апарат ''Вояджър 2''
* Трънското въстание с ръководител капитан Симо Соколов.
* 1907 - Създадена е играта бейзбол.
* Съюзът на съветските социалистически републики (СССР).
* галактики.
* 1927 - Открито е метрото на Токио - първото в Азия.
* Руският химик Сергей Лебедев за първи път публикува метод за получаване на синтетичен каучук.
* бомбардировка на София от британско-американската авиация загиват 75 души, а над 90 са ранени.
* 1946 - В СССР е включен първият ядрен реактор.
* Съветския съюз, кралят на абдикира и страната е обявена за народна република.
* паметниците на културата и музейното дело.
* 1953 - В САЩ е пуснат в продажба първия цветен телевизор.
* 1956 - Приключва официалното преброяване на населението в България, според публикуваните на 17 януари 1957 г. резултати общият брой на населението е 7&nbsp;629&nbsp;254.
* нефтохимическият комбинат край Бургас. 
* Конференцията на ООН за търговия и развитие.
* 1967 - В България е въведена петдневна работна седмица.
* американския президент Ричард Никсън се прекратяват бомбардировките на Виетнам
* Пък — спътник на Уран, използвайки снимки заснети от Вояджър 2.
* 1992 - НС избира за министър-председател на България професор Любен Беров от мандата на ДПС.
* Ватиканът и Израел установяват дипломатически отношения.
* 1999 - В Лондон маниак атакува с нож Джордж Харисън (''Бийтълс'') и съпругата му.
* 2002 - Изключен е Втори реактор на АЕЦ Козлодуй.
* екзекутиран чрез обесване бившият държавен глава Садам Хюсеин, осъден на смърт за геноцид.

== Родени ==
thumb|80px|Тит
thumb|80px|Ръдиард Киплинг
* 39 - Тит, римски император († 81)
* 1552 - Саймън Формън, британски окултист и астролог († 1611)
* 1673 - Ахмед III, султан на Османската империя († 1736)
* 1678 - Уилям Крофт, британски композитор († 1727)
* 1756 - Павел Враницки, чешки композитор и цигулар
* 1852 - Данаил Николаев, български офицер († 1942)
* Нобелов лауреат през 1907 († 1936)
* 1874 - Янко Йесенски, словенски поет († 1945)
* 1904 - Дмитрий Кабалевски, руски композитор († 1987)
* 1928 - Бо Дидли, американски блус-певец
* 1930 - Владимир Янчев, български режисьор († 1992)
* 1931 - Чарлз Басет, американски астронавт († 1966)
* 1935 - Омар Бонго, президент на Габон
* 1946 - Пати Смит, американска поп-певица
* 1961 - Бен Джонсън, канадски лекоатлет
* 1966 - Бенет Милър, американски режисьор
* 1970 - Ивайло Гаврилов, български волейболист
* 1975 - Тайгър Уудс, американски голф-състезател
* северния и южния полюси

== Починали ==
thumb|80px|Робърт Бойл
thumb|80px|Хосе Рисал
thumb|100px|Ромен Ролан
* 1525 - Якоб Фугер, германски банкер (* 1459)
* 1572 - Галеацо Алеси, италиански архитект (* 1512)
* 1691 - Робърт Бойл, ирландски химик, физик и философ (* 1627)
* 1893 - Стефан Веркович, сръбски изследовател на български фолклор (* 1821)
* 1896 - Хосе Рисал, филипински национален герой (* 1861)
* 1920 - Джеймс Баучер, британски журналист, живял в България (* 1850)
* Нобелов лауреат през 1915 г. (* 1866)
* 1952 - Йордан Стубел, български писател (* 1897)
* 1962 - Артър Лавджой, американски философ (* 1873)
* 1967 - Винсент Масей, генерал-губернатор на Канада (* 1887)
* 1968 - Тригве Ли, норвежки политик, първият генерален секретар на ООН (* 1896)
* 1969 - Иржи Трънка, чешки художник и режисьор (* 1912)
* 1974 - Васил Холиолчев, български кинооператор (* 1908)
* 1986 - Венка Асенова, българска шахматистка (* 1930)
* 1993 - Мак Дейвис, американски лирик и автор на текстове за песни (* 1912)
* 1994 - Дмитрий Иваненко, руски физик (* 1904)
* 2002 - Мери Уесли, американска писателка (* 1912)
* 2004 - Арти Шоу, американски джаз музикант (* 1910)
* 2006 - Саддам Хюсеин, президент на Ирак (екзекутиран) (* 1937)

== Празници ==
* Филипини - ''Ден на Хосе Рисал'' (общонароден празник)

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==Events==
*1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield.
*1816 - The Treaty of St. Louis is proclaimed.
*1853 - Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.
*  1853   - A dinner party is held inside a life-size model of an Iguanodon created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and Sir Richard Owen in south London.
*1862 - The ''USS Monitor'' sinks off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
*executed by firing squad in Manila.
*Natal annexes Zululand.
*A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills 600.
*1905 - Former Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated near his home in Caldwell, Idaho.
*British India Empire, which later laid down the foundations of Pakistan.
*1919 - Lincoln's Inn in London admits its first female bar student.
*Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed.
*galaxies.
*Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
*union stages its first sit-down strike.
*1940 - California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway.
*1943 - Subhash Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.
*1944 - King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving his throne vacant.
*1947 - King Michael of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet-backed Communist government of Romania.
*USD at $1,175 each from RCA.
*President of the Philippines.
*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.
*1986 - The Swift Current Broncos' bus crashes during bad weather outside of Swift Current, Saskatchewan, killing 4 players and injuring 1.
*Vatican establish diplomatic relations.
*Aberdeenshire on February 11, 1895 and January 10, 1982.
*Bodo separatists, killing 26.
*  1996   - Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel. 
*Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people are killed from four villages.
*2000 - Rizal Day Bombings: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines within a span of a few hours, killing 22 and injuring about a hundred.
*recuses himself and his office from the Plame affair.
*República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.
*Tropical Storm Zeta forms in the open North Atlantic basin.
*bombed.
*  2006   - executed by hanging.

==Births==
*  39 - Titus, Roman emperor (d. 81)
*1204 - Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (d. 1282)
*1552 - Simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (d. 1611)
*1642 - Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (d. 1707)
*1673 - Ahmed III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1736)
*1678 - William Croft, English composer (d. 1727)
*1722 - Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1770)
*1724 - Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter (d. 1805)
*1740 - Princess Elizabeth Caroline of Wales (d. 1759)
*1785 - Dorothea Lieven, Russian noblewoman (d. 1857)
*1819 - Theodor Fontane, German writer (d. 1898)
*  1819   - John W. Geary, 1st Mayor of San Francisco (d. 1873)
*1838 - Émile Loubet, 7th President of France (d.1929) 
*1851 - Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician (d. 1929)
*1853 - André Messager, French composer (d. 1929)
*Nobel laureate (d. 1936)
*1869 - Stephen Butler Leacock, English-born Canadian writer and economist (d. 1944)
*1873 - Al Smith, American politician (d. 1944)
*1878 - William Aberhart, Canadian politician (d. 1943)
*1879 - Sri Ramana Maharshi, Indian philosopher (d. 1950) 
*1883 - Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1960)
*1884 - Hideki Tojo, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1948)
*1890 - Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, President of Mexico (d. 1973)
*1897 - Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author (d. 1976)
*1899 - Helge Ingstad, Norwegian explorer (d. 2001)
*1904 - Dmitri Kabalevsky, Russian composer (d. 1987)
*1906 - Carol Reed, English film director (d. 1976)
*1910 - Paul Bowles, American composer and author (d. 1999)
*1911 - Jeanette Nolan, American actress (d. 1998)
*1913 - Lucio Agostini, Italian-born Canadian conductor and composer (d. 1996)
*  1913   - Elyne Mitchell, Australian author (d. 2002)
*1914 - Bert Parks, American television host (d. 1992)
*  1914   - Jo Van Fleet, American actress (d. 1996)
*1917 - Seymour Melman, American industrial engineer (d. 2004)
*1920 - Jack Lord, American actor (d. 1998)
*1921 - Rashid Karami, Lebanese statesman (d. 1987)
*1927 - Bernard Barrow, American actor (d. 1993)
*  1927   - Robert Hossein, French film actor and director
*1928 - Bo Diddley, American singer and musician (d. 2008)
*1929 - Rosalind Hurley, British physician, barrister, ethicist and writer (d. 2004)
*  1929   - Barbara Nichols, American actress (d. 1976)
*1931 - Skeeter Davis, American singer (d. 2004)
*John Norris Bahcall, American physicist (d. 2005)
*  1934   - Joseph Bologna, American actor
*  1934   - Joseph P. Hoar, former US Central Command commander
*  1934   - Del Shannon, American singer (d. 1990)
*  1934   - Russ Tamblyn, American actor, dancer, and singer
*1935 - Omar Bongo, President of Gabon
*  1935   - Sandy Koufax, American baseball player
*  1935   - Jack Riley, American actor
*1937 - Gordon Banks, English footballer
*  1937   - John Hartford, American musician (d. 2001)
*  1937   - Jim Marshall, American football player
*  1937   - Noel Paul Stookey, American folk singer (Peter, Paul & Mary)
*1939 - Glenda Adams, Australian author (d. 2007)
*  1939   - Mountain)
*1940 - James Burrows, American television director
*1941 - Mel Renfro, American football player
*1942 - Vladimir Bukovsky, Russian author and dissident
*  1942   - Guy Edwards, English racing driver
*  1942   - Michael Nesmith, American singer and musician (The Monkees)
*  1942   - Janko Prunk, Slovenian historian
*  1942  -  Fred Ward, American actor
*1944 - William J. Fallon, U.S. Navy Admiral, former U.S. Central Command commander
*Davy Jones, English singer (The Monkees)
*  1945   - Lloyd Kaufman, American film director and producer
*  1945   - Concetta Tomei, American actress
*  1945   - Vernon Wells, Australian actor
*1946 - Patti Smith, American singer and poet
*1947 - Michael Burns, American historian
*  1947   - ELO)
*1949 - Jim Flaherty, Canadian politician
*1950 - Lewis Shiner, American sci-fi/fantasy author
*1951 - Doug Allder, English footballer
*  1951   - Jocky Wilson, Scottish Darts player
*1952 - June Anderson, American soprano
*1953 - Bill Kazmaier, American powerlifter
*  1953   - Harald Schmautz, German-born journalist
*  1953   - Meredith Vieira, American television journalist
*1955 - Dindo Yogo, Congolese musician (d. 2000)
*1956 - Suzy Bogguss, American singer
*  1956   - Sheryl Lee Ralph, American actress
*1957 - Matt Lauer, American newscaster
*1958 - Rod Harrington, English darts player
*  1958   - Steven L. Smith, American astronaut
*1959 - Tracey Ullman, English actress and singer
*  1959   - Josée Verner, French Canadian politician
*1961 - Douglas Coupland, Canadian author
*  1961   - Sean Hannity, American talk radio and television host 
*  1961   - Ben Johnson, Canadian athlete
*1962 - Henry Cho, Korean-American comedian
*1963 - Chandler Burr, American author
*  1963   - Michelle Douglas, Canadian human rights activist
*  1963   - Milan Šrejber, Czech tennis player
*1964 - Sylvie Moreau, French Canadian actress
*  1964   - BMX Bandits)
*1965 - Heidi Fleiss, American madam
*1967 - Carl Ouellet, Canadian professional wrestler
*1969 - Dave England, American television personality
*  1969   - Jay Kay, English musician (Jamiroquai)
*  1969   - Meredith Monroe, American actress
*1971 - Daniel Sunjata, American actor
*1972 - Kerry Collins, American football player
*  1972   - Paul Keegan, Irish footballer
*  1972   - Steven Wiig, American actor and musician
*1973 - Jason Behr, American actor
*  1973   - Ato Boldon, Trinidadian athlete
*  1973   - Nacho Vidal, Spanish porn star
*1974 - Johanna Sällström, Swedish actress (d. 2007)
*1975 - Scott Chipperfield, Australian soccer player
*  1975   - Tiger Woods, American golfer
*1976 - Patrick Kerney, American football player
*  1976   - A.J. Pierzynski, American baseball player
*1977 - Laila Ali, American boxer
*  1977   - Grant Balfour, Australian baseball player
*  1977   - Scott Lucas, Australian rules footballer
*  1977   - Kenyon Martin, American basketball player
*1978 - Devin Brown , American basketball player
*  1978   - Tyrese, American singer and actor
*  1978   - Zbigniew Robert Promiński, Polish drummer
*Flávio, Angolan footballer
*1980 - Eliza Dushku, American actress
*  1980   - Kenny Kwan, Hong Kong singer
*1981 - Ali Al Habsi, Omani footballer
*  1981   - Haley Paige, American porn star (d. 2007)
*  1981   - Michael Rodríguez, Costa Rican footballer
*  1981   - Matt Ulrich, American football player
*1982 - Kristin Kreuk, Canadian actress
*  1982   - Dawan Landry, American football player
*  1982   - Dathan Ritzenhein, American runner
*1984 - Randall Azofeifa, Costa Rican footballer
*  1984   - LeBron James, American basketball player
*1985 - Lars Boom, Dutch cyclist
*1987 - Jake Cuenca, Filipino actor and commercial model
*1988 - Leon Jackson, Scottish singer
*1989 - Ryan Sheckler, American professional skateboarder

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==Deaths==
*1218 - Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1162)
*1460 - Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (killed in battle) (b. 1411)
*1525 - Jacob Fugger, German banker (b. 1459)
*1572 - Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect (b. 1512)
*1573 - Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian writer (b. 1504)
*1591 - Pope Innocent IX (b. 1519)
*1621 - Saint Job of Maniava, Ukrainian Orthodox Saint (b. 1550)
*1640 - John Francis Regis, French saint (b. 1597)
*1644 - Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (b. 1577)
*1662 - Archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria (b. 1628)
*1691 - Robert Boyle, Irish scientist (b. 1627)
*1769 - Nicholas Taaffe, 6th Viscount Taaffe, Austrian soldier (b. 1685)
*1803 - Francis Lewis, signer of the American Declaration of Independence (b. 1713)
*executed)
*1908 - Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian lawyer, journalist and senator (b. 1844)
*1941 - El Lissitzky, Russian artist and architect (b. 1890)
*1944 - Romain Rolland, French writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1866)
*1947 - Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1861)
*  1947   - Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter, portraitist and art forgers (b. 1889)
*1954 - Archduke Eugen of Austria, Austrian field marshal (b. 1863)
*1955 - Rex Ingamells, Australian poet (b. 1913)
*1967 - Vincent Massey, Governor-General of Canada (b. 1887)
*1968 - Trygve Lie, Norwegian politician, first United Nations Secretary General (b. 1896)
*1970 - Sonny Liston, American boxer (b. 1932)
*1971 - Melba Rae, American actress (''Search for Tomorrow'') (b. 1922)
*1979 - Richard Rodgers, American composer (b. 1902)
*1981 - Alfie Anido, Filipino actor (b. 1959)
*Massa, oldest gorilla on record (b. 1930)
*1986 - Era Bell Thompson, American journalist (b. 1905)
*1988 - Yuli Daniel, Russian writer (b. 1925)
*1989 - Lenore Lemmon, wife of George Reeves (b. 1923)
*Ling-Ling, panda given to the USA by China (b. 1969)
*1993 - Mack David, American lyricist and songwriter (b. 1912)
*  1993   - Irving "Swifty" Lazar, American Hollywood talent agent (b. 1907)
*  1993   - Giuseppe Occhialini, Italian physicist (b. 1907)
*1994 - Dmitri Ivanenko, Russian physicist (b. 1904)
*  1994   - Maureen Starkey, wife of Ringo Starr (b. 1946)
*1995 - Ralph Flanagan - American band leader (b. 1914)
*  1995   - Doris Grau, American actress (b. 1924)
*1996 - Lew Ayres, American actor (b. 1908)
*  1996   - Jack Nance, American actor (b. 1943)
*1997 - Shinichi Hoshi, Japanese novelist (b. 1926)
*Johnny Moore, American singer (The Drifters) (b. 1934)
*  1998   - George Webb, English actor (b. 1911)
*1999 - Fritz Leonhardt, German structural engineer (b. 1909)
*  1999   - Sarah Knauss, American, once considered the world's oldest living person (b. 1880)
*2000 - Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter (b. 1909)
*2002 - Mary Brian, American actress (b. 1906)
*  2002   - Mary Wesley, English novelist (b. 1912)
*2003 - David Bale, South African-born activist (b. 1941)
*  2003   - John Gregory Dunne, American writer (b. 1932)
*  2003   - Anita Mui, Hong Kong singer and actress (b. 1963)
*2004 - Artie Shaw, American jazz clarinetist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1910)
*2005 - Rona Jaffe, American author (b. 1932)
*Falkland Islander (b. 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment in the Falklands War
*  2006   - Michel Plasse, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1948)
*  2006   - executed)

==Holidays and observances==
*The fifth day of Christmas in Western Christianity.
*R.C. Saints - Saint Sabinus, Anysia of Salonika, Anysius, Eugene of Milan, Eugenia Ravasco,  Exuperantius, Holy Family (2007), Honorius, John Alcober, Liberius of Ravenna, Mansuetus, Marcellus, Margaret Colonna, Matthia dei Nazzarei, Our Lady of Bethlehem, Ralph of Vaucelles, Raynerius of Aquila, Ruggero of Canne, Severus, Venustian 
*Rizal Day

==External links==
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/30 BBC: On This Day]
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* [http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Dec&day=30 On This Day in Canada]
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