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What happened in history on this day: December 30?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On December 30 in ...
- 1928 - The Mark Strand Theater in New York City premieres the Mickey Mouse film Gallopin' Gaucho, with a soundtrack.
- 1929 - King Features sends a telegram to Walt Disney, asking permission for the New York Mirror newspaper to begin publishing the Mickey Mouse comic strip in January. Walt replies granting permission.
- 1990 - The NBC TV network cancels the show Hull High. The shows had cost US$325,000 each to produce.
- 1993 - New York Deputy Mayor Barry Sullivan and the Walt Disney Company sign a "memorandum of understanding" for the renovation of the New Amsterdam Theatre, and renewal of the area.
- 2003 - The Courtyard by Marriott hotel at Lake Buena Vista at Walt Disney World closes.
- 2014 - USA Network airs the final ABC Signature TV series Benched.
- 1939 - Count Ciano, Italian Foreign Minister, tells Belgian Princess Marie-José to warn her brother King Léopold that Adolf Hitler would soon invade Belgium.
- 1941 - Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus is sppointed Commander of 6th Army (Russia).
- 1942 - Convoy RA-51 sails from Murmansk, headed for Scotland.
- 1942 - Convoy JW-51B in the North Sea is sighted by German submarine U-354.
- 1942 - The German Navy initiates Operation Regenbogen (Rainbow), with Admiral Hipper, Lützow, and six destroyers sailing to destroy convoy JW-51B.
- 1944 - German forces begin attacks on the Neufchâteau-Bastogne corridor.
- 1965 - The USSR issues three postage stamps honoring the heroism of cities during the war.
- 1974 - King Carl XVI Gustaf presides over a Cabinet meeting for the last time.
- 1793 - US Senate confirms Robert Scot as chief engraver of the US Mint.
- 1963 - US President Lyndon Johnson signs Public Law 88-256, approving placement of President John Kennedy's portrait on the half dollar coin.
- 1965 - The Denver Mint begins striking silver-copper-nickel clad 1965-dated half dollar coins for circulation.
- 1974 - Congress allows private ownership of gold.
- 2010 - John M. Mercanti retires as US Mint chief engraver. During his 36 years with the Mint, he designed 26 commemorative coins, five State quarter dollar coins, and four American Eagle bullion coins.
- 1896 - Stanley Cup of hockey: Montréal Victorias beat Winnipeg Victorias, 6-5.
- 1907 - The Mills Commission declares baseball was invented by Abner Doubleday at Cooperstown, New York, in 1839. (a made-up myth)
- 1908 - Stanley Cup: Montréal Wanderers outscore Edmonton, 13-10 in two game series.
- 1911 - Crickets S F Barnes takes 5-6 in first 11 overs versus Australia at Melbourne Cricket Ground.
- 1913 - Barnes takes 17 wickets versus South Africa (8-56 and 9-103).
- 1925 - New South Wales score 705 in cricket against Victoria, go from 8-475 to 9-701.
- 1926 - Chicago Tribune reports the Detroit Tigers threw a 4-game series to the Chicago White Sox in 1917 to help Chicago win the pennant (never substantiated).
- 1932 - Donald Bradman out for a duck versus England at Melbourne Cricket Ground.
- 1933 - Jack Badcock scores 274 versus Victoria, Tasmania's first double-ton.
- 1939 - Donald Bradman scores 267 South Africa versus Victoria, world record 34th double cricket century.
- 1939 - O'Reilly takes 14-45 (8-23 and 6-22) as New South Wales crush Queensland in cricket in two days.
- 1943 - Philadelphia Phillies trade Babe Dahlgren to Pittsburgh for Babe Phelps and cash.
- 1947 - 36th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1).
- 1954 - First use of 24-second shot clock in pro basketball (Rochester versus Boston).
- 1956 - New York Giants beat Chicago Bears 47-7 in NFL championship game.
- 1957 - New York Giants win NFL championship.
- 1962 - Green Bay Packers beat New York Giants 16-7 in NFL championship game.
- 1971 - Long Island NHL franchise purchased (New York Islanders).
- 1973 - Miami Dolphins beat Oakland Raiders 27-10 in AFC championship game.
- 1973 - Minnesota Vikings beat Dallas Cowboys 27-10 in NFC championship game.
- 1978 - Ohio State dismisses Woody Hayes as its football coach.
- 1981 - Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record of 50 goals by 39th game of season.
- 1982 - England defeats Australia by three runs at cricket Melbourne Cricket Ground.
- 1987 - Australia hangs on for draw versus New Zealand at Melbourne Cricket Ground, one wicket left 17 runs short.
- 1989 - Dmitri Volkov swims world record 50 metre freestyle (27.15 seconds).
- 1992 - Last day of Test Cricket for Michael Whitney.
- 1992 - Shane Warne takes 7-52 to lead Australian Melbourne Cricket Ground win versus West Indies.
- 1995 - Carquest Bowl 6: North Carolina beats Arkansas, 20-10.
- 2002 - Roger Clemens agrees to a $10.1 million, one-year deal with the New York Yankees.
- 2021 - At SAP Center in San Jose, California, USA, NHL regular season game: San Jose Sharks beats Philadelphia Flyers by score 3-2.
- 2021 - At crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, USA, NHL regular season game: Los Angeles Kings beats Vancouver Canucks by score 2-1.
- 2021 - At Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington, USA, NHL regular season game: Calgary Flames beats Seattle Kraken by score 6-4.
- 2021 - At UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, USA, NHL regular season game: New York Islanders beats Buffalo Sabres by score 4-1.
- 2021 - At PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, NHL regular season game: Carolina Hurricanes beats Montreal Canadiens by score 4-0.
- 2021 - At Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, USA, NHL regular season game: Columbus Blue Jackets beats Nashville Predators by score 4-3.
- 2021 - At FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, Florida, USA, NHL regular season game: Florida Panthers beats Tampa Bay Lightning by score 9-3.
- 1973 - First picture of a comet from space (Comet Kohoutek - Skylab).
- 1995 - The lowest ever United Kingdom temperature of -27.2 degrees C is recorded at Altnaharra in the Scottish Highlands. This equals the record set at Braemar, Aberdeenshire in 1895 and 1982.
- 1793 - US Senate confirms Robert Scot as chief engraver of the US Mint.
- 1835 - After gold discovery in Georgia, USA, Cherokees are forced to move across Mississippi River.
- 1853 - Gadsden Purchase - about 30,000 square miles (77,000 km) by Gila River from México for $10 million; area is now southern Arizona and New Mexico.
- 1854 - Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company, first in US, incorporated in New York City, New York.
- 1861 - American banks stop payments in gold.
- 1861 - Representative Elbridge Gerry Spaulding of New York introduces in the House of Representatives H.R. 182 to authorize $50 million in demand notes.
- 1869 - Noble Order of Knights of Labor is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1873 - American Metrological Society forms (New York City, New York) weights, measures and money.
- 1903 - 602 die as flames sweep through Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- 1903 - American Political Science Association founded at New Orleans, Louisiana.
- 1917 - -32 degrees F (-36 degrees C) in Mountain City Tennessee (state record low).
- 1917 - -37 degrees F (-38 degrees C) in Lewisburg West Virginia (state record low).
- 1933 - -50 degrees F (-46 degrees C) in Bloomfield, Vermont (state record low).
- 1936 - United Auto Workers stage first sit-down strike, at Fisher Body Plant.
- 1940 - California's first freeway (Arroyo Seco Parkway) opens.
- 1948 - Kiss Me, Kate opens at New Century Theater in New York City for 1077 performances.
- 1952 - Tuskegee Institute reports 1952 as first year in 71 years with no lynchings in USA.
- 1959 - The USS George Washington becomes first ballistic missile submarine commissioned.
- 1963 - US President Lyndon Johnson signs Public Law 88-256, approving placement of President John Kennedy's portrait on the half dollar coin.
- 1967 - Great Western Forum opens in Los Angeles, California.
- 1972 - US President Richard Nixon halts bombing of North Vietnam and announces peace talks.
- 1974 - US Congress allows private ownership of gold.
- 1977 - US President Jimmy Carter holds first news conference by US President in Eastern Europe (Warsaw, Poland).
- 1982 - US Assay Office in New York City, New York closes.
- 1986 - US begins military exercises in Honduras.
- 1988 - Mercedes-Benz pays US$20.2 million fine, failed to meet 1986 US government fuel standard.
- 1988 - Oliver North subpoenas Ronald Reagan and George Bush as defense witnesses for upcoming trial.
- 2002 - In Yemen, Abed Abdel Razzak Kamel kills three American missionaries.
- 2009 - The U.S. Treasury injects another US$3.8 billion into GMAC Financial Services to help cover mortgage losses, making the government the majority owner (56.3 percent) of the company.
- 2009 - Humam Jhalil Abu Mulal al-Balawi blows himself up in CIA base in Afghanistan, killing seven Americans and a Jordanian intelligence officer.
Other history:
- 1703 - Tokyo hit by Earthquake; about 37,000 die.
- 1853 - Gadsden Purchase by USA - 45,000 square miles (120,000 km) by Gila River from México for US$10 million; area is now southern Arizona and New Mexico.
- 1906 - Iran becomes a constitutional monarchy.
- 1911 - Sun Yat-sen elected first President of Republic of China.
- 1947 - Romanian republic proclaimed.
- 1950 - Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia become independent states in France Union.
- 1965 - Ferdinand Marcos inaugurated as President of the Phillipines.
- 1972 - President Nixon halts bombing of North Vietnam and announces peace talks.
- 2006 - Saddam Hussein, former Iraq president, is executed in Baghdad.
- 2008 - Japan's stock market records its worst year on record, with the Nikkei share index losing 42 percent of its value.
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