Today In History - December 30

274 St. Felix I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
987 French King Hugo Capet crowns his son Robert the compassionate king
1317 Pontifical degree "Sancta Romania" against spiritualists
1665 "Messiah" Sjabtai Tswi departs to Constantinople
1666 Abraham Crijnssen departs to Suriname
1672 Baron Karl Rabenhaupt occupies Coevorden Neth
1685 Don Francisco de Agurto installed as land guardian of S Netherlands
1689 Henry Purcell and Tates opera "Dido and Aeneas," premieres in Chesea
1703 Tokyo hit by Earthquake; about 37,000 die
1731 1st U.S. music concert (Peter Pelham's great room in Boston)
1794 French troops conquer Grave Neth
1809 Wearing masks at balls forbidden in Boston
1813 Danzig surrenders to allied armies
1817 1st coffee planted in Hawaii (Kona)
1835 After gold discovery in Ga, Cherokees forced to move across Miss R
1835 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin sails from NZ to Sydney
1836 Lehman-theater in St. Petersburg catches fire; 100s die
1844 Opera "Stradella" after being rewritten is produced (Hamburg)
1854 Pennsylvania Rock Oil Co, 1st in U.S., incorporated in New York City
1861 US, banks stops payments in gold
1869 Philadelphia Knights of Labor forms
1873 American Metrological Society forms (New York City) weights, measures and money
1875 Andrassy Note calls for Christian-Muslim religious freedoms
1877 Johnannes Brahms' 2nd Symphony in D, premieres in Vienna
1879 Gilbert and Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzance," premieres
1884 Anton Bruckner's 7th Symphony in E, premieres in Leipzig
1888 Belgium: king Leopold II installs Order of African Star
1892 Dr. Miles V Lynk, physician, publishes 1st Black medical journal
1893 Russia signs military accord with France
1896 Stanley Cup: Montreal Victorias beat Winnipeg Victorias, 6-5
1897 Province of Zululand annexed to Natal colony
1903 American Political Science Association founded at New Orleans
1903 Fire at Chicago's Iriquois Theater kills 602
1906 Iran becomes a constitutional monarchy
1907 Abraham Mills' commission declares Abner Doubleday invented baseball
1908 Stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers outscore Edmonton, 13-10 in 2 game set
1911 Crickets S F Barnes takes 5-6 in 1st 11 overs vs. Aust at MCG
1911 Sun Yat-sen elected 1st President of Republic of China
1913 Barnes takes 17 wickets vs South Africa (8-56 and 9-103)
1915 Cromarty Harbour, Scot-British cruiser Natal explodes: 405 die
1917 -32 degrees F (-36 degrees C) in Mountain City, Tennessee (state record)
1917 -37 degrees F (-38 degrees C) in Lewisburg, WV (state record)
1918 John E Hoover decides to be called J Edgar Hoover
1922 Soviet Union organized as a federation of RSFSR, Ukrainian SSR, Belorussian SSR and Transcaucasian SSR
1924 Edwin Hubble announces existence of other galactic systems
1925 NSW score 705 against Victoria, go from 8-475 to 9-701
1926 Paul Eliot Greens "In Abraham's Bosom," premieres in New York City
1927 Japan dedicates 1st subway in Orient (route under 2 miles long)
1929 Cole Porter's musical "Wake Up and Dream," premieres in New York City
1929 Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority incorporates
1932 Bradman out for a duck vs. England at cricket MCG
1933 -50 degrees F (-46 degrees C) in Bloomfield, Vermont (state record)
1933 Government disallows NSB-membership for civil service
1933 Jack Badcock scores 274 vs. Victoria, Tasmania's 1st double-ton
1935 Italian bombers destroy Swedish Red Cross unit in Ethiopia
1936 United Auto Workers stage 1st sit-down strike, at Fisher Body Plant
1938 Electronic television system patented by V. K. Zworykin
1939 Bradman scores 267 SA vs. Vic, world record 34th double cricket century
1939 O'Reilly takes 14-45 (8-23 and 6-22) as NSW crush Qld in 2 days
1940 California's 1st freeway, (Arroyo Seco Parkway), opens
1941 Nazibezetters oblige artsen member to become of Artsenkamer
1941 Nazis require Dutch physicians to join Nazi organization
1941 Winston Churchill addresses Canadian parliament
1943 Phillies trade Babe Dahlgren to Pitts for Babe Phelps and cash
1947 36th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1)
1947 King Michael of Romania, forced by communists abdicates his throne
1947 Romanian republic proclaimed
1948 "Kiss Me, Kate" opens at New Century Theater New York City for 1077 performances
1949 India recognizes People's Republic of China
1950 Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia become Independent states in France Union
1952 Tuskegee Inst reports 1952 as 1st yr in 71 with no lynchings in US
1954 "House of Flowers" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 165 performances
1954 1st use of 24-sec shot clock in pro basketball (Rochester vs Boston)
1954 Harold Arlen/Truman Capotes musical premieres in New York City
1956 New York Giants beat Chicago Bears 47-7 in NFL championship game
1957 Israeli government of Ben-Gurion, resigns
1957 New York Giants win NFL championship
1958 French franc devalued
1959 George Washington, 1st ballistic missile sub commissioned
1961 Moscow: premier of Dmitri Sjostakovitch' 4th Symphony (out 1936)
1962 Green Bay Packers beat New York Giants 16-7 in NFL championship game
1963 "Let's Make A Deal," debuts on NBC-TV
1963 Congress authorizes Kennedy half dollar
1963 Green Bay Packers win NFL championship
1964 Edward Albee's "Tiny Alice," premieres in New York City
1965 Ferdinand Marcos inaugurated as president of the Phillipines
1967 Beatles' "Hello Goodbye," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks
1967 Great Western Forum opens in LA
1970 Paul McCartney sues his bandmates to dissolve the Beatles
1971 Long Island NHL franchise purchased (New York Islanders)
1971 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
1972 Nixon halts bombing of North Vietnam and announces peace talks
1973 1st picture of a comet from space (Comet Kohoutek-Skylab)
1973 Miami Dolphins beat Oakland Raiders 27-10 in AFC championship game
1973 Minnesota Vikings beat Dallas Cowboys 27-10 in NFC championship game
1974 Beatles are legally disbanded (4 years after suit was brought)
1975 "Boccaccio" closes at Edison Theater New York City after 7 performances
1975 Constitution of Democratic Republic of Madagascar comes into force
1976 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
1977 Carter holds 1st news conf by U.S. President in Eastern Europe (Warsaw)
1978 "King and I" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 719 performances
1978 Ohio State dismisses Woody Hayes as its football coach
1979 Rock group, Emerson, Lake and Palmer break up
1979 Togo adopts constitution
1980 "Wonderful World of Disney," last performance on NBC-TV
1981 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record of 50 goals by 39th game of season
1982 Anthony Shaffers "Whodunnit," premieres in New York City
1982 England defeat Australia by three runs at cricket MCG
1982 U.S. Assay Office in New York City, New York closes
1984 Miss Elizabeth (Hulette) and Macho Man Randy Savage (Poffo) wed
1985 IBM-PC DOS Version 3.2 released
1987 Australia hang on for draw vs. NZ at MCG, 1 wkt left 17 runs short
1988 Canadian Senate OK's free trade pact; with US
1988 Former Soviet President Brezhnev's son-in-law sentenced to 12-yr (bribery)
1988 Mercedes-Benz pays $20.2-M fine failed to meet '86 government fuel standard
1988 North subpoenas Reagan and Bush as defense witnesses for upcoming trial
1989 10th United Negro College Fund raises $12,000,000
1989 Dmitri Volkov swims world record 50m freestyle (27.15 sec)
1990 "Miser" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 93 performances
1990 11th United Negro College Fund raises $10,000,000
1992 Last day of Test Cricket for Michael Whitney
1992 Shane Warne takes 7-52 to lead Australian MCG win vs. West Indies
1993 "Candles, Snow, and Mistletoe" closes at Palace New York City after 7 performances
1993 Singer Deni Hines (22) weds INXS guitarist Kirk Pengilly (35)
1993 Vatican recognizes Israel
1995 Carquest Bowl 6: North Carolina beats Arkansas, 20-10
1997 An abandoned building collapses on New York's 42nd St, no one hurt

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