December 30th, 1178

Born on December 30th, 1178

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on December 30th?

December 30th, 1845

The University of Galway, University College Cork and Queen's University Belfast were established as part of the Queen's University of Ireland.

December 30th, 2013

Supporters of Congolese religious leader Paul-Joseph Mukungubila carried out a series of attacks on television studios, the airport and a military base in Kinshasa.

December 30th, 2009

Pro-government counter-demonstrators held rallies (pictured) in several Iranian cities in response to recent anti-government protests on the holy day of Ashura.

December 30th, 2006

Saddam Hussein, the former president of Iraq, was executed after being found guilty of crimes against humanity by the Iraqi High Tribunal.

December 30th, 2005

Tropical Storm Zeta (pictured) became a tropical depression, making it the record-breaking 28th tropical cyclone of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, the most active in recorded history until 2020.

December 30th, 1969

Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos began his second term after being re-elected in a landslide.

December 30th, 1958

The Guatemalan Air Force fired on Mexican fishing boats that had strayed into Guatemalan territory, triggering an eight-month conflict.

December 30th, 1954

The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation was established to consolidate criminal investigation and intelligence into a single agency.

December 30th, 1940

The Arroyo Seco Parkway, one of the first freeways built in the U.S., connecting downtown Los Angeles with Pasadena, California, was officially dedicated.

December 30th, 1935

Second Italo-Ethiopian War: In retaliation for the execution of an Italian prisoner of war, the Italian Air Force destroyed a field hospital of the Swedish Red Cross in Dolo.

December 30th, 1906

The All-India Muslim League, a political party in British India that developed into the driving force behind the creation of Pakistan as a Muslim state on the Indian subcontinent, was founded in Dhaka.

December 30th, 1903

In one of the deadliest single-building fires in United States history, the Iroquois Theatre fire in Chicago killed more than 600 people.

December 30th, 1902

The Discovery Expedition under Robert Falcon Scott attained a new Farthest South point in Antarctica.

December 30th, 1853

The United States purchased approximately 29,700 square miles (77,000 km2) of land south of the Gila River and west of the Rio Grande from Mexico for $10 million.

December 30th, 1813

War of 1812: British forces captured Buffalo, New York, and burned down nearly all its buildings.

Public holidays on December 30th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on December 30th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1178 is a normal year and no leap year.

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