December 30th, 1279

Born on December 30th, 1279

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 271,000 days old!

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What happened on December 30th?

December 30th, 2009

Pro-government counter-demonstrators held rallies 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 Special Tribunal.

December 30th, 2005

Tropical Storm Zeta was declared 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 by a landslide, but economic unrest led him to declare martial law within a year.

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 (pictured), 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-Abyssinian War: The Italian Air Force destroyed a Swedish Red Cross field hospital in Dolo, Ethiopia, in retaliation for the earlier execution of an Italian prisoner of war.

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.

December 30th, 1702

Queen Anne's War: James Moore, the British colonial governor of Carolina, abandoned a siege against St. Augustine in Spanish Florida and retreated to Charles Town in disgrace.

December 30th, 1460

Wars of the Roses: At the Battle of Wakefield, Lancastrian forces destroyed the Yorkist army and killed Richard of York (pictured) at Sandal Magna in West Yorkshire, England.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 30th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 30th?

28

Dominic Fike

American singer-songwriter and actor

*December 30th, 1995, Naples

37

Ellie Goulding

English singer and songwriter

*December 30th, 1986, Hereford

46

Ji Xinpeng

Chinese badminton player

*December 30th, 1977, Shashi District

77

Berti Vogts

German footballer and manager

*December 30th, 1946, Büttgen

54

Jens Eriksen

Danish badminton player

*December 30th, 1969, Copenhagen

39

Julia Molkhou

French actress and host of TV shows

*December 30th, 1984, 14th arrondissement of Paris

70

Rudyard Kipling

English writer and poet (1865–1936)

*December 30th, 1865, Mumbai †January 18th, 1936, London

21

Meiraba Luwang Maisnam

Badminton player

*December 30th, 2002, Imphal

62

Bill English

Prime Minister of New Zealand from 2016 to 2017

*December 30th, 1961, Lumsden

39

LeBron James

American basketball player (born 1984)

*December 30th, 1984, Akron

48

Tiger Woods

American golfer

*December 30th, 1975, Cypress

41

Kristin Kreuk

Canadian actress

*December 30th, 1982, Vancouver

64

Tracey Ullman

English-born actress, comedian, singer, dancer, screenwriter, producer, director, author and businesswoman

*December 30th, 1959, Slough

42

Cédric Carrasso

French association football player

*December 30th, 1981, Avignon

93

Tu Youyou

Chinese medical scientist

*December 30th, 1930, Ningbo

77

Patti Smith

American singer, songwriter, author and poet

*December 30th, 1946, Chicago

75

André Messager

French opera composer and conductor (1853–1929)

*December 30th, 1853, Montluçon †February 24th, 1929, 17th arrondissement of Paris

82

Joseph Bologna

American actor (1934–2017)

*December 30th, 1934, Brooklyn †August 13th, 2017, Duarte

38

Lars Boom

Dutch racing cyclist

*December 30th, 1985, Vlijmen

62

Ben Johnson

Canadian sprinter

*December 30th, 1961, Trelawny Parish

49

María Esteve

Spanish actress

*December 30th, 1974, Mar del Plata

74

Benjamin Rabier

French illustrator, author and director (1864-1939)

*December 30th, 1864, La Roche-sur-Yon †October 10th, 1939, Faverolles-en-Berry

45

Tyrese Gibson

American singer and actor

*December 30th, 1978, Los Angeles

60

Mike Pompeo

United States Secretary of State from 2018 to 2021

*December 30th, 1963, Orange

77

Bert Parks

American actor and singer (1914-1992)

*December 30th, 1914, Atlanta †February 2nd, 1992, La Jolla

63

Hideki Tojo

Japanese politician, army officer, and convicted war criminal (1884–1948)

*December 30th, 1884, Kōjimachi-ku †December 23rd, 1948, Sugamo Prison

78

Alfredo Bracchi

Italian writer and actor (1897-1976)

*December 30th, 1897, Milan †October 11th, 1976, Milan

43

Alison McGovern

British politician (born 1980)

*December 30th, 1980, Clatterbridge

73

Frederick Smith

British entomologist (1805 – 1879)

*December 30th, 1805, London †February 16th, 1879

73

Omar Bongo

Gabonese politician (1935–2009)

*December 30th, 1935, Bongoville †June 8th, 2009, Barcelona

69

Andrew Ranicki

British mathematician and professor

*December 30th, 1948, Greater London †February 21st, 2018, Edinburgh

88

Paul Bowles

American composer and writer (1910–1999)

*December 30th, 1910, Queens †November 18th, 1999, Tangier

62

Ferdinand Stosch

German theologian (1717–1780)

*December 30th, 1717, Liebenberg †June 3rd, 1780, Detmold

89

Nicolas le Jardinier

French television presenter

*December 30th, 1928, Romainville †November 21st, 2018, Montreuil

79

Patrick Pesnot

French journalist and writer

*December 30th, 1943, Versailles †March 13th, 2023, 15th arrondissement of Paris

75

Randy Schekman

Nobel prize winning American cell biologist

*December 30th, 1948, Saint Paul

54

Kersti Kaljulaid

Estonian politician and president of Estonia

*December 30th, 1969, Tartu

81

Gordon Banks

English association football player (1937-2019)

*December 30th, 1937, Sheffield †February 12th, 2019, Stoke-on-Trent

66

Davy Jones

British musician (1945–2012)

*December 30th, 1945, Manchester †February 29th, 2012, Stuart

52

Daniel Sunjata

American actor

*December 30th, 1971, Evanston

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1279 is a normal year and no leap year.

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