December 30th, 1718

Born on December 30th, 1718

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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?

62

Ferdinand Stosch

German theologian (1717–1780)

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

28

Dominic Fike

American singer-songwriter and actor

*December 30th, 1995, Naples

37

Ellie Goulding

English singer and songwriter

*December 30th, 1986, Hereford

77

Berti Vogts

German footballer and manager

*December 30th, 1946, Büttgen

46

Ji Xinpeng

Chinese badminton player

*December 30th, 1977, Shashi District

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

62

Bill English

Prime Minister of New Zealand from 2016 to 2017

*December 30th, 1961, Lumsden

21

Meiraba Luwang Maisnam

Badminton player

*December 30th, 2002, Imphal

47

Charles Yorke

British politician and Lord Chancellor; (1722-1770)

*December 30th, 1722, London †January 20th, 1770, London

41

Kristin Kreuk

Canadian actress

*December 30th, 1982, Vancouver

39

LeBron James

American basketball player (born 1984)

*December 30th, 1984, Akron

75

André Messager

French opera composer and conductor (1853–1929)

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

48

Tiger Woods

American golfer

*December 30th, 1975, Cypress

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

74

Benjamin Rabier

French illustrator, author and director (1864-1939)

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

93

Tu Youyou

Chinese medical scientist

*December 30th, 1930, Ningbo

73

Frederick Smith

British entomologist (1805 – 1879)

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

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80

Christian Friedrich Exner

German architect

*May 13th, 1718, Lampertswalde †September 1st, 1798, Dresden

80

Maria Gaetana Agnesi

Italian mathematician and philanthropist (1718-1799)

*May 16th, 1718, Milan †January 9th, 1799, Milan

62

Mariana Victoria of Spain

Infanta of Spain by birth, later regent of Portugal

*March 31st, 1718, Madrid †January 15th, 1781, Palace of Ajuda

27

Anna Leopoldovna

Regent and Grand Duchess of Russia (1718-1746)

*December 18th, 1718, Rostock †March 19th, 1746, Kholmogory

72

Israel Putnam

American Revolutionary War general (1718–1790)

*January 7th, 1718, Danvers †May 29th, 1790, Brooklyn

53

John Canton

British physicist

*July 31st, 1718, Stroud †March 22nd, 1772, London

64

William Hunter

British anatomist and physician (1718-1783)

*May 23rd, 1718, East Kilbride †March 30th, 1783, London

76

Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg

German music critic, music-theorist and composer

*November 21st, 1718, Wendemark †May 22nd, 1795, Berlin

53

Johann Berenberg

Hamburg merchant banker (1718-1772)

*March 12th, 1718, Hamburg †March 2nd, 1772, Hamburg

76

Paul Rabaut

French pastor (1718-1794)

*January 29th, 1718, Bédarieux †September 25th, 1794, Nîmes

68

Tommaso Maria Ghilini

Italian catholic cardinal and archbishop

*August 5th, 1718, Alessandria †April 3rd, 1787, Turin

71

Nicolas-Sylvestre Bergier

French Catholic theologian

*December 31st, 1718, Darney †April 9th, 1790, Paris

81

Elizabeth Montagu

British social reformer, patron of the arts, hostess, literary critic, and writer; (1718-1800)

*October 2nd, 1718, York †August 25th, 1800, London

74

Alexander Roslin

Swedish painter (1718–1793)

*July 15th, 1718, Malmö Sankt Petri församling †July 5th, 1793, Paris

80

Antoine de Chézy

French engineer

*September 1st, 1718, Châlons-en-Champagne †October 5th, 1798, Paris

80

Johann Gottlieb Bosseck

German canon

*April 3rd, 1718, Leipzig †June 7th, 1798, Leipzig

65

Angelius Johann Daniel Aepinus

German philosopher

*May 10th, 1718, Rostock †February 28th, 1784, Rostock

90

Saverio Bettinelli

Italian Jesuit writer (1718-1808)

*July 18th, 1718, Mantua †September 13th, 1808, Mantua

70

Wilhelm Christian Justus Chrysander

German theologian

*December 9th, 1718, Halberstadt †December 10th, 1788, Kiel

35

Joseph Coulon de Jumonville

French Canadian military officer killed at the start of the Seven Years' War (1718-1754)

*September 8th, 1718, Quebec City †May 28th, 1754, Fayette County

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No: With 365 days 1718 is a normal year and no leap year.

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