December 30th, 1778

Born on December 30th, 1778

Age in days, weeks and months
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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

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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

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

70

Rudyard Kipling

English writer and poet (1865–1936)

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

39

Julia Molkhou

French actress and host of TV shows

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

73

Frederick Smith

British entomologist (1805 – 1879)

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

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

75

André Messager

French opera composer and conductor (1853–1929)

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

41

Kristin Kreuk

Canadian actress

*December 30th, 1982, Vancouver

39

LeBron James

American basketball player (born 1984)

*December 30th, 1984, Akron

74

Benjamin Rabier

French illustrator, author and director (1864-1939)

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

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

65

Jonas Anton Hielm

Norwegian politician (1782-1848)

*December 30th, 1782, Kristiansand Municipality †March 30th, 1848, Christiania

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

Same year
Born in 1778

50

Humphry Davy

British chemist

*December 17th, 1778, Penzance †May 29th, 1829, Geneva

71

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac

French chemist and physicist (1778–1850)

*December 6th, 1778, Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat †May 9th, 1850, Paris

63

Augustin-Pyramus de Candolle

Swiss botanist (1778–1841)

*February 4th, 1778, Geneva †September 9th, 1841, Geneva

72

José de San Martín

Argentine general and independence leader (1778–1850)

*February 25th, 1778, África †August 17th, 1850, Boulogne-sur-Mer

59

Agathon Jean François Fain

French historian (1778-1837)

*January 11th, 1778, Paris †September 16th, 1837, Paris

52

William Hazlitt

English essayist and writer

*April 10th, 1778, Maidstone †September 18th, 1830, London

65

Luigi Lodigiani

Italian bookbinder

*January 7th, 1778, Pontremoli †October 3rd, 1843, Milan

61

Fernando Sor

Spanish classical guitarist and composer (1778-1839)

*February 13th, 1778, Barcelona †July 10th, 1839, Paris

67

Louis Bonaparte

King of the Netherlands, brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, member of the House of Buonaparte (1778-1846)

*September 2nd, 1778, Ajaccio †July 25th, 1846, Livorno

58

Johann Nepomuk Hummel

Austrian composer and pianist

*November 14th, 1778, Bratislava †October 17th, 1837, Weimar

75

Friedrich Ludwig Jahn

German educator, writer and politician (1778-1852)

*August 11th, 1778, Lanz †October 15th, 1853, Freyburg

64

Bernardo O'Higgins

Chilean independence leader (1778-1842)

*August 20th, 1778, Chillán †October 24th, 1842, Lima

81

James Kirke Paulding

American writer (1778–1860)

*August 22nd, 1778, Pleasant Valley †April 6th, 1860, Hyde Park

77

Joseph Carrington Cabell

American politician

*December 28th, 1778, Amherst County †February 5th, 1856, Nelson County

69

Heinrich Luden

German historian (1778-1847)

*April 10th, 1778, Loxstedt †May 23rd, 1847, Jena

54

Richard Skinner

American politician (1778-1833)

*May 30th, 1778, Litchfield †May 23rd, 1833, Manchester

63

Ernst Wilhelm Arnoldi

German entrepreneur

*May 21st, 1778, Gotha †May 27th, 1841, Gotha

82

Rembrandt Peale

American painter (1778-1860)

*February 22nd, 1778, Bucks County †October 3rd, 1860, Philadelphia

73

Christian Friedrich Nasse

German physician and psychiatrist

*April 18th, 1778, Bielefeld †April 18th, 1851, Marburg

58

Joseph Grimaldi

English actor, comedian and dancer

*December 18th, 1778, London †May 31st, 1837, London

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No: With 365 days 1778 is a normal year and no leap year.

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