30 December
Notable Births
Igor Shesterkin
b. 1995
Russian ice hockey player (born 1995)
Joshua (American singer)
b. 1995
American singer (born 1995)
Ollie Watkins
b. 1995
English footballer (born 1995)
V (singer)
b. 1995
South Korean singer (born 1995)
Ryan Tunnicliffe
b. 1992
English association football player
Carson Wentz
b. 1992
American football player (born 1992)
Camila Giorgi
b. 1991
Italian former tennis player (born 1991)
Bruno Henrique (footballer, born 1990)
b. 1990
Brazilian footballer
Joe Root
b. 1990
English cricketer (born 1990)
C. J. Wilcox
b. 1990
American basketball player (born 1990)
Tyler Anderson
b. 1989
American baseball player (born 1989)
Ryan Sheckler
b. 1989
American professional skateboarder (born 1989)
Kateřina Vaňková
b. 1989
Czech tennis player
Jakub Nakládal
b. 1987
Czech ice hockey player (born 1987)
Domenico Criscito
b. 1986
Italian footballer (born 1986)
Ellie Goulding
b. 1986
English singer and songwriter (born 1986)
Caity Lotz
b. 1986
American actress
Jeff Ward (actor)
b. 1986
American actor (born 1986)
Gianni Zuiverloon
b. 1986
Dutch footballer (born 1986)
Lars Boom
b. 1985
Dutch racing cyclist
Notable Deaths
Khaleda Zia
d. 2025
Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1991–1996; 2001–2006)
Tom Wilkinson
d. 2023
English actor (1948–2023)
Aki Yashiro
d. 2023
Musical artist
Barbara Walters
d. 2022
American journalist (1929–2022)
Dawn Wells
d. 2020
American actress (1938–2020)
Erica Garner
d. 2017
American activist (1990–2017)
Doug Atkins
d. 2015
American football player (1930–2015)
Howard Davis Jr.
d. 2015
American boxer
Mangesh Padgaonkar
d. 2015
Indian poet
Howard Pawley
d. 2015
Premier of Manitoba from 1981 to 1988
Terry Becker
d. 2014
American actor, director, and producer (1921–2014)
Jim Galloway
d. 2014
Scottish jazz clarinet and saxophone player
Luise Rainer
d. 2014
German-born actress (1910–2014)
Kinnaird R. McKee
d. 2013
United States admiral
Eiichi Ohtaki
d. 2013
Japanese musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer (1948–2013)
Johnny Orr (basketball, born 1927)
d. 2013
American basketball player and coach (1927–2013)
Paul Sally
d. 2013
American mathematician
Beate Sirota Gordon
d. 2012
Austrian and American activist (1923–2012)
Rita Levi-Montalcini
d. 2012
Italian neurologist (1909–2012)
Carl Woese
d. 2012
American microbiologist (1928–2012)
On This Day in History
All 48 ›2020
A large explosion at the airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden kills at least 22 people and wounds 50.
2020 Aden airport attack
2013
More than 100 people are killed when anti-government forces attack key buildings in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
December 2013 Kinshasa attacks
2009
A segment of the Lanzhou–Zhengzhou–Changsha pipeline ruptures in Shaanxi, China, and approximately 150,000 L (40,000 US gal) of diesel oil flows down the Wei River before finally reaching the Yellow River.
Lanzhou–Zhengzhou–Changsha pipeline
2009
A suicide bomber kills nine people at Forward Operating Base Chapman, a key facility of the Central Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan.
Camp Chapman attack
2006
Madrid–Barajas Airport is bombed.
Madrid–Barajas Airport
2006
The Indonesian passenger ferry MV Senopati Nusantara sinks in a storm, resulting in at least 400 deaths.
MV Senopati Nusantara
2006
Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein is executed.
President of Iraq
2005
Tropical Storm Zeta forms in the open Atlantic Ocean, tying the record for the latest tropical cyclone ever to form in the North Atlantic basin.
Tropical Storm Zeta
2004
A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 194.
Cromañón nightclub fire
2000
Rizal Day bombings: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines within a period of a few hours, killing 22 and injuring about a hundred.
Rizal Day bombings
1997
In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed.
Algeria
1996
Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.
Benjamin Netanyahu
1993
Israel establishes diplomatic relations with Vatican City and also upgrades to full diplomatic relations with Ireland.
Diplomatic recognition
1987
Stella Sigcau, Prime minister of the South African Bantustan of Transkei, is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General Bantu Holomisa.
Stella Sigcau
1972
Vietnam War: Operation Linebacker II ends.
Operation Linebacker II
1970
Hurricane Creek mine disaster, near Hyden, Kentucky
Hurricane Creek mine disaster
1967
Aeroflot Flight L-51 crashes near Liepāja International Airport in Liepāja, Latvia, killing 43.
Aeroflot Flight L-51
1958
The Guatemalan Air Force sinks several Mexican fishing boats alleged to have breached maritime borders, killing three and sparking international tension.
Guatemalan Air Force
1954
The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation is established to consolidate criminal investigation and intelligence into a single agency.
National Bureau of Investigation (Finland)
1952
An RAF Avro Lancaster bomber crashes in Luqa, Malta after an engine failure, killing three crew members and a civilian on the ground.
Avro Lancaster