On This Day — 30 December
2000s
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
1900s
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
1947
Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.
Cold War
1944
King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant.
George II of Greece
1943
Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.
Subhas Chandra Bose
1936
The Flint sit-down strike hits General Motors.
Flint sit-down strike
1935
The Italian Air Force bombs a Swedish Red Cross hospital during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.
Dolo hospital airstrike
1927
The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
Ginza Line
1922
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is formed.
Soviet Union
1916
Russian mystic and advisor to the Tsar Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin is murdered by a loyalist group led by Prince Felix Yusupov. His frozen, partially-trussed body was discovered in a Petrograd river three days later.
Grigori Rasputin
1916
The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.
Coronation of the Hungarian monarch
1906
The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh).
All-India Muslim League
1905
Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.
Idaho
1903
A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
Iroquois Theatre fire
1902
The Discovery Expedition under Robert Falcon Scott attains a Farthest South at 82°17′S in Antarctica.
Discovery Expedition
1800s
1897
The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.
Colony of Natal
1896
Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.
José Rizal
1896
Canadian ice hockey player Ernie McLea scores the first hat-trick in Stanley Cup play, and the Cup-winning goal as the Montreal Victorias defeat the Winnipeg Victorias 6–5.
Ice hockey
1890
Following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States Army and Lakota warriors face off in the Drexel Mission Fight.
Wounded Knee Massacre
1853
Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.
Gadsden Purchase
1825
The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed.
Treaty of St. Louis (1825)
1816
The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the united Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi Indian tribes is proclaimed.
Treaty of St. Louis (1816)
1813
War of 1812: British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York.
War of 1812
Before 1800
1702
Queen Anne's War: James Moore, Governor of the Province of Carolina, abandons the Siege of St. Augustine.
Queen Anne's War
1641
Reapers' War: Louis XIII of France swears the Catalan constitutions, being appointed Count of Barcelona and thus establishing the personal union of the Principality of Catalonia with the Kingdom of France.
Reapers' War
1460
Wars of the Roses: Lancastrians kill the 3rd Duke of York and win the Battle of Wakefield.
Wars of the Roses
1419
Hundred Years' War: Battle of La Rochelle.
Hundred Years' War, 1415–1453
1066
Granada massacre: A Muslim mob storms the royal palace in Granada, crucifies Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacres most of the Jewish population of the city.
1066 Granada massacre
999
Battle of Glenmama: The combined forces of Munster and Meath under king Brian Boru inflict a crushing defeat on the allied armies of Leinster and Dublin near Lyons Hill in Ireland.
AD 999
534
The second and final edition of the Code of Justinian comes into effect in the Byzantine Empire.
534