2020 Aden airport attack
2020
A large explosion at the airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden kills at least 22 people and wounds 50..
December-30
Historical Events on December 30
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December 2013 Kinshasa attacks
More than 100 people are killed when anti-government forces attack key buildings in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2013
Lanzhou–Zhengzhou–Changsha pipeline
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.
2009
Camp Chapman attack
A suicide bomber kills nine people at Forward Operating Base Chapman, a key facility of the Central Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan.
2009
Madrid–Barajas Airport
Madrid–Barajas Airport is bombed.
2006
MV Senopati Nusantara
2006
The Indonesian passenger ferry MV Senopati Nusantara sinks in a storm, resulting in at least 400 deaths..
President of Iraq
Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein is executed.
2006
Tropical Storm Zeta
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.
2005
Cromañón nightclub fire
A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 194.
2004
Rizal Day bombings
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.
2000
Algeria
1997
In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed..
Benjamin Netanyahu
Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.
1996
Diplomatic recognition
Israel establishes diplomatic relations with Vatican City and also upgrades to full diplomatic relations with Ireland.
1993
Stella Sigcau
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.
1987
Operation Linebacker II
Vietnam War: Operation Linebacker II ends.
1972
Hurricane Creek mine disaster
1970
Hurricane Creek mine disaster, near Hyden, Kentucky.
Aeroflot Flight L-51
Aeroflot Flight L-51 crashes near Liepāja International Airport in Liepāja, Latvia, killing 43.
1967
Guatemalan Air Force
The Guatemalan Air Force sinks several Mexican fishing boats alleged to have breached maritime borders, killing three and sparking international tension.
1958
National Bureau of Investigation (Finland)
The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation is established to consolidate criminal investigation and intelligence into a single agency.
1954
Avro Lancaster
An RAF Avro Lancaster bomber crashes in Luqa, Malta after an engine failure, killing three crew members and a civilian on the ground.
1952
Cold War
1947
Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania..
George II of Greece
King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant.
1944
Subhas Chandra Bose
Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.
1943
Flint sit-down strike
The Flint sit-down strike hits General Motors.
1936
Dolo hospital airstrike
The Italian Air Force bombs a Swedish Red Cross hospital during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.
1935
Ginza line
1927
The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan..
Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is formed.
1922
Grigori Rasputin
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.
1916
Coronation of the Hungarian monarch
The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.
1916
All-India Muslim League
The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh).
1906
Idaho
1905
Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell..
Iroquois Theatre fire
A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
1903
Discovery Expedition
The Discovery Expedition under Robert Falcon Scott attained a Farthest South at 82°17′S in Antarctica.
1902
Colony of Natal
The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.
1897
José Rizal
Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.
1896
Ice hockey
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..
Wounded Knee Massacre
Following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States Army and Lakota warriors face off in the Drexel Mission Fight.
1890
Gadsden Purchase
Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.
1853
Treaty of St. Louis (1825)
The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed.
1825
Treaty of St. Louis (1816)
The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the united Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi Indian tribes is proclaimed.
1816
War of 1812
1813
War of 1812: British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York..
Queen Anne's War
Queen Anne's War: James Moore, Governor of the Province of Carolina, abandons the Siege of St. Augustine.
1702
Reapers' War
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.
1641
Wars of the Roses
Wars of the Roses: Lancastrians kill the 3rd Duke of York and win the Battle of Wakefield.
1460
Hundred Years' War, 1415–1453
Hundred Years' War: Battle of La Rochelle.
1419
1066 Granada massacre
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..
AD 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.
999
534
The second and final edition of the Code of Justinian comes into effect in the Byzantine Empire.
534