December 30 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for December 30
In the headlines today:

1994	Two are killed and five wounded when a gunman opens fire at two Boston area abortion clinics.
1994	US Army pilot Bobby Hall is free, some 13 days after his helicopter is downed by North Korea (co-pilot David Hilemon died in the crash).
1993	Israel and the Vatican agree to recognize each other.
1980	NBC cancels The Wonderful World of Disney, the longest-running prime time TV show in history. (Disney now owns rival TV network ABC.)
1972	The US stops the bombing of North Vietnam.
1953	Electronics manufacturer Admiral unveils the first color television set for consumers, priced at a modest $1,175.
1948	Cole Porter's musical Kiss Me, Kate opens on Broadway.
1947	King Michael of Romania abdicates the throne, but makes it clear that he was forced out by Communists.
1936	The United Auto Workers union stages its first sit-down strike at the Fisher Body Plant in Flint, MI.
1922	Vladimir Lenin establishes the USSR.
1911	Sun Yat-sen is elected as the first president of the Republic of China.
1903	600 people die in a fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago.
1853	The US purchases 30,000 square miles of land from Mexico in what is now southern New Mexico and Arizona. The Gadsden Purchase costs the US $10 million.

Born today:

1979 Tyrese - singer

1976 Meredith Monroe - actress (Dawson's Creek)

1975 Tiger Woods - golf champ

1969 Jay Kay - singer (Jamiroquai)

1961 Ben Johnson - track star (1988 100 meter world record holder)

1959 Tracey Ullman - actress, singer

1957 Matt Lauer - newscaster, talk show host (Today)

1956 Suzy Bogguss - country singer

1956 Patricia Kalember - actress

1955 Sheryl Lee Ralph - actress

1947 Jeff Lynne - singer, guitarist (Electric Light Orchestra)

1946 Patti Smith - singer

1946 Davy Jones - singer (The Monkees)

1942 Michael Nesmith - singer, guitarist (The Monkees)

1942 Fred Ward - actor

1939 Del Shannon - singer

1938 Joseph Bologna - actor

1937 John Hartford - singer

1935 Sandy Koufax - baseball Hall of Fame pitcher

1934 Russ Tamblyn - actor

1931 Skeeter Davis - singer

1930 Jack Lord - actor (Hawaii Five-O)

1928 Bo Diddley - singer, guitarist

1914 Bert Parks - radio/TV host

1867 Simon Guggenheim - philanthropist

1865 Rudyard Kipling - author (The Jungle Book)

Born today? Your sign of the Zodiac is:

Capricorn

(The Sea-Goat)