December 30

Events

• 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.
• 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.
• 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Battle of La Rochelle.
• 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Lancastrians kill the 3rd Duke of York and win the Battle of Wakefield.
• 1702 - Queen Anne's War: James Moore, Governor of the Province of Carolina, abandons the Siege of St. Augustine.
• 1813 - War of 1812: British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York.
• 1816 - The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the united Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi Indian tribes is proclaimed.
• 1825 - The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed.
• 1853 - Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.
• 1890 - Following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States Army and Lakota warriors face off in the Drexel Mission Fight.
• 1896 - Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.
• 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.
• 1897 - The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.
• 1903 - A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
• 1905 - Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.
• 1906 - The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India.
• 1916 - Russian mystic and advisor to the Tsar Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was murdered by a loyalist group led by Prince Felix Yusupov. His frozen, partially-trussed body was discovered in a Moscow river three days later.
• 1916 - The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.
• 1922 - The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed.
• 1927 - The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
• 1935 - The Italian Air Force bombs a Swedish Red Cross hospital during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.
• 1936 - The United Auto Workers union stages its first sitdown strike.
• 1943 - Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.
• 1944 - King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant.
• 1947 - Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.
• 1952 - An RAF Avro Lancaster bomber crashed in Luqa, Malta after an engine failure, killing three crew members and a civilian on the ground.
• 1958 - The Guatemalan Air Force sinks several Mexican fishing boats alleged to have breached maritime borders, killing three and sparking international tension.
• 1965 - Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines.
• 1972 - Vietnam War: The United States halts heavy bombing of North Vietnam.
• 1993 - Israel establishes diplomatic relations with Vatican City and also upgrades to full diplomatic relations with Ireland.
• 1996 - Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.
• 1997 - In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed.
• 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.
• 2004 - A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.
• 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.
• 2006 - Madrid–Barajas Airport is bombed.
• 2006 - The Indonesian passenger ferry sinks in a storm, resulting in at least 400 deaths.
• 2006 - Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein is executed.
• 2009 - A segment of the Lanzhou–Zhengzhou–Changsha pipeline ruptures in Shaanxi, China, and approximately of diesel oil flows down the Wei River before finally reaching the Yellow River.
• 2009 - A suicide bomber kills nine people at Forward Operating Base Chapman, a key facility of the Central Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan.
• 2013 - More than 100 people are killed when anti-government forces attack key buildings in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

  Births

• AD 39 - Titus, Roman emperor
• 159 - Empress Dowager Bian, second wife of Cao Cao, mother of Cao Wei's first emperor, Cao Pi
• 1204 - Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd ibn Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca
• 1371 - Vasily I of Moscow
• 1490 - Ebussuud Efendi, Ottoman lawyer and jurist
• 1548 - David Pareus, German theologian
• 1578 - Ulrik of Denmark, Danish prince-bishop
• 1642 - Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet
• 1673 - Ahmed III, Ottoman sultan
• 1678 - William Croft, English organist and composer
• 1722 - Charles Yorke, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain
• 1724 - Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter and educator
• 1757 - Sebastián Kindelán y O'Regan, colonial governor of East Florida, Santo Domingo and Cuba
• 1760 - Charles Sapinaud de La Rairie, French general
• 1792 - Sylvester Jordan, German lawyer and politician
• 1819 - Theodor Fontane, German author and poet
• 1819 - John W. Geary, American lawyer and politician, 16th Governor of Pennsylvania
• 1825 - Samuel Newitt Wood, American lawyer and politician
• 1842 - Osman Hamdi Bey, Ottoman administrator, intellectual, art expert and painter
• 1849 - John Milne, English seismologist and geologist
• 1851 - Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta
• 1853 - André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor
• 1857 - Sylvio Lazzari, French-Austrian composer
• 1865 - Rudyard Kipling, Indian-English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1869 - Stephen Leacock, English-Canadian political scientist and author
• 1869 - Ōzutsu Man'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th Yokozuna
• 1873 - Al Smith, American lawyer and politician, 42nd Governor of New York
• 1878 - William Aberhart, Canadian evangelist and politician, 7th Premier of Alberta
• 1879 - Ramana Maharshi, Indian guru and philosopher
• 1883 - Archer Baldwin, American-English farmer and politician
• 1883 - Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1884 - Hideki Tōjō, Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan
• 1887 - William Kolehmainen, Finnish-American runner and coach
• 1890 - Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, Mexican soldier and politician, 47th President of Mexico who granted women the right to vote.
• 1897 - Alfredo Bracchi, Italian songwriter and screenwriter
• 1899 - Helge Ingstad, Norwegian explorer, lawyer, and politician, 2nd Governor of Svalbard
• 1904 - Dmitry Kabalevsky, Russian composer and academic
• 1905 - Daniil Kharms, Russian poet, author, and playwright
• 1906 - Alziro Bergonzo, Italian architect and painter
• 1906 - Carol Reed, English director and producer
• 1910 - Paul Bowles, American composer and author
• 1911 - Jeanette Nolan, American actress
• 1913 - Lucio Agostini, Italian-Canadian conductor and composer
• 1913 - Elyne Mitchell, Australian author
• 1914 - Bert Parks, American actor, singer, television personality, and beauty pageant host
• 1917 - Seymour Melman, American engineer and author
• 1919 - Dick Spooner, English cricketer
• 1919 - David Willcocks, English organist, composer, and conductor
• 1921 - Rashid Karami, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Lebanon
• 1922 - Jane Langton, American author and illustrator
• 1923 - Prakash Vir Shastri, Indian academic and politician
• 1924 - Yvonne Brill, Canadian-American propulsion engineer
• 1925 - Ian MacNaughton, Scottish actor, producer, and director
• 1926 - Stan Tracey, English pianist and composer
• 1927 - Jan Kubíček, Czech painter and sculptor
• 1928 - Bo Diddley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1929 - Rosalinde Hurley, English physician, microbiologist, and academic
• 1930 - Roy Yorke Calne, English surgeon and academic
• 1930 - Red Rhodes, American guitarist
• 1930 - Mary Rose Tuitt, Montserrat politician
• 1930 - Tu Youyou, Chinese chemist and pharmacist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1931 - Skeeter Davis, American singer-songwriter
• 1931 - John T. Houghton, Welsh physicist and author
• 1931 - Frank Torre, American baseball player and manager
• 1933 - Timité Bassori, Ivorian filmmaker, actor, and writer
• 1934 - John N. Bahcall, American astrophysicist and astronomer, co-developed the Hubble Space Telescope
• 1934 - Joseph Bologna, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1934 - Barry Briggs, New Zealand motorcycle racer and sportscaster
• 1934 - Joseph P. Hoar, American general
• 1934 - Del Shannon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1934 - Russ Tamblyn, American actor
• 1935 - Omar Bongo, Gabonese lieutenant and politician, President of Gabon
• 1935 - Sandy Koufax, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1935 - Jack Riley, American actor
• 1937 - Gordon Banks, English footballer and manager
• 1937 - John Hartford, American singer-songwriter and fiddler
• 1937 - Jim Marshall, American football player
• 1937 - Paul Stookey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1938 - Ron Wolf, American Football Hall of Fame General Manager
• 1939 - Glenda Adams, Australian author and academic
• 1939 - Felix Pappalardi, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
• 1940 - James Burrows, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1941 - Mel Renfro, American football player and coach
• 1942 - Vladimir Bukovsky, Russian author and activist
• 1942 - Guy Edwards, English race car driver
• 1942 - Michael Nesmith, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1942 - Janko Prunk, Slovenian historian, academic, and politician
• 1942 - Robert Quine, American guitarist
• 1942 - Toomas Savi, Estonian physician and politician
• 1942 - Fred Ward, American actor
• 1944 - William J. Fallon, American admiral
• 1944 - Joseph Hilbe, American mathematician and philosopher
• 1945 - Davy Jones, English singer-songwriter and actor
• 1945 - Lloyd Kaufman, American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded Troma Entertainment
• 1945 - Paola Pigni, Italian runner
• 1945 - Concetta Tomei, American actress
• 1946 - Clive Bunker, English drummer and songwriter
• 1946 - Patti Smith, American singer-songwriter and poet
• 1946 - Berti Vogts, German footballer and coach
• 1947 - James Kahn, American author, screenwriter, and producer
• 1947 - Jeff Lynne, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1947 - Steve Mix, American basketball player and coach
• 1948 - Jed Johnson, American interior designer and director
• 1949 - David Bedford, English runner
• 1949 - Jim Flaherty, Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th Canadian Minister of Finance
• 1950 - Timothy Mo, Chinese-English author
• 1950 - Lewis Shiner, American journalist and author
• 1950 - Bjarne Stroustrup, Danish computer scientist, created the C++ programming language
• 1950 - Martti Vainio, Finnish runner
• 1951 - Doug Allder, English footballer and coach
• 1951 - Chris Jasper, American musician, singer-songwriter, and producer
• 1951 - Nick Rose, English runner
• 1952 - June Anderson, American soprano and actress
• 1953 - Daniel T. Barry, American engineer and astronaut
• 1953 - Dana Key, American singer, guitarist, and producer
• 1953 - Graham Vick, English director and producer
• 1953 - Meredith Vieira, American journalist and game show host
• 1954 - Barry Greenstein, American poker player and philanthropist
• 1956 - Ingus Baušķenieks, Latvian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1956 - Suzy Bogguss, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1956 - Patricia Kalember, American actress
• 1956 - Sheryl Lee Ralph, American actress and singer
• 1957 - Matt Lauer, American television journalist and anchor
• 1957 - Glenn Robbins, Australian comedian and actor
• 1958 - Pedro Costa, Portuguese director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
• 1958 - Steven Smith, American engineer and astronaut
• 1959 - Antonio Pappano, English pianist and conductor
• 1959 - Kåre Thomsen, Norwegian guitarist and graphic designer
• 1959 - Tracey Ullman, English-American actress, singer, director, and screenwriter
• 1959 - Josée Verner, Canadian politician, 8th Canadian Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
• 1960 - Richard M. Durbin, English biologist and academic
• 1961 - Douglas Coupland, German-Canadian author and playwright
• 1961 - Bill English, New Zealand farmer and politician, 39th Prime Minister of New Zealand
• 1961 - Sean Hannity, American radio and television host
• 1961 - Ben Johnson, Jamaican-Canadian sprinter
• 1961 - Charlie Nicholas, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
• 1963 - Chandler Burr, American journalist and author
• 1963 - Milan Šrejber, Czech tennis player
• 1963 - Mike Pompeo, American diplomat and politician; 70th United States Secretary of State
• 1964 - Almir Kayumov, Russian footballer and referee
• 1964 - Sylvie Moreau, Canadian actress and screenwriter
• 1964 - George Newbern, American actor
• 1965 - Heidi Fleiss, American procurer
• 1966 - Gary Chartier, American philosopher, scholar, and academic
• 1966 - Bennett Miller, American director and producer
• 1967 - Carl Ouellet, Canadian wrestler and sportscaster
• 1968 - Bryan Burk, American screenwriter and producer
• 1968 - Adam Dale, Australian cricketer
• 1968 - Sandra Glover, American hurdler
• 1968 - Albano Mucci, Australian activist
• 1969 - Emmanuel Clérico, French race car driver
• 1969 - Dave England, American snowboarder and stuntman
• 1969 - Kersti Kaljulaid, President of Estonia
• 1969 - Michelle McGann, American golfer
• 1969 - Meredith Monroe, American actress
• 1971 - Sister Bliss, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
• 1971 - C. S. Lee, Korean-American actor
• 1971 - Ricardo, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1971 - Manuela Schmermund, German Paralympic sport shooter
• 1972 - Daniel Amokachi, Nigerian footballer and manager
• 1972 - Paul Keegan, Irish footballer
• 1972 - Dita Indah Sari, Indonesian trade union leader and activist
• 1972 - Steven Wiig, American actor and drummer
• 1973 - Jason Behr, American actor
• 1973 - Ato Boldon, Trinidadian runner, sportscaster, and politician
• 1974 - Alexandro Alves do Nascimento, Brazilian footballer
• 1975 - Scott Chipperfield, Australian footballer
• 1975 - Tiger Woods, American golfer
• 1976 - Kastro, American rapper
• 1976 - Patrick Kerney, American football player
• 1976 - A. J. Pierzynski, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1977 - Laila Ali, American boxer and actress
• 1977 - Glory Alozie, Nigerian-Spanish sprinter and hurdler
• 1977 - Grant Balfour, Australian baseball player
• 1977 - Saša Ilić, Serbian footballer
• 1977 - Scott Lucas, Australian footballer and coach
• 1977 - Kenyon Martin, American basketball player
• 1977 - Lucy Punch, English actress
• 1977 - Kazuyuki Toda, Japanese footballer
• 1978 - Devin Brown, American basketball player
• 1978 - Tyrese Gibson, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1978 - Phillips Idowu, English triple jumper
• 1978 - Zbigniew Robert Promiński, Polish drummer
• 1978 - Rob Scuderi, American ice hockey player
• 1979 - Michael Grimm, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1979 - Yelawolf, American rapper, singer, songwriter and producer
• 1980 - Eliza Dushku, American actress and producer
• 1980 - D. J. Mbenga, Congolese-Belgian basketball player
• 1980 - Alison McGovern, English politician
• 1981 - Cédric Carrasso, French footballer
• 1981 - Ali Al-Habsi, Omani footballer
• 1981 - Michael Rodríguez, Costa Rican footballer
• 1981 - Matt Ulrich, American football player
• 1982 - Kristin Kreuk, Canadian actress
• 1982 - Tobias Kurbjuweit, German footballer
• 1982 - Dawan Landry, American football player
• 1982 - Dathan Ritzenhein, American runner
• 1983 - Davide Mandorlini, Italian footballer
• 1983 - Eddie Edwards, American professional wrestler
• 1983 - Nick Symmonds, American runner
• 1983 - Kevin Systrom, American computer programmer and businessman, co-founded Instagram
• 1984 - Randall Azofeifa, Costa Rican footballer
• 1984 - Andra Day, American singer and songwriter
• 1984 - LeBron James, American basketball player, producer and businessman
• 1985 - Lars Boom, Dutch cyclist
• 1985 - Bryson Goodwin, Australian rugby league player
• 1986 - Domenico Criscito, Italian footballer
• 1986 - Ellie Goulding, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1986 - Gianni Zuiverloon, Dutch footballer
• 1986 - Caity Lotz, American actress
• 1989 - Ryan Sheckler, American skateboarder and entrepreneur
• 1989 - Kateřina Vaňková, Czech tennis player
• 1990 - Joe Root, English cricketer
• 1990 - Bruno Henrique Pinto, Brazilian footballer
• 1991 - Camila Giorgi, Italian tennis player
• 1992 - Ryan Tunnicliffe, English footballer
• 1992 - Carson Wentz, American football player
• 1995 - V, South Korean singer and actor
• 1996 - Brad Abbey, New Zealand rugby league player

  Deaths

• 274 - Pope Felix I
• 717 - Egwin of Evesham, bishop of Worcester
• 903 - Tian Jun, Chinese warlord
• 925 - Wang Shenzhi, founder of Min
• 1115 - Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine
• 1331 - Bernard Gui, inquisitor
• 1435 - Bonne of Berry, Regent of Savoy
• 1436 - Louis III, Elector Palatine
• 1460 - Edmund, Earl of Rutland, Irish politician, Lord Chancellor of Ireland
• 1460 - Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York
• 1525 - Jakob Fugger, German banker and businessman
• 1572 - Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect, designed the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli
• 1573 - Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian author and poet
• 1591 - Pope Innocent IX
• 1621 - Job of Manyava, Ukrainian monk and saint
• 1640 - John Francis Regis, French priest and saint
• 1643 - Giovanni Baglione, Italian painter and historian of art
• 1644 - Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist, physiologist, and physician
• 1662 - Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria
• 1769 - Nicholas Taaffe, 6th Viscount Taaffe, Irish-Austrian soldier and courtier
• 1777 - Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria
• 1788 - Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian painter and academic
• 1803 - Francis Lewis, Welsh-American merchant and politician
• 1879 - Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre, Baron of Santo Ângelo, Brazilian poet and painter
• 1896 - José Rizal, Filipino ophthalmologist, journalist, and author
• 1906 - Josephine Butler, English feminist and social reformer
• 1908 - Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician
• 1916 - Grigori Rasputin, Russian mystic
• 1928 - Jean Collas, French rugby player and tug of war competitor
• 1937 - Hans Niels Andersen, Danish businessman, founded the East Asiatic Company
• 1940 - Childe Wills, American engineer
• 1941 - El Lissitzky, Russian photographer and architect
• 1944 - Romain Rolland, French author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1945 - Song Jin-woo, South Korean journalist and politician
• 1947 - Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter
• 1947 - Alfred North Whitehead, English-American mathematician and philosopher
• 1954 - Archduke Eugen of Austria
• 1955 - Rex Ingamells, Australian poet and author
• 1967 - Vincent Massey, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor General of Canada
• 1968 - Trygve Lie, Norwegian journalist and politician, 1st Secretary-General of the United Nations
• 1970 - Sonny Liston, American boxer
• 1971 - Jo Cals, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• 1971 - Vikram Sarabhai, Indian physicist and academic
• 1979 - Richard Rodgers, American playwright and composer
• 1982 - Alberto Vargas, Peruvian-American painter and illustrator
• 1983 - Violette Cordery, English race car driver
• 1986 - Era Bell Thompson, American journalist
• 1988 - Yuli Daniel, Russian author and poet
• 1988 - Isamu Noguchi, American sculptor and landscaper
• 1990 - Raghuvir Sahay, Indian author, poet, and critic
• 1992 - Romeo Muller, American actor, screenwriter, for screenplays like the 1964, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
• 1993 - İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil, Turkish lawyer and politician, 20th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1993 - Irving "Swifty" Lazar, American talent agent
• 1993 - Giuseppe Occhialini, Italian-French physicist and academic
• 1994 - Dmitri Ivanenko, Ukrainian-Russian physicist and academic
• 1995 - Ralph Flanagan, American pianist, composer, and conductor
• 1995 - Doris Grau, American voice actor and script supervisor
• 1996 - Lew Ayres, American actor
• 1997 - Shinichi Hoshi, Japanese author and illustrator
• 1998 - Sam Muchnick, American wrestling promoter, co-founded the National Wrestling Alliance
• 1999 - Joff Ellen, Australian comedian and actor
• 1999 - Fritz Leonhardt, German engineer, co-designed the Cologne Rodenkirchen Bridge and Fernsehturm Stuttgart
• 1999 - Des Renford, Australian swimmer
• 1999 - Sarah Knauss, American supercentenarian
• 2000 - Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter and producer
• 2002 - Mary Brian, American actress
• 2002 - Eleanor J. Gibson, American psychologist and academic
• 2002 - Mary Wesley, English author
• 2003 - John Gregory Dunne, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic
• 2004 - Artie Shaw, American clarinet player, composer, and bandleader
• 2005 - Eddie Barlow, South African cricketer and coach
• 2005 - Rona Jaffe, American novelist
• 2006 - Saddam Hussein, Iraqi general and politician, 5th President of Iraq
• 2006 - Terry Peck, Falkland Islander police officer and spy
• 2006 - Michel Plasse, Canadian ice hockey player
• 2009 - Rowland S. Howard, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 2009 - Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesian journalist and politician, 4th President of Indonesia
• 2010 - Bobby Farrell, Dutch dancer and performer from Aruba
• 2011 - Ronald Searle, English-French cartoonist
• 2012 - Philip Coppens, Belgian-American journalist and author
• 2012 - Beate Sirota Gordon, Austrian-American director and producer
• 2012 - Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian neurologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 2012 - Carl Woese, American microbiologist and biophysicist
• 2012 - Dennis Ferguson, Australian sex offender
• 2013 - Kinnaird R. McKee, American admiral
• 2013 - José María Maguregui, Spanish footballer and manager
• 2013 - Eiichi Ohtaki, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer
• 2013 - Johnny Orr, American basketball player and coach
• 2013 - Paul Sally, American mathematician and academic
• 2014 - Terry Becker, American actor, director, and producer
• 2014 - Jim Galloway, Scottish-Canadian clarinet player and saxophonist
• 2014 - Luise Rainer, German-born American-British actress
• 2015 - Doug Atkins, American football player
• 2015 - Howard Davis, Jr., American boxer and trainer
• 2015 - Mangesh Padgaonkar, Indian poet, playwright, and translator
• 2015 - Howard Pawley, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Premier of Manitoba
• 2017 - Erica Garner, American civil rights activist

  Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
• *Abraham the Writer
• *Anysia of Salonika
• *Egwin of Evesham
• *Frances Joseph-Gaudet
• *Liberius of Ravenna
• *Pope Felix I
• *Ralph of Vaucelles
• *Roger of Cannae
• *December 30
• Day of the Declaration of Slovakia as an Independent Ecclesiastic Province
• Rizal Day
• The fifth day of Kwanzaa.
• The sixth of the Twelve Days of Christmas.