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Notable anniversaries in history for today: December 30
- 250th: 1774 - Birth of Pieter G Witsen Geysbeek Dutch historian/literary [or December 31].
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Barry Briggs in New Zealand; auto maker (World Champion 1957, 1958, 1964, 1966).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Nicolas Coster in London, England; actor (Our Private World, Lobo, Ryan's Four).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Russ Tamblyn in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Twin Peaks, Tom Thumb, Win Place or Steal).
- 80th: 1944 - King George II of Greece abdicates his throne.
- 80th: 1944 - Romain Roland, French writer/pacifist (Nobel Prize 1915), dies at age 78.
- 70th: 1954 - First use of 24-second shot clock in pro basketball (Rochester versus Boston).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Kris Tschetter in Detroit, Michigan, USA; LPGA golfer (1992 Northgate Computer).
- 50th: 1974 - US Congress allows private ownership of gold.
- 50th: 1974 - The Beatles are legally disbanded (4 years after suit was brought).
- 40th: 1984 - In the India-Bangladesh border region, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurs. Twenty people killed, about 100 injured, 10,000 homeless and extensive damage in southern Assam, India.
- 40th: 1984 - CBS TV begins airing the comedy detective TV series Crazy Like a Fox, starring Jack Warden.
- 25th: 1999 - Death of Fritz Leonhardt, German structural engineer (born 1909).
- 25th: 1999 - Death of Sarah Knauss, among oldest living persons ever (born 1880).
- 20th: 2004 - A fire in a Buenos Aires night club (República Cromagnon) kills 194 people during a rock concert.
- 15th: 2009 - The U.S. Treasury injects another US$3.8 billion into GMAC Financial Services to help cover mortgage losses, making the government the majority owner (56.3 percent) of the company.
- 15th: 2009 - Humam Jhalil Abu Mulal al-Balawi blows himself up in CIA base in Afghanistan, killing seven Americans and a Jordanian intelligence officer.
- 15th: 2009 - Former Indonesian President (1999-2001) Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid dies at age 69.
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