Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 30

This is a list of selected December 30 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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  President Paul Kruger of the Transvaal Republic
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  Michael I of Romania
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  President Ferdinand Edralin Marcos of the Philippines
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  José Rizal
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  Tropical Storm Zeta

Ineligible

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1066 – A Muslim mob stormed the royal palace in Granada, crucified vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacred most of the Berber Jewish population of the city.	Article consist mainly of a biography of one victim, which should be split to another article. The remainder is largely direct quotes from sources
1880 – Paul Kruger, who would eventually become the international face of the Boer resistance during the Second Boer War, was elected President of the Transvaal Republic.	refimprove section
1906 – The All-India Muslim League, a political party in British India that developed into the driving force behind the creation of Pakistan as a Muslim state on the Indian subcontinent, was founded in Dhaka.	{{refimprove}}
1922 – The Treaty on the Creation of the USSR, legalizing the creation of a union of several Soviet republics in the form of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was ratified.	refimprove
1927 – The Ginza Line, the oldest underground subway line in the Far East, opened in Tokyo.	{{Refimprove}}
2004 – A fire broke out in the República Cromañón nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina, killing 194 people and injuring 714 others.	{{no footnotes}}, {{expand}}

Eligible

• 1853 – The United States purchased approximately 29,600 sq mi (77,000 km²) of land south of the Gila River and west of the Rio Grande from Mexico for US$10 million.

• 1903 – In the deadliest single-building fire in United States history, the Iroquois Theatre fire claimed 602 lives in Chicago.

• 1916 – Emperor Charles I of Austria and Empress Zita were crowned as the last King and Queen of Hungary.

• 2000 – A series of bombings occurred around Metro Manila in the Philippines within a span of a few hours, killing 22 people and injuring 100 others.

• 2005 – Tropical Storm Zeta was declared a tropical depression, making it the record-breaking thirtieth tropical cyclone of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, the most active in recorded history.

• 2006 – Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein was executed after being found guilty of crimes against humanity by the Iraqi Special Tribunal.

December 30: Rizal Day in the Philippines (1896)

• 1702 – Carolina colonial governor James Moore abandoned the siege against the Castillo de San Marcos at St. Augustine, Spanish Florida, and retreated to Charles Town in disgrace.

• 1896 – Philippine Revolution: Nationalist José Rizal was executed by a firing squad in Manila after Spanish authorities convicted him of rebellion, sedition, and conspiracy.

• 1947 – Michael, King of Romania, was forced to abdicate by the country's communist government.

• 1965 – Ferdinand Marcos, who went on to rule the Philippines for 21 years, took office, beginning his first term as President.

• 2006 – Basque nationalist group ETA detonated a van bomb at Madrid-Barajas Airport in Spain, ending a nine-month ceasefire.

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