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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

The Battle of Glenn Máma or Glenmama (Irish: Cath Ghleann Máma, The Battle of "The Glen of the Gap") took place most probably near Lyons Hill in Ardclough, County Kildare, Ireland, in AD 999 between Windmill Hill and Blackchurch. It was the decisive and only engagement of the brief Leinster revolt of 999–1000 against the King of Munster, Brian Boru.

1066 Granada massacre

The 1066 Granada massacre took place on 30 December 1066 (9 Tevet 4827; 10 Safar 459 AH) when a Muslim mob stormed the royal palace in Granada, in the Taifa of Granada, killed and crucified the Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela, and massacred members of the city’s Jewish community.

Siege of Tortosa (1148)

The siege of Tortosa (1 July – 30 December 1148) was a military action of the Second Crusade (1147–49) in Spain. A multinational force under the command of Count Raymond Berengar IV of Barcelona besieged the city of Tortosa (Arabic Ṭurṭūsha), then a part of the Almoravid Emirate, for six months before the garrison surrendered.

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Spain

Battle of La Rochelle (1419)

The naval Battle of La Rochelle of 1419 took place between a Castilian and an allied Flemish-Hanseatic fleet. The Castilian victory resulted in their naval supremacy in the Bay of Biscay. but it also led to a protracted conflict with Flanders and the Hanseatic League, which ended in 1443 with further commercial concessions to Castile. The battle was notable for the use of guns by the Castilian fleet.

France

Battle of Wakefield

The Battle of Wakefield took place in Sandal Magna near Wakefield, in West Yorkshire in Northern England, on 30 December 1460. It was a major battle of the Wars of the Roses. The opposing forces were an army led by nobles loyal to the captive King Henry VI of the House of Lancaster, his Queen Margaret of Anjou and their seven-year-old son Edward, Prince of Wales on one side, and the army of Richard, Duke of York, the rival claimant to the throne, on the other. For several years before the battle, the Duke of York had become increasingly opposed to the weak King Henry's court.

Wakefield, United Kingdom · West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Siege of Dansborg (1644)

The siege of Dansborg (Danish; belejringen af Dansborg) or the siege of Fort Dansborg (Danish; belejringen af Fort Dansborg), was a short siege lasting from 20 to 30 December 1644, between general Tiagepule of Thanjavur and the Danish command at Fort Dansborg. The conflict started over the Danish rejection of the general's demand to tax Tranquebar, and as a result, a series of confrontations followed.

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Siege of Toruń (1658)

The siege of Toruń was one of the battles during the Swedish invasion of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Second Northern War / Deluge). It started on 2 July 1658 and ended on 30 December 1658. Swedish garrison capitulated and Toruń returned to Polish hands.

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Poland

Battle of Reni

The battle of Reni was a military engagement between the Crimean-Ottoman army and the joint Polish-Cossack-Moldavian army that happened in the village of Reni. The Crimean-Turkish army defeated the Christians, ending Kunicki's campaign.

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Ukraine

Siege of St. Augustine (1702)

The siege of St. Augustine occurred in Queen Anne's War during November and December 1702. It was conducted by English colonists from the Province of Carolina and their Indian allies, under the command of governor of Carolina James Moore, against the Spanish colonial fortress of Castillo de San Marcos at St. Augustine, in Spanish Florida. After destroying coastal Spanish communities north of St.

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United States

Siege of Ghent (1708)

The siege of Ghent (18–30 December 1708) was the last operation of the 1708 campaign season during the War of the Spanish Succession. After successfully taking Lille shortly before, the Duke of Marlborough moved his forces onto the town of Ghent where after a 12-day siege the town's governor, Count Charles de La Mothe-Houdancourt, surrendered.

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Siege of Carlisle (December 1745)

The second siege of Carlisle in 1745 took place from 21 to 30 December during the Jacobite rising of that year, when a Jacobite garrison surrendered to government forces led by the Duke of Cumberland. The town had been captured the previous month in the first siege of 1745 by the Jacobite army that invaded England in November 1745 and reached as far south as Derby, before turning back on 6 December.

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United Kingdom

Battle of Hammond's Store

The Battle of Hammond’s Store was a conflict that occurred at Hammond’s Old Store near modern-day Clinton, Laurens County, South Carolina. The battle happened in response to Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Waters’ raids of Patriot settlements in South Carolina. On Christmas Day of 1780, Brigadier General Daniel Morgan called on Lieutenant Colonel William Washington to attack Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Waters’ men after getting word of his destructive movement through South Carolina.

United States

Battle of Mansilla

In the Battle of Mansilla or Battle of Mansilla de las Mulas on 30 December 1808 an Imperial French corps led by Nicolas Soult caught up with a Spanish corps commanded by Pedro Caro, 3rd Marquis of la Romana. Soult's cavalry under Jean Baptiste Marie Franceschi-Delonne overran la Romana's rear guard led by General Martinengo. Mansilla de las Mulas is a town located 17 kilometres (11 mi) southeast of León, Spain. The combat occurred during the Peninsular War, part of the Napoleonic Wars. La Romana's Spanish corps cooperated with Sir John Moore's British army in its advance into northern Spain and in its subsequent retreat to the northwest.

Mansilla de las Mulas, Spain

Battle of Buffalo

The Battle of Buffalo (also known as the Battle of Black Rock) took place during the War of 1812 on December 30, 1813, in the State of New York, near the Niagara River. The British forces drove off the American defenders and destroyed many buildings and ships. The operation was retaliation for American troops burning the Canadian village of Newark (present day Niagara-on-the-Lake).

Hadži-Prodan's rebellion

Hadži-Prodan's rebellion (Serbian: Хаџи-Проданова буна/Hadži-Prodanova buna) was a Serbian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire, which took place from 27 September to 30 December 1814. It occurred between the First (1804–13) and Second (1815) uprisings of the Serbian Revolution. Despite the collapse of the First Uprising in 1813, tensions in the Sanjak of Smederevo ("Belgrade Pashalik") nevertheless persisted. In September 1814 a rebellion was launched by veteran Hadži-Prodan in the Požega nahija.

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Serbia

Battle of Mór

The Battle of Mór took place during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 on 30 December 1848 between Austria and Hungarian Revolutionary Army. The Austrians were led by Croatian Ban Lieutenant General Josip Jelačić, while the Hungarians were led by Major General Mór Perczel. The Austrians were victorious and, subsequently, the Hungarian main army led by Artúr Görgei lost the last chance to stop the Austrian armies which were threatening the Hungarian capitals Pest and Buda.

Sup River Offensive

The Sup River Offensive was a punitive operation carried out by Russian forces under Colonel Levashov against the Abzakhs (Circassians) in December 1862.

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Pkhaznaab Gorge counteroffensive

Abzakh counteroffensive in Pkhaznaab Gorge was an engagement between Russian forces under the command of Colonel Levashov and the Abzakh Circassians during the Russo-Circassian War.

1866 Victorian colonial election

The 1866 Victorian colonial election was held from 30 December 1865 to 29 January 1866 to elect the 5th Parliament of Victoria. All 78 seats in 49 electorates in the Legislative Assembly were up for election, though ten seats were uncontested. There were 24 single-member, 21 two-member and 4 three-member electorates.

Battle of Angostura (1868)

The Angostura Fortress was a Paraguayan Army fortification, located by the Pikysyry stream (a tributary of the Paraguay river), in Paraguayan territory. The Paraguayan War,[A] (also known as the War of the Triple Alliance[B] and the Great War[4][C] in Paraguay), was a South American war fought from 1864 to 1870 between Paraguay and the Triple Alliance nations (Argentina, the Empire of Brazil, and Uruguay).

Paraguay

Jementah Civil War

The Jementah Civil War broke out in 1879 in Jementah in northern Johor when Tengku Alam Shah, the heir of late Sultan Ali of the autonomous principality of Muar refused to surrender the principality to the central administration of Abu Bakar, the then Maharaja of Johor. The aftermath of the conflict led to the consolidation of Johor's rules over Muar territory again and the opening of Muar town by Sultan Abu Bakar as the first sultan of modern Johor.

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Malaysia

Battle of Ginnis

The Battle of Ginnis (also known as the Battle of Gennis) was a minor battle of the Mahdist War that was fought on December 30, 1885, between soldiers of the Anglo-Egyptian Army and warriors of the Mahdist State. The battle was caused by the Mahdist blockade of the Ginnis-Kosha Fort, which British commanders hoped to relieve.

Drexel Mission Fight

The Drexel Mission Fight was an armed confrontation between Lakota warriors and the United States Army that took place on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota on December 30, 1890, the day after the Wounded Knee Massacre. The fight occurred on White Clay Creek approximately 15 miles (24 km) north of Pine Ridge where Lakota were purported to have burned the Catholic Mission.

United States

Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila

José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (Spanish: [xoˈse riˈsal, -ˈθal], Tagalog: [hoˈse ɾiˈsal]; June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896) was a Filipino nationalist, writer, and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is popularly considered to be a national hero of the Philippines.

Scott’s Discovery team reaches its farthest south

On December 30, 1902, Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Wilson and Ernest Shackleton reached their farthest south during the Discovery Expedition. Their sledging party travelled to about 82°16′–17′ south on the Antarctic ice shelf, setting a new farthest-south record. They turned back without reaching the South Pole and faced a difficult return journey.

The party reached its farthest-south point on December 30; it did not reach the South Pole.

Antarctica

Iroquois Theatre fire

The Iroquois Theatre fire happened on December 30, 1903, in Chicago, Illinois. It was the deadliest theater fire and the deadliest single-building fire in United States history. At least 602 people died as a result of the fire, but not all the deaths were reported, as some of the bodies were removed from the scene.

Illinois, United States

Former Idaho governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell

Frank Steunenberg (August 8, 1861 – December 30, 1905) was the fourth governor of the State of Idaho, serving from 1897 until 1901. He was assassinated in 1905 by onetime union member Harry Orchard.

Die lustige Witwe premiered at the Theater an der Wien on 30 December 1905, with Mizzi Günther and Louis Treumann in the leading roles

The Merry Widow (German: Die lustige Witwe [diː ˈlʊstɪɡə ˈvɪtvə]) is an operetta by the Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár. The librettists, Viktor Léon and Leo Stein, based the story – concerning a rich widow, and her countrymen's attempt to keep her money in the principality by finding her the right husband – on an 1861 comedy play, L'attaché d'ambassade (The Embassy Attaché) by Henri Meilhac.

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

The All-India Muslim League (or AIML) was a political party in British India active between 1906 and 1947 that advocated for Muslim interests. The party emerged from the Aligarh Movement and the broader Islamic modernist and communalist traditions, which sought to preserve the distinct social and political identity of Muslims against the more secular policies of the Indian National Congress.

1912 Australasian Championships

The 1912 Australasian Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor grass courts at Hastings, New Zealand, from 30 December 1912 until 1 January 1913. It was the 8th edition of the Australian Championships (now known as the Australian Open), the first held in Hastings, the second held in New Zealand, after Christchurch in 1906, and the third Grand Slam tournament of the year.

New Zealand

The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita

Charles I and IV (German: Karl Franz Josef Ludwig Hubert Georg Otto Maria, Hungarian: Károly Ferenc József Lajos Hubert György Ottó Mária; 17 August 1887 – 1 April 1922) was Emperor of Austria (as Charles I), King of Hungary (as Charles IV), and the ruler of the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from November 1916 until the monarchy was abolished in November 1918.

Battle of Jerusalem

The Battle of Jerusalem also known as the Fall of Jerusalem occurred during the British Empire's "Jerusalem Operations" against the Ottoman Empire, in World War I, when fighting for the city developed from 17 November, continuing after the surrender until 30 December 1917, to secure the final objective of the Southern Palestine Offensive during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I.

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Israel

Establishment of Communist Party of Germany

The Communist Party of Germany (German: Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands, pronounced [kɔmuˈnɪstɪʃə paʁˈtaɪ ˈdɔʏtʃlants] , KPD [ˌkaːpeːˈdeː] ) was the major far-left political party in the Weimar Republic during the interwar period, an underground resistance movement in Nazi Germany, and a minor party in Allied-occupied Germany and West Germany during the post-war period until it merged with the SPD in the Soviet occupation zone in 1946 and was banned by the West German Federal Constitutional Court in 1956.

Treaty on the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

The Declaration and Treaty on the Formation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Russian: Декларация и договор об образовании Союза Советских Социалистических Республик) officially created the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union. It de jure legalised a political union of several Soviet republics that had existed since 1919 and created a new federal government whose key functions were centralised in Moscow. Its legislative branch consisted of the Congress of Soviets and the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union, while the Council of People's Commissars composed the executive. The Treaty, along with the Declaration of the Creation of the USSR was approved on 30 December 1922 by a conference of delegations from the Russian SFSR, the Transcaucasian SFSR, the Ukrainian SSR and the Byelorussian SSR.

1922 Soviet Union legislative election

Elections to the First All-Union Congress of Soviets were held on December 30, 1922 in the Soviet Union, at which 2,214 deputies were elected. The Congress of Soviets was convened following the end of the main hostilities of the Russian Civil War, when the overwhelming number of White Army forces were defeated.

Establishment of Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from its formation in 1922 until its dissolution in 1991. It was the world's third-most populous country, the largest by area, and bordered twelve other countries. A diverse multinational state, it was organized as a federal union of national republics, with the largest and most populous being the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (SFSR).

Hong Kong sanitary board election, 1927

The 1927 Sanitary Board Election was supposed to be held on 30 December 1927 for the one of the 2 unofficial seats in the Sanitary Board of Hong Kong. Only ratepayers who were included in the Special and Common Jury Lists of the years or ratepayers who are exempted from serving on Juries on account of their professional avocations, unofficial members of the Executive or Legislative Council, or categories of profession were entitled to vote at the election. José Pedro Braga was elected without being uncontested.

Hong Kong

Opening of Asakusa Station

Asakusa Station (浅草駅, Asakusa-eki) is a railway station in the Asakusa district of Taitō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tobu Railway, Tokyo Metro, and Toei Subway. Respectively, it serves the Tobu Skytree Line, the Ginza Line, and the Asakusa Line. It is one of the termini of the Skytree Line, and the terminus of the Ginza Line.

1927 Copa Aldao

The 1927 Copa Aldao was the final match to decide the winner of the Copa Aldao, the seventh edition of the international competition organised by the Argentine and Uruguayan Associations together. The final was contested by Uruguayan side Rampla Juniors and Argentine club San Lorenzo de Almagro. The match was played at Parque Central Stadium in Montevideo, where San Lorenzo beat Rampla Juniors 1–0, winning its first and only Copa Aldao trophy in the history of the club.

Uruguay

Dolo hospital airstrike

On 30 December 1935, a Swedish Red Cross field hospital was destroyed in an airstrike by the Regia Aeronautica (Royal Italian Air Force) in Dolo, Ethiopia, killing between 22 and 30 people, mostly Ethiopians. The attack was reportedly part of an Italian reprisal for the earlier execution of an Italian prisoner of war by Ethiopian troops or civilians.

Ethiopia

Flint sit-down strike

The Flint sit-down strike, also known as the General Motors sit-down strike, was a sitdown strike at the General Motors plants in Flint, Michigan, United States, in which thousands of workers occupied the plants for 44 days, from December 30, 1936 to February 11, 1937. After hostile clashes between strikers and Flint police, Michigan Governor Frank Murphy, with the support and counsel of president Franklin D.

Battle of Kampar

The Battle of Kampar (30 December 1941 – 2 January 1942) was an engagement of the Malayan Campaign during World War II, involving British and Indian troops from the 11th Indian Infantry Division and the Japanese 5th Division. On 27 December, in an effort to prevent the capture of RAF Kuala Lumpur, the 11th Indian Infantry Division occupied Kampar, which offered a strong natural defensive position. In doing so they were also tasked with delaying the advancing Japanese troops long enough to allow the 9th Indian Infantry Division to withdraw from the east coast.

Kampar, Perak, Malaysia

Convoy JW 51B

Convoy JW 51B (30 December 1942 – 3 January 1943) was an Arctic convoy sent from United Kingdom by the Western Allies to aid the Soviet Union during the Second World War. Convoy JW 51B came under attack by German surface units of Operation Regenbogen - the operation to intercept the next British convoy to Murmansk, on 31 December.

Operation Little Saturn

Operation Little Saturn (Russian: операция «Малый Сатурн», romanized: operatsiya "Malyy Saturn") was a Red Army offensive on the Eastern Front of World War II that led to battles in Don and Chir rivers region in German-occupied Soviet Union territory from 16 to 30 December 1942. The success of Operation Uranus, launched on 19 November 1942, had trapped 250,000 troops of General Friedrich Paulus' German 6th Army and parts of General Hoth's 4th Panzer Army in Stalingrad.

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Convoy ON 154

Convoy ON 154 (alternatively Convoy ON(S) 154 or Convoy ONS 154) was a North Atlantic convoy of the ON convoys which ran during the battle of the Atlantic in the Second World War. It was the 154th of the numbered series of merchant ship convoys Outbound from the British Isles to North America. It came under attack in December 1942 and lost 13 of its 50 freighters; one U-boat was sunk.

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Establishment of China Association for Promoting Democracy

The China Association for Promoting Democracy (CAPD, commonly known in Chinese as Minjin) is one of the eight minor non-oppositional political parties, officially termed "democratic parties," in the People's Republic of China led by the Chinese Communist Party. CAPD is a political party of a united-front nature, composed mainly of middle- and senior-level intellectuals engaged in education, culture, publishing, media, and related fields of science and technology.

1952 Luqa Avro Lancaster crash

The 1952 Luqa Avro Lancaster crash was a military aviation accident that occurred in Malta on 30 December 1952 when an Avro Lancaster bomber crashed shortly after takeoff from RAF Luqa into a residential area in Luqa. Three of the four crew members on board the aircraft and a civilian on the ground were killed. The crash also caused extensive property damage.

Malta

The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation is established to consolidate criminal investigation and intelligence into a single agency

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI; Finnish: Keskusrikospoliisi (KRP), Swedish: Centralkriminalpolisen (CKP), lit. 'central criminal police') is a national law enforcement agency of the Finnish Police and the principal criminal investigation and criminal intelligence organization of Finland. The Bureau's main tasks are to counter and investigate organized crime, provide expert services, and develop methods for criminal investigation.

Battle of Ouled Bouachra

The Battle of Ouled Bouachra or most commonly known as the Battle of Mount Mokorno was a battle between the ALN and the French colonial forces on 30 December 1958.

Algeria

Battle of Yaguajay

The Battle of Yaguajay (19 – 30 December 1958) was a decisive victory for the Cuban Revolutionaries over the soldiers of the Batista government near the city of Santa Clara in Cuba during the Cuban Revolution.

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Cuba

Accession of Ferdinand Marcos

Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. (September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the tenth president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. From 1972 to 1981, Marcos ruled the Philippines under martial law, embracing a policy of "constitutional authoritarianism."

Operation Paul Revere IV

Operation Paul Revere IV was a United States Army operation of the Vietnam War that took place in the Plei Trap Valley, lasting from 20 October to 30 December 1966.

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Vietnam

Aeroflot Flight L-51 crashes near Liepāja International Airport in Liepāja, Latvia, killing 43

Aeroflot Flight L-51 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by an Antonov An-24 that crashed on approach to Liepāja International Airport on 30 December 1967, resulting in the death of 43 of the 51 people on board. To date, it is the deadliest aviation accident in Latvian history. The investigation revealed the cause of the accident to be pilot error.

Hurricane Creek mine disaster

The Hurricane Creek mine disaster occurred on December 30, 1970, shortly after noon, and resulted in the deaths of 38 men. As was often pointed out in coverage of the disaster, it occurred a year to the day after the passage of the Coal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1969. Recovery was complicated by the fact that a foot of snow fell on the rural mountain roads at the time of the accident. It was the most deadly mine disaster in the United States since the Farmington Mine disaster in 1968, and is the subject of Tom T.

Kentucky, United States

1970 Singaporean presidential election

Indirect presidential elections were held in Singapore on 30 December 1970, following the death of the incumbent president Yusof Ishak in November. At the time, the president was elected by parliament. Obstetrician and gynaecologist Benjamin Sheares was announced as a nominee, despite not being an expected choice. Prime minister Lee Kuan Yew nominated Sheares as president, which saw unanimous approval from parliament.

Singapore

Operation Maharat

Operation Maharat (30 December 1971–16 March 1972) was a military offensive of the Royal Lao Government aimed at Communist insurrectionists. At stake was the sole road junction in northern Laos well in the rear of Royalist troops fighting in Campaign Z. On 30 December 1971, the garrison of a Royal Lao Army artillery battery and two Forces Armées Neutralistes battalions was besieged by an attacking force of Pathet Lao and Patriotic Neutralists. On 21 January 1972, the Royalists were reinforced by 11th Brigade, then overrun. The Communists spread north and south along Route 13 over a 110 km (68 mi) stretch.

Laos

Operation Proud Deep Alpha

Operation Proud Deep Alpha was a limited aerial bombardment campaign conducted by the United States (U.S.) Seventh Air Force and U.S. Navy against North Vietnam from 26 to 30 December 1971, during the Vietnam War.

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Manchester United 3–5 West Bromwich Albion (1978)

The first fixture between Manchester United and West Bromwich Albion in the 1978–79 Football League First Division season was played on 30 December 1978 at Old Trafford, Manchester. The scores were level at 3–3 at half-time, before West Brom scored twice in the second half to win the match 5–3. As winners, they received two league points in the 1978–79 Football League First Division.

United Kingdom

Togolese general election, 1979

General elections were held in Togo on 30 December 1979, alongside a constitutional referendum that confirmed the country's status as a one-party state. Gnassingbé Eyadéma, who had led a coup in 1967, was elected President unopposed, whilst the Rally of the Togolese People (the sole legal party) won all 67 seats in the National Assembly as its list of 67 candidates was approved by voters. Voter turnout was reported to be 99.3% in the parliamentary election and 99.4% in the presidential election.

Togo

Gabonese presidential election, 1979

Presidential elections were held in Gabon on 30 December 1979, the first time they had been held separately from National Assembly elections. The country was a one-party state at the time, with the Gabonese Democratic Party as the sole legal party. GDP leader and incumbent president Omar Bongo was the only candidate, and was re-elected unopposed.

Gabon

1987 Transkei coup d'état

The 1987 Transkei coup d'état was a bloodless military coup in Transkei, an unrecognised state and a nominally independent South African homeland for the Xhosa people, which took place on 30 December 1987. The coup was led by the then 32-year-old Major General Bantu Holomisa, the Chief of the Transkei Defence Force, against the government of Prime Minister Stella Sigcau (TNIP).

1992 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships

The 1992 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships was an ATP tournament held in Adelaide, Australia. The tournament was held from 30 December 1991 to 6 January 1992. Goran Ivanišević won his 2nd title of the year, and the 8th of his career.

Adelaide, Australia

1992 BP Nationals

The 1992 BP National Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Wellington in New Zealand that was part of the World Series of the 1992 ATP Tour. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and was held from 30 December 1991 through 5 January 1992. Unseeded Jeff Tarango won the singles title.

New Zealand

1992 Danone Women's Open

The 1992 Danone Women's Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Milton Tennis Centre in Brisbane in Australia and was part of the Tier IV category of the 1992 WTA Tour. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and was held from 30 December 1991 through 5 January 1992. Nicole Provis, who was seeded 14th, won the singles title.

Brisbane, Australia

Siege of Prekaz (1991)

The siege of Prekaz was an encirclement of the Jashari family house on December 30, 1991, by heavily armored Serbian Militia. Their goal was to capture or kill Adem Jashari, who had committed several acts of sabotage against the Yugoslav administrative apparatus in Kosovo.

Torneo Gran Alternativa (1994)

The Torneo Gran Alternativa (1994) (Spanish for "Great Alternative Tournament") was the very first CMLL Torneo Gran Alternativa professional wrestling tournament held by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; Spanish for "World Wrestling Council"). The tournament was held on December 30, 1994, in Mexico City, Mexico at CMLL's main venue, Arena México.

Mexico City, Mexico

1995 Russian gubernatorial elections

Gubernatorial elections in 1995 took place in fifteen regions of the Russian Federation.

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Russia

1997 Gold Coast Classic

The 1997 Gold Coast Classic was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Hope Island Resort Tennis Centre in Hope Island, Queensland in Australia that was part of Tier III of the 1997 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from 30 December 1996 through 5 January 1997.

Australia

1997 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships

The 1997 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Memorial Drive Park in Adelaide in Australia and was part of the World Series of the 1997 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from 30 December 1996 through 5 January 1997.

Adelaide, Australia

1997 Qatar Open

The 1997 Qatar Open, known as the 1997 Qatar Mobil Open, for sponsorship reasins, was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Khalifa International Tennis Complex in Doha in Qatar and was part of the World Series of the 1997 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from December 30, 1996 through January 6, 1997.

Doha, Qatar

1997 ASB Classic

The 1997 ASB Classic was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the ASB Tennis Centre in Auckland in New Zealand that was part of Tier IV of the 1997 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from December 30, 1996 through January 5, 1997.

New Zealand

Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen

The Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen is an ongoing armed conflict between the Yemeni government, the United States and their allies, and al-Qaeda-affiliated groups in Yemen. It was formerly a part of the Global War on Terrorism. Government crackdown against al-Qaeda cells began in 2001, escalating steadily until 14 January 2010, when Yemen declared open war on al-Qaeda.

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Yemen

Dinnieh clashes

The Dinnieh fighting (Arabic: اشتباكات الضنية) (30 December 1999 – 6 January 2000) involved the Sunni Islamist group Takfir wa al-Hijra and the Lebanese Army fighting for eight days in the mountainous Dinnieh region, east of the northern Lebanese port of Tripoli. Over a period of several days, an estimated 13,000 Lebanese army troops backed by tanks and artillery swiftly defeated the group of 200–300 rebels, driving isolated bands of surviving guerrillas into remote areas of north Lebanon.

Rizal Day bombings

The Rizal Day bombings, also referred to as the December 30 bombings, were a series of bombings that occurred around Metro Manila in the Philippines on December 30, 2000. The explosions occurred in close succession within a span of a few hours. Twenty-two (22) fatalities were reported and around a hundred more suffered non-fatal injuries. The blasts occurred during a national holiday in the Philippines, where December 30 is known as Rizal Day, commemorating the martyrdom of the country's national hero, José Rizal.

Philippines

2000 Chinese Football Super Cup

The 2000 LG Chinese Football Super Cup (Chinese: LG杯2000年度中国足球超霸杯赛) was the sixth Chinese Football Super Cup, contested by Chinese Jia-A League 2000 winners Dalian Shide and 2000 Chinese FA Cup winners Chongqing Lifan. Dalian Shide won their second title after winning 4–1.

2001 Hopman Cup

The 2001 Hopman Cup (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis championship won by Switzerland's Martina Hingis and Roger Federer. Hingis and Federer defeated Monica Seles and Jan-Michael Gambill of the United States in the final. The tournament was hosted at the Burswood Entertainment Complex in Perth, Western Australia from 30 December 2000 through 7 January 2001.

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2002 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts

The 2002 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts on the Gold Coast, Queensland in Australia that was part of Tier III of the 2002 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from 30 December 2001 through 5 January 2002.

Australia

Tsotsin-Yurt operation

The Tsotsin-Yurt operation was a zachistka-type (Russian: зачистка) operation by Russian Spetsnaz forces in Tsotsin-Yurt, Chechnya, from December 30, 2001 to January 3, 2002, during the Second Chechen War. The four-day sweep of Tsotsin-Yurt erupted into armed clashes with Chechen separatists, ending in a stalemate with disputed casualty figures. Russian forces were accused of widespread human rights violations, including pillaging, ethnic cleansing and forced disappearances.

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2003 AAPT Championships

The 2003 AAPT Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Adelaide in Australia and was part of the International Series of the 2003 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from 30 December 2002 through 5 January 2003. Unseeded Nikolay Davydenko won the singles title.

Adelaide, Australia

2003 Qatar Open

The 2003 Qatar Open, known as the 2003 Qatar ExxonMobil Open, for sponsorship reasons, was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Khalifa International Tennis Complex in Doha in Qatar and was part of the International Series of the 2003 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from December 30, 2002 through January 5, 2003.

Doha, Qatar

2003 Tata Open

The 2003 Tata Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the SDAT Tennis Stadium in Chennai in India and was part of the International Series of the 2003 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from 30 December 2002 through 5 January 2003. Second-seeded Paradorn Srichaphan won the singles title.

India

2002 Arab Cup final

The 2002 Arab Cup final was a football match played on 30 December 2002 at the Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium in Kuwait City, Kuwait, to determine the winner of the 2002 Arab Cup. Saudi Arabia defeated Bahrain 1–0 in extra time to win their second consecutive Arab Cup.

Kuwait

República Cromañón nightclub fire

The República Cromañón nightclub fire occurred in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 30 December 2004, and killed 194 people. The tragedy was symbolic of government failure in Argentina, since the club had received a permit despite lacking basic fire safety measures like fire extinguishers.

Argentina

2006 Hopman Cup

The 2006 Hopman Cup (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 18th Hopman Cup tournament. The champions were Lisa Raymond and Taylor Dent of the United States. The Netherlands qualified and reached the final. Michaëlla Krajicek won her singles match, and Taylor Dent beat Peter Wessels. The mixed doubles competition was won in close sets by Raymond and Dent.

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2006 Madrid–Barajas Airport bombing

On 30 December 2006, a van bomb exploded in the Terminal 4 parking area at the Madrid–Barajas Airport in Spain, killing two and injuring 52. On 9 January 2007, the Basque nationalist and separatist organisation ETA claimed responsibility for the attack. The attack, one of the most powerful carried out by ETA, damaged the airport terminal and destroyed the entire parking structure.

Spain

Execution of Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein, the former president of Iraq, was executed on 30 December 2006. Saddam was sentenced to death by hanging, after being convicted of crimes against humanity by the Iraqi Special Tribunal for the Dujail massacre—the killing of 148 Iraqi Shi'ites in the town of Dujail, in 1982, in retaliation for a purported assassination attempt on Saddam.

UFC 66

UFC 66: Liddell vs. Ortiz was a mixed martial arts (MMA) pay-per-view event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on December 30, 2006 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in the Las Vegas suburb of Paradise, Nevada.

2007 Hopman Cup

The 2007 Hopman Cup (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the 19th edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. Eight teams participated in the World Group, with one qualifier from the Asian region. The first matches were held on 30 December 2006, and the final took place on 5 January 2007 at the Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth, Western Australia.

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Death of Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003. He also served as prime minister of Iraq from 1979 to 1991 and later from 1994 to 2003.

Final Battle 2007

Final Battle 2007 was a major professional wrestling event produced by Ring of Honor (ROH). It took place on December 30, 2007 from the Manhattan Center in New York City. It was the fifth annual event in the Final Battle chronology, with the first taking place in 2002.

New York City, United States

Battle of Paranthan

The Battle of Paranthan was a military conflict over control of Paranthan, Sri Lanka between the 58 Division of the Sri Lankan Military and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as an engagement of the Northern Theater of Eelam War IV during the Sri Lankan civil war. Fought from December 30, 2008 to January 1, 2009, the Army announced on the January 1 that it had claimed the land. The Army indicated that it had previously claimed the town in September 1996 during the campaign of Sathjaya I and Sathjaya II, but had withdrawn for tactical reason in September 1998.

Paranthan, Sri Lanka

Camp Chapman attack

The Camp Chapman attack was a suicide attack by Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi against the Central Intelligence Agency facility inside Forward Operating Base Chapman on December 30, 2009. FOB Chapman is located near the eastern Afghanistan city of Khost, which is about 10 miles northwest of the border with Pakistan. One of the main tasks of the CIA personnel stationed at the base was to provide intelligence supporting drone attacks against targets in Pakistan. Seven American CIA officers and contractors, an officer of Jordan's intelligence service, and an Afghan working for the CIA were killed when al-Balawi detonated a bomb sewn into a vest he was wearing.

Afghanistan

UFC 141

UFC 141: Lesnar vs. Overeem was a mixed martial arts pay-per-view event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Friday December 30, 2011, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Las Vegas, United States

2013 Brisbane International

The 2013 Brisbane International was a joint 2013 ATP World Tour and 2013 WTA Tour tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was the 5th edition of the tournament and took place at the Queensland Tennis Centre in Tennyson. It was held from 30 December 2012 to 6 January 2013. It was part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year.

Brisbane, Australia

2014 Qatar ExxonMobil Open

The 2014 Qatar Open (also known as 2014 Qatar ExxonMobil Open for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament that was played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 22nd edition of the Qatar Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2014 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha, Qatar, from December 30, 2013 to January 5, 2014.

Doha, Qatar

2014 BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Calédonie

The 2014 BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Calédonie was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the eleventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Nouméa, New Caledonia between 30 December 2013 and 5 January 2014.

New Caledonia

December 2013 Kinshasa attacks

Attacks in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, were launched by supporters of religious leader Paul Joseph Mukungubila against television studios, the airport and a military base in the capital on 30 December 2013. The state security forces responded, killing around 54 of the attackers. A further 47 of Mukungubila's supporters were killed in separate clashes in the cities of Lubumbashi and Kolwezi and around 100 people were arrested.

Democratic Republic of the Congo

2014 ASB Classic

The 2014 ASB Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 29th edition of the ASB Classic, and was part of the WTA International tournaments category of the 2014 WTA Tour. It took place at the ASB Tennis Centre in Auckland, New Zealand, on 30 December 2013 to 4 January 2014. Second-seeded Ana Ivanovic won the singles title.

New Zealand

2014 Aircel Chennai Open

The 2014 Aircel Chennai Open was a men's tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts that was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2014 ATP World Tour. It was the 19th edition of the only ATP tournament taking place in India and was played at the SDAT Tennis Stadium in Chennai from 30 December 2013 until 5 January 2014.

India

2014 Aberto de São Paulo

The 2014 Aberto de São Paulo was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 14th and last edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in São Paulo, Brazil between 30 December 2013 and 5 January 2014.

Brazil

War in Iraq (2013–2017)

The War in Iraq (2013–2017) was an armed conflict between Iraq and its allies and the Islamic State. Following December 2013, the insurgency escalated into a full-scale war following clashes in parts of western Iraq, which culminated in the Islamic State offensive into Iraq in June 2014, leading to the capture of the cities of Mosul, Tikrit and other cities in western and northern Iraq by the Islamic State.

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Iraq

Siege of Mukalimi

The siege of Mukalimi was an armed conflict that occurred from 26 December – 30 December 2013, in the Mukalimi area of Nagaland, India. The siege resulted from escalating tensions following an incident on 21 December 2013, when two Sumi women were allegedly strip-searched by NSCN-IM cadres at a checkpoint.

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India

Fall of Fallujah

The fall of Fallujah was a major battle in the city of Fallujah in western Iraq that took place from late 2013 to early 2014, in which Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants and other Sunni insurgents including Anbar tribal militias captured the city of Fallujah. It was one of the first Iraqi cities to fall out of the control of the Iraqi Government, and resulted in the Anbar campaign.

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Iraq

Anbar campaign (2013–2014)

Beginning in December 2012, Sunnis in Iraq protested against the Maliki government. On 28 December 2013, a Sunni MP named Ahmed al-Alwani was arrested in a raid on his home in Ramadi. Alwani was a prominent supporter of the anti-government protests. This incident led to violence in Al Anbar Governorate between the Iraqi Army and a loose alliance of tribal militias and other groups fighting alongside the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

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Iraq

2014 Gambian coup attempt

The 2014 Gambian coup d'état attempt was a coup led by American–Gambian nationals with the intent to overthrow President Yahya Jammeh. It broke out during the night of 30 December 2014, when gunfire erupted in the capital of Banjul.

The Gambia

Dhuluiya offensive

The Dhuluiya offensive was launched on 28 December 2014 by Iraqi forces backed by Sunni tribesmen and Shia militiamen on the strategic town of Dhuluiya (Arabic: الضلوعية), which had been held by ISIL for months. On 30 December, the area was recaptured and the ISIL siege on the Sunni al-Juburi tribe was broken. It was part of a bigger campaign to fully clear the Saladin Governorate.

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Iraq

Kiribati parliamentary election, 2015–16

Parliamentary elections were held in Kiribati on 30 December 2015 and 7 January 2016.

Kiribati

Orontes River offensive

The Orontes River offensive was a military operation launched by the Syrian Arab Army against rebels during the Syrian Civil War on the administrative border of the Hama Governorate and Homs Governorate, along the Orontes River.

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Syria

Tishrin Dam offensive

The Tishrin Dam offensive, or Southern Kobanî offensive, was a military operation in December 2015 in the northeastern Aleppo Governorate during the Syrian Civil War, conducted by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to capture the strategic Tishrin Dam and the southern countryside of the self-declared Kobanî Canton from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

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Syria

UFC 207

UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) held on December 30, 2016, at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas metropolitan area.

2016 Honduran Supercup (December)

The 2016 Honduran Supercup was a match arranged by the Honduran Liga Nacional which took place on 30 December 2016 between Juticalpa F.C., winners of the 2015–16 Honduran Cup and Club Deportivo Olimpia, winners of the 2015–16 Liga Nacional (Clausura tournament).

UFC 219

UFC 219: Cyborg vs. Holm was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on December 30, 2017, at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas metropolitan area.

2018 Hopman Cup

The Hopman Cup XXX (also known as the 2018 Mastercard Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 30th edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. It took place at the Perth Arena in Perth, Western Australia. France were the defending champions; however they did not return to defend their title. This marked the first edition without France competing since 2010.

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2018 Bangladeshi general election

General elections were held in Bangladesh on 30 December 2018 to elect 300 directly elected members of the Jatiya Sangsad. The result was another landslide victory for the Awami League-led Grand Alliance led by Sheikh Hasina. The elections were marred by violence, and were widely considered by opposition politicians and the international community to be rigged. According to political scientist Ali Riaz, the elections were not free and fair.

Bangladesh

2018 Democratic Republic of the Congo general election

General elections were held in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 30 December 2018 to determine a successor to outgoing president Joseph Kabila, as well as for the 500 seats of the National Assembly and the 715 elected seats of the 26 provincial assemblies. Félix Tshisekedi of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress won the presidency with 38.6% of the vote, defeating Martin Fayulu of the Dynamic of the Opposition and independent candidate Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary.

Democratic Republic of the Congo

2020 Aden airport attack

On 30 December 2020, a plane carrying members of the recently formed Yemeni government landed at Aden International Airport in the southwest of Yemen. As passengers disembarked, there were explosions and gunfire, leaving 28 people dead and 107 others injured. None of the passengers were hurt in the attack and the Yemeni cabinet members were quickly transported to Mashiq Palace for safety.

Aden, Yemen

2021 Liga 2 (Indonesia) final

The 2021 Liga 2 final was the final match of the 2021–22 Liga 2, the 12th season of second-tier competition in Indonesia organised by PT Liga Indonesia Baru, and the fourth season since it was renamed from the Liga Indonesia Premier Division to the Liga 2. It was played at the Pakansari Stadium in Cibinong, Bogor, West Java on 30 December 2021.

Indonesia

Battles of Toumbun Allura Kurnawa and Toumbun Gini

Between 30 December 2022 and 7 January 2023, Boko Haram launched a series of raids against Islamic State – West Africa Province on various islands on Lake Chad, with major battles occurring on Toumbun Allura Karnawa and Toumbun Gini.

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Nigeria

2025 Open Nouvelle-Calédonie

The 2025 BNC Tennis Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hardcourts. It was the 20th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2025 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Nouméa, New Caledonia between 30 December 2024 and 4 January 2025.

New Caledonia

2025 ATP Hong Kong Tennis Open

The 2025 ATP Hong Kong Tennis Open (also known as the Bank of China Hong Kong Tennis Open for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 29th edition of the ATP Hong Kong Open, and part of the ATP 250 tournaments on the 2025 ATP Tour. It took place at the Victoria Park Tennis Stadium in Hong Kong, from 30 December 2024 to 5 January 2025.

Hong Kong

2025 ITF Nonthaburi

The 2025 ITF Nonthaburi was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament, which was part of the 2025 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Nonthaburi, Thailand, between 30 December 2024 and 5 January 2025.

Thailand

2025 Canberra Tennis International

The 2025 Workday Canberra International was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hardcourts. It was the seventh edition of the men's tournament, which was part of the 2025 ATP Challenger 125, and the eighth edition of the women's tournament, which was part of the 2025 WTA 125 tournaments. It took place at the Canberra Tennis Centre in Canberra, Australia between 30 December 2024 and 4 January 2025.

Australia