30th December

EVENTS:

• 1906 – The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India. It went on to lay the foundations of Pakistan.
• 1922 – The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed.
• 1927 – The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
• 1943 – Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.
• 1996 – In the Indian state of Assam, a passenger train is bombed by Bodo separatists, killing 26.
• 2006 – Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein is executed.
• 2013 – More than 100 people are killed when anti-government forces attack key buildings in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

BIRTHS:

• 1865 – Rudyard Kipling, English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)
• 1879 – Ramana Maharshi, Indian guru and philosopher (d. 1950)
• 1923 – Prakash Vir Shastri, Indian politician (d. 1977)
• 1930 – Tu Youyou, Chinese chemist and pharmacist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1937 – Gordon Banks, English footballer and manager
• 1937 – Jim Marshall, American football player
• 1941 – Mel Renfro, American football player and coach
• 1951 – Doug Allder, English footballer
• 1975 – Scott Chipperfield, Australian footballer
• 1982 – Dawan Landry, American football player
• 1990 – Joe Root, English cricketer
• 1992 – Ryan Tunnicliffe, English footballer

HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES:

• Day of the Declaration of Slovakia as an Independent Ecclesiastic Province (Slovakia)
• Freedom Day (Church of Scientology)
• Rizal Day (Philippines)
• The sixth of the Twelve Days of Christmas. (Western Christianity)