December 30 - The Day in History

December 30 : General Interest 1922: USSR established In post-revolutionary Russia, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is established, comprising a confederation of Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, and the Transcaucasian Federation (divided in 1936 into the Georgian, Azerbaijan, and Armenian republics)... read more American Revolution 1803 : Francis Lewis dies http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/francis-lewis-dies Automotive 1936 : Sit-down strike begins in Flint http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sit-down-strike-begins-in-flint Civil War 1862 : U.S.S. Monitor sinks http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/uss-monitor-sinks Cold War 1950 : Acheson calls for renewed effort to meet communist threat http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/acheson-calls-for-renewed-effort-to-meet-communist-threat Crime 1994 : An anti-abortion activist goes on a murder spree http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/an-anti-abortion-activist-goes-on-a-murder-spree Disaster 1903 : Fire breaks out in Chicago theater http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fire-breaks-out-in-chicago-theater General Interest 1853 : Southern U.S. border established http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/southern-us-border-established 1916 : Rasputin murdered http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rasputin-murdered 1965 : Marcos inaugurated http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/marcos-inaugurated Hollywood 1940 : Cheers co-creator and famed TV director James Burrows born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cheers-co-creator-and-famed-tv-director-james-burrows-born Literary 1816 : Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin wed http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/percy-bysshe-shelley-and-mary-wollstonecraft-godwin-wed Music 1968 : Led Zeppelin captured live for the first time in Spokane gym http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/led-zeppelin-captured-live-for-the-first-time-in-spokane-gym Old West 1905 : Former Idaho governor Steunenberg assassinated http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/former-idaho-governor-steunenberg-assassinated Presidential 1852 : Rutherford B. Hayes marries Lucy Webb http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rutherford-b-hayes-marries-lucy-webb Sports 1978 : OSU fires coach Woody Hayes for attacking an opposing player http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/osu-fires-coach-woody-hayes-for-attacking-an-opposing-player Vietnam War 1970 : U.S. Navy transfers some responsibility to South Vietnamese http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-navy-transfers-some-responsibility-to-south-vietnamese 1972 : Negotiations to resume in Paris http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/negotiations-to-resume-in-paris World War I 1916 : Rasputin is murdered http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rasputin-is-murdered World War II 1884 : Tojo is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tojo-is-born

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