December 30
1813 - The British burned Buffalo, New York during the War of 1812.
1853 - The United States bought 45,000 square miles of land from Mexico in the Gadsden Purchase.
1860 - 10 days after South Carolina seceded from the Union, the state militia seized the United States Arsenal in Charleston.
1903 - About 600 people died when fire broke out at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago.
1911 - Sun Yat-sen was elected the first president of the Republic of China.
1922 - The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was established through the confederation of Russia, Byelorussia, Ukraine, and the Transcaucasian Federation.
1936 - The United Auto Workers union staged its first “sit-down” strike at the General Motors Fisher Body Plant No. 1 in Flint, Michigan. (The strike lasted until Feb. 11, 1937.)
1940 - California's first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway connecting Los Angeles and Pasadena, was officially opened.
1972 - President Richard Nixon halted the heavy bombing of North Vietnam.
1993 - Israel and the Vatican signed an agreement of mutual recognition to put an end to Jewish-Christian hostilities.
2003 - The federal government announced it would ban the sale of ephedra, an herbal stimulant linked to 155 deaths and dozens of heart attacks and strokes.
2006 - Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was hanged.
2006 - A state funeral service was held in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda for former President Gerald R. Ford.
2010 - Republican Lisa Murkowski was officially named winner of Alaska’s U.S. Senate race following a period of legal fights and limbo that had lasted longer than the write-in campaign she waged to keep her job.
2015 - Bill Cosby was charged with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004; it was the first criminal case brought against the comedian out of the torrent of allegations that destroyed his good-guy image as “America’s Dad.” (Cosby’s first trial ended in a mistrial after jurors deadlocked; he was convicted on three charges at his retrial in April 2018 and was sentenced to three to 10 years in prison.)
Birthdays
28 - Carson Wentz (football player)
29 - Jamie Follese (musician)
30 - Eric Steedly (country musician)
32 - Mia Kang (model)
34 - Jeff Ward (actor)
34 - Caity Lotz (actress)
34 - Ellie Goulding (singer)
35 - Anna Wood (actress)
36 - LeBron James (basketball player)
38 - Kristin Kreuk (actress)
40 - Eliza Dushku (actress)
42 - Tyrese Gibson (singer/actor)
43 - Lucy Punch (actress)
43 - Laila Ali (boxer/TV personality)
45 - Tiger Woods (golfer)
47 - Jason Behr (actor)
48 - Maureen Flannigan (actress)
51 - Meredith Monroe (actress)
57 - George Newbern (actor)
59 - Ben Johnson (track & field athlete)
59 - Sean Hannity (TV/radio personality)
61 - Tracey Ullman (actress/comedian)
63 - Matt Lauer (TV host)
64 - Patricia Kalember (actress)
65 - Sheryl Lee Ralph (actress)
67 - Meredith Vieira (TV host)
74 - Patti Smith (singer)
75 - Concetta Tomei (actress)
78 - Fred Ward (actor)
85 - Sandy Koufax (baseball player)
86 - Russ Tamblyn (actor)
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Today in Sports History - December 30
1926 - The Chicago Tribune broke a story that the Detroit Tigers threw a 4-game series to the Chicago White Sox in 1917.
1954 - The 24-second shot clock was used for the first time in professional basketball.
1956 - The New York Giants defeated the Chicago Bears 47-7 to win the NFL championship.
1962 - The Green Bay Packers defeat the New York Giants 16-7 to win the NFL championship.
1978 - Ohio State fired Woody Hayes as football coach, one day after Hayes punched a Clemson University player during a bowl game.
1983 - Julius "Dr. J" Erving (Philadelphia 76ers) became the 9th basketball player to reach 25,000 points.
1997 - Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls scored double-digit points in his 788th consecutive NBA game, a new record.
1998 - #5 Arizona defeats #14 Nebraska 23-20 in the Holiday Bowl. NU finishes the season at 9-4 and ranked #19 (AP) and #20 (Coaches) in the final polls.
2000 - #9 Nebraska defeats #18 Northwestern 66-17 to win the Alamo Bowl. NU finishes the season at 10-2 and ranked #8 (AP) and #7 (Coaches) in the final polls.
2009 - #20 Nebraska defeats #22 Arizona 33-0 to win the Holiday Bowl to finish the year at 10-4 and ranked #14 in the final polls.
2010 - Washington upsets #17 Nebraska 19-7 in the Holiday Bowl; NU ends the year at 10-4 and ranked #20 (AP) and #19 (Coaches) in the final polls.
2010 - Top-ranked Connecticut's record 90-game winning streak in women's basketball ended with a 71-59 loss to No. 9 Stanford.
2016 - Tennessee defeats #24 Nebraska 38-24 to win the Music City Bowl. NU ends the year at 9-4 and unranked.
2018 - Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs becomes just the second quarterback in NFL history to throw for 5,000 yards and 50 touchdowns in a season.
1813 - The British burned Buffalo, New York during the War of 1812.
1853 - The United States bought 45,000 square miles of land from Mexico in the Gadsden Purchase.
1860 - 10 days after South Carolina seceded from the Union, the state militia seized the United States Arsenal in Charleston.
1903 - About 600 people died when fire broke out at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago.
1911 - Sun Yat-sen was elected the first president of the Republic of China.
1922 - The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was established through the confederation of Russia, Byelorussia, Ukraine, and the Transcaucasian Federation.
1936 - The United Auto Workers union staged its first “sit-down” strike at the General Motors Fisher Body Plant No. 1 in Flint, Michigan. (The strike lasted until Feb. 11, 1937.)
1940 - California's first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway connecting Los Angeles and Pasadena, was officially opened.
1972 - President Richard Nixon halted the heavy bombing of North Vietnam.
1993 - Israel and the Vatican signed an agreement of mutual recognition to put an end to Jewish-Christian hostilities.
2003 - The federal government announced it would ban the sale of ephedra, an herbal stimulant linked to 155 deaths and dozens of heart attacks and strokes.
2006 - Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was hanged.
2006 - A state funeral service was held in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda for former President Gerald R. Ford.
2010 - Republican Lisa Murkowski was officially named winner of Alaska’s U.S. Senate race following a period of legal fights and limbo that had lasted longer than the write-in campaign she waged to keep her job.
2015 - Bill Cosby was charged with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004; it was the first criminal case brought against the comedian out of the torrent of allegations that destroyed his good-guy image as “America’s Dad.” (Cosby’s first trial ended in a mistrial after jurors deadlocked; he was convicted on three charges at his retrial in April 2018 and was sentenced to three to 10 years in prison.)
Birthdays
28 - Carson Wentz (football player)
29 - Jamie Follese (musician)
30 - Eric Steedly (country musician)
32 - Mia Kang (model)
34 - Jeff Ward (actor)
34 - Caity Lotz (actress)
34 - Ellie Goulding (singer)
35 - Anna Wood (actress)
36 - LeBron James (basketball player)
38 - Kristin Kreuk (actress)
40 - Eliza Dushku (actress)
42 - Tyrese Gibson (singer/actor)
43 - Lucy Punch (actress)
43 - Laila Ali (boxer/TV personality)
45 - Tiger Woods (golfer)
47 - Jason Behr (actor)
48 - Maureen Flannigan (actress)
51 - Meredith Monroe (actress)
57 - George Newbern (actor)
59 - Ben Johnson (track & field athlete)
59 - Sean Hannity (TV/radio personality)
61 - Tracey Ullman (actress/comedian)
63 - Matt Lauer (TV host)
64 - Patricia Kalember (actress)
65 - Sheryl Lee Ralph (actress)
67 - Meredith Vieira (TV host)
74 - Patti Smith (singer)
75 - Concetta Tomei (actress)
78 - Fred Ward (actor)
85 - Sandy Koufax (baseball player)
86 - Russ Tamblyn (actor)
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Today in Sports History - December 30
1926 - The Chicago Tribune broke a story that the Detroit Tigers threw a 4-game series to the Chicago White Sox in 1917.
1954 - The 24-second shot clock was used for the first time in professional basketball.
1956 - The New York Giants defeated the Chicago Bears 47-7 to win the NFL championship.
1962 - The Green Bay Packers defeat the New York Giants 16-7 to win the NFL championship.
1978 - Ohio State fired Woody Hayes as football coach, one day after Hayes punched a Clemson University player during a bowl game.
1983 - Julius "Dr. J" Erving (Philadelphia 76ers) became the 9th basketball player to reach 25,000 points.
1997 - Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls scored double-digit points in his 788th consecutive NBA game, a new record.
1998 - #5 Arizona defeats #14 Nebraska 23-20 in the Holiday Bowl. NU finishes the season at 9-4 and ranked #19 (AP) and #20 (Coaches) in the final polls.
2000 - #9 Nebraska defeats #18 Northwestern 66-17 to win the Alamo Bowl. NU finishes the season at 10-2 and ranked #8 (AP) and #7 (Coaches) in the final polls.
2009 - #20 Nebraska defeats #22 Arizona 33-0 to win the Holiday Bowl to finish the year at 10-4 and ranked #14 in the final polls.
2010 - Washington upsets #17 Nebraska 19-7 in the Holiday Bowl; NU ends the year at 10-4 and ranked #20 (AP) and #19 (Coaches) in the final polls.
2010 - Top-ranked Connecticut's record 90-game winning streak in women's basketball ended with a 71-59 loss to No. 9 Stanford.
2016 - Tennessee defeats #24 Nebraska 38-24 to win the Music City Bowl. NU ends the year at 9-4 and unranked.
2018 - Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs becomes just the second quarterback in NFL history to throw for 5,000 yards and 50 touchdowns in a season.
