It happened on this day, December 30
Events:
1066 – Muslims in Granada attack the royal palace, crucify Jewish minister Yusuf Ben Negrella, and kill most of the city's Jewish population in what is known as the Granada Massacre.
1460 – The “Battle of Wakefield” takes place during the Wars of the Roses.
1862 The American ship “Monitor”, which represents one of the modern innovations in the field of naval battles, sinks due to a strong storm.
1880 – France annexes Tahiti to its territory.
1922 – Birth of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
1947 – Declaration of the People's Republic in Romania.
1961 – Constituent Assembly elections are held in Kuwait with the aim of drafting a constitution for the country.
1965 – Ferdinand Marcos is elected president of the Philippines.
1972 – The United States stops its intense bombing of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
1985 – Syrian President Hafez al-Assad meets with King Hussein bin Talal of Jordan in Damascus after six years of separation.
1993 – Establishment of diplomatic relations between Israel and the Vatican.
1997 – 400 civilians were killed in 4 villages during the worst violence in Algeria. 2006 – Execution of the death sentence against former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
⭐ Terrorist attacks at Madrid's Barjos International Airport.
2010 – An Israeli court convicts former President Moshe Katsav of raping and harassing former female employees who worked with him.
2013 – Two suicide bombings kill more than 30 people in the Russian city of Volgograd.
2014 – Indonesian authorities announce the discovery of the wreckage of AirAsia Flight 8501 and several bodies of passengers in the Karimata Strait.
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Births:
1673 – Sultan Ahmed III, the twenty-fourth Ottoman sultan.
1895 – Hamza Homo, Bosnian writer and poet.
1921 – Rashid Karami, Prime Minister of Lebanon.
1947 – Etab, Saudi singer.
1957 – Afaf Rashad, Egyptian actress.
1959 – Ahmed Ahmed, president of the Confederation of African Football
1977 – Shihab Johar, Kuwaiti actor.
** Laila Muhammad Ali, American boxer.
1979 – Khalil Al Rumaithi, Bahraini actor.
1981 – Ali Al Habsi, Omani football goalkeeper.
1990 – Zak Moradi, Irish-Iraqi pitcher.
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Death:
1968 – Trygve Lie, Norwegian politician and first secretary-general of the United Nations.
1969 – Mohib al-Din al-Khatib, Syrian author and investigator.
1990 – Khaled Saleh Al-Ghunaim, President of the Kuwaiti National Assembly.
2006 – Saddam Hussein, fifth president of Iraq.
2009 – Abdul Rahman Wahid, fourth president of Indonesia.
** Abdul Amir Matar, Kuwaiti actor, director and playwright
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Holidays and Occasions:
⏪ Commemoration of the Feast of the Holy Family.
⏪ Rizal Day in the Philippines.
