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December 30th is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There is 1 day remaining in the year.
1862 • The USS Monitor sinks off Cape Hatteras, NC. 1879 • Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance was first performed, at Paignton, Devon, England. 1936 • The United Auto Workers union staged its first sit-down strike, at the Fisher Body Plant in Flint, MI. 1953 • The first color TV sets went on sale for about $1,175. 1954 • James Arness made his dramatic TV debut in The Chase. The Gunsmoke series didn’t begin for Arness until the fall of 1955. 1976 • The Smothers Brothers, Tom and Dick, played their last show at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas and retired as a team from show business. Both continued as solo artists and they reunited several years later. 1980 • The Wonderful World of Disney was cancelled by NBC after more than 25 years on the TV. It was the longest running series in prime time television history. 2006 • Deposed President of Iraq Saddam Hussein, convicted of the executions of 148 Iraqi Shiites, is executed by hanging. 2009 • The last roll of Kodachrome film is developed by Dwayne’s Photo, the only remaining Kodachrome processor at the time, concluding the film’s 74 year run as a photography icon. |