December 30
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Art and culture
- 1953 - Television Technology: The first ever NTSC color television sets go on sale for about USD at $1,175 each from RCA.
Births
- 1865 - Rudyard Kipling, British writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)
- 1910 - Paul Bowles, American composer and author (d. 1999)
- 1911 - Jeanette Nolan, American actress (d. 1998)
- 1913 - Elyne Mitchell, Australian author (d. 2002)
- 1913 - Lucio Agostini, Italian-born Canadian conductor and composer (d. 1996)
- 1914 - Bert Parks, American television host (d. 1992)
- 1914 - Jo Van Fleet, American actress (d. 1996)
- 1917 - Seymour Melman, American industrial engineer (d. 2004)
- 1920 - Jack Lord, American actor (d. 1998)
- 1921 - Rashid Karami, Lebanese statesman (d. 1987)
- 1927 - Bernard Barrow, American actor (d. 1993)
- 1927 - Robert Hossein, French film actor and director
- 1928 - Bo Diddley, American singer and musician
- 1929 - Barbara Nichols, American actress (d. 1976)
- 1931 - Skeeter Davis, American singer (d. 2004)
- 1934 - John Norris Bahcall, American physicist (d. 2005)
- 1934 - Joseph Bologna, American actor
- 1934 - Joseph P. Hoar, American general
- 1934 - Del Shannon, American singer (d. 1990)
- 1934 - Russ Tamblyn, American actor, dancer, and singer
- 1935 - Omar Bongo, President of Gabon
- 1935 - Sandy Koufax, American baseball player
- 1935 - Jack Riley, American actor
- 1937 - Gordon Banks, English footballer and World Cup winner
- 1937 - John Hartford, American musician (d. 2001)
- 1937 - Jim Marshall, American football player
- 1937 - Noel Paul Stookey, American folk singer (Peter, Paul & Mary)
- 1940 - James Burrows, American television director
- 1941 - Mel Renfro, American football player
- 1942 - Vladimir Bukovsky, Russian author and dissident
- 1942 - Michael Nesmith, American singer and musician (The Monkees)
- 1942 - Janko Prunk, Slovenian historian
- 1942 - Fred Ward, American actor
- 1942 - Guy Edwards, British racing driver
- 1944 - William J. Fallon, U.S. Central Command commander
- 1945 - Davy Jones, English singer (The Monkees)
- 1945 - Concetta Tomei, American actress
- 1945 - Vernon Wells, Australian actor
- 1946 - Patti Smith, American singer
- 1947 - Michael Burns, American historian
- 1947 - Jeff Lynne, English musician (ELO)
- 1949 - Jim Flaherty, Canadian politician
- 1950 - Lewis Shiner, American sci-fi/fantasy author
- 1951 - Doug Allder, English footballer
- 1952 - June Anderson, American soprano
- 1953 - Bill Kazmaier, American powerlifter
- 1953 - Harald Schmautz, German-born journalist
- 1953 - Meredith Vieira, American television journalist
- 1955 - Dindo Yogo, Congolese musician (d. 2000)
- 1956 - Suzy Bogguss, American singer
- 1956 - Sheryl Lee Ralph, American actress
- 1957 - Matt Lauer, American newscaster
- 1958 - Rod Harrington, English darts player
- 1958 - Steven L. Smith, American astronaut
- 1959 - Tracey Ullman, English actress and singer
- 1959 - Josée Verner, French Canadian politician
- 1961 - Douglas Coupland, Canadian author
- 1961 - Sean Hannity, American talk radio host
- 1961 - Ben Johnson, Canadian athlete
- 1962 - Henry Cho, Korean-American comedian
- 1963 - Chandler Burr, American author
- 1963 - Michelle Douglas, Canadian human rights activist
- 1963 - Milan Šrejber, Czech tennis player
- 1964 - Sylvie Moreau, Quebec television and film actress
- 1964 - Duglas T. Stewart, Scottish musician (BMX Bandits)
- 1965 - Heidi Fleiss, American madam
- 1967 - Carl Ouellet, Canadian professional wrestler
- 1969 - Dave England, American television personality
- 1969 - Jay Kay, English musician (Jamiroquai)
- 1971 - Daniel Sunjata, American actor
- 1972 - Kerry Collins, American football player
- 1972 - Paul Keegan, Irish footballer
- 1972 - Steven Wiig, American actor and musician
- 1973 - Jason Behr, American actor
- 1973 - Ato Boldon, Trinidadian athlete
- 1973 - Nacho Vidal, Spanish porn star
- 1974 - Johanna Sällström, Swedish actress (d. 2007)
- 1975 - Scott Chipperfield, Australian football player
- 1975 - Tiger Woods, American golfer
- 1976 - Meredith Monroe, American actress
- 1976 - Patrick Kerney, American football player
- 1976 - Alex A. Quinn, American actor
- 1976 - A.J. Pierzynski, American baseball player
- 1977 - Kenyon Martin, American basketball player
- 1977 - Scott Lucas, Australian rules footballer
- 1977 - Laila Ali, American boxer
- 1977 - Grant Balfour, Australian baseball player
- 1978 - Tyrese, American singer and actor
- 1978 - Zbigniew Robert Promiński, Polish drummer
- 1979 - Flávio Amado, Angolan footballer
- 1980 - Eliza Dushku, American actress
- 1980 - Kenny Kwan, Hong Kong singer
- 1981 - Ali Al Habsi, Omani footballer
- 1981 - Michael Rodríguez, Costa Rican footballer
- 1981 - Haley Paige, American pornstar
- 1982 - Kristin Kreuk, Canadian actress
- 1982 - Dathan Ritzenhein, American runner
- 1984 - LeBron James, American basketball player
- 1984 - Eugene D'Amico Jr., Weightlifter/bodybuilder
- 1984 - Randall Azofeifa, Costa Rican footballer
- 1985 - Lars Boom, Dutch cyclist
- 1988 - Leon Jackson, Scottish singer
- 1989 - Ryan Sheckler, American professional skateboarder.
Deaths
- 1218 - Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1162)
- 1460 - Richard, Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (killed in battle) (b. 1411)
- 1525 - Jacob Fugger, German banker (b. 1459)
- 1572 - Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect (b. 1512)
- 1573 - Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian writer (b. 1504)
- 1591 - Pope Innocent IX (b. 1519)
- 1621 - Saint Job of Maniava, Ukrainian Orthodox Saint (b. 1550)
- 1640 - John Francis Regis, French saint (b. 1597)
- 1644 - Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (b. 1577)
- 1662 - Archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria (b. 1628)
- 1691 - Robert Boyle, Irish scientist (b. 1627)
- 1769 - Nicholas Taaffe, 6th Viscount Taaffe, Austrian soldier (b. 1685)
- 1803 - Francis Lewis, signer of the American Declaration of Independence (b. 1713)
- 1896 - José Rizal, national hero of the Philippines (b. 1861) (executed)
- 1908 - Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian lawyer, journalist and senator (b. 1844)
- 1941 - El Lissitzky, Russian artist and architect (b. 1890)
- 1944 - Romain Rolland, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
- 1954 - Archduke Eugen of Austria, Austrian field marshal (b. 1863)
- 1955 - Rex Ingamells, Australian poet (b. 1913)
- 1967 - Vincent Massey, Governor-General of Canada (b. 1887)
- 1968 - Trygve Lie, Norwegian politician, first United Nations Secretary General (b. 1896)
- 1970 - Sonny Liston, American boxer (b. 1932)
- 1971 - Melba Rae, American actress (Search for Tomorrow) (b. 1922)
- 1979 - Richard Rodgers, American composer (b. 1902)
- 1981 - Alfie Anido, Filipino actor (b. 1959)
- 1984 - Massa (gorilla), oldest gorilla on record (b. 1930)
- 1986 - Era Bell Thompson, American journalist (b. 1905)
- 1988 - Yuli Daniel, Russian writer (b. 1925)
- 1989 - Lenore Lemmon, wife of George Reeves (b. 1923)
- 1992 - Ling-Ling, panda given to the USA by China (b. 1969)
- 1993 - Mack David, American lyricist and songwriter (b. 1912)
- 1993 - Irving "Swifty" Lazar, American Hollywood talent agent (b. 1907)
- 1993 - Giuseppe Occhialini, Italian physicist (b. 1907)
- 1994 - Dmitri Ivanenko, Russian physicist (b. 1904)
- 1994 - Maureen Starkey, wife of Ringo Starr (b. 1946)
- 1995 - Ralph Flanagan - American band leader (b. 1914)
- 1995 - Doris Grau, American actress (b. 1924)
- 1996 - Lew Ayres, American actor (b. 1908)
- 1996 - Jack Nance, American actor (b. 1943)
- 1997 - Shinichi Hoshi, Japanese novelist (b. 1926)
- 1998 - George Webb, English actor (b. 1911)
- 1998 - Johnny Moore, American singer (The Drifters) (b. 1934)
- 1999 - Fritz Leonhardt, German structural engineer (b. 1909)
- 1999 - Sarah Knauss, American, once considered the world's oldest living person (b. 1880)
- 2000 - Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter (b. 1909)
- 2002 - Mary Brian, American actress (b. 1906)
- 2002 - Mary Wesley, English novelist (b. 1912)
- 2003 - David Bale, South African-born activist (cancer) (b. 1941)
- 2003 - John Gregory Dunne, American writer (b. 1932)
- 2003 - Anita Mui, Hong Kong singer and actress (b. 1963)
- 2004 - Artie Shaw, American jazz clarinetist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1910)
- 2005 - Rona Jaffe, American author (b. 1932)
- 2006 - Saddam Hussein, former Iraqi President (b. 1937) (executed)
- 2006 - Terry Peck, Falkland Islander (b. 1938) who acted as a scout for 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment in the Falklands War
- 2006 - Michel Plasse, Quebec ice hockey player (b. 1948)
Notes
Paul Bowles
Rudyard Kipling
Patti Smith
Jacques Rigaut
Isamu Noguchi
Candy Barr
Heiner Müller
August
Kroger Babb
Alfred North Whitehead
Douglas Coupland
El Lissitzky
Daria Halprin
Robert Quine
Fred Ward
Denton Welch
Jiří Trnka
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