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Today is Monday, December 30, the 365th day of 2024. There is one day left in the year.
Today in history:
On December 30, 2006, former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was executed by hanging after being convicted of crimes against humanity by the Iraqi High Tribunal.
Also on this date:
In 1860, ten days after South Carolina seceded from the Union, the state militia seized the U.S. Army’s arsenal in Charleston.
In 1896, José Rizal, whose writings inspired the Philippine Revolution, was executed by Spanish army troops after being convicted of rebellion, sedition and conspiracy.
In 1903, more than 600 people died when a fire broke out at the newly opened Iroquois Theater in Chicago.
In 1922, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was officially established.
In 2009, seven CIA employees and a Jordanian intelligence officer were killed by a suicide bomber at a US base in Khost (Hohst), Afghanistan.
In 2015, Bill Cosby was accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004.
Today’s Birthdays:
- Baseball Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax is 89
- TV director James Burrows is 84
- Famer Mel Renfro’s Football Hall is 83
- Singer-author Patti Smith is 78
- Musician Jeff Lynne is 77
- TV personality Meredith Vieira is 71
- Actor Sheryl Lee Ralph is 68
- Country singer Suzy Bogguss is 68
- Actor-comedian Tracey Ullman is 65
- TV commentator Sean Hannity is 63
- Golfer Tiger Woods is 49
- TV personality-boxer Laila Ali is 47
- Singer-actor Tyrese Gibson is 46
- Actor Eliza Dushku is 44
- Actor Kristin Kreuk is 42
- NBA star LeBron James is 40
- Singer-actress Andra Day is 40
- Pop-rock singer Ellie Goulding (GOL’ thing) is 38.