Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 30
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This is a list of selected December 30 anniversaries that appears on the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition may be controversial, or on a day that is or soon will be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors.December 30: Rizal Day in the Philippines
- 1853 – Gadsden Purchase: The United States bought approximately 29,600 square miles (77,000 km²) of land south of the Gila River and west of the Rio Grande from Mexico for US$10 million.
- 1896 – Philippine Revolution: Nationalist José Rizal (pictured) was executed by a firing squad in Manila after Spanish authorities convicted him of rebellion, sedition, and conspiracy.
- 1922 – The Treaty on the Creation of the USSR, legalizing the creation of a union of several Soviet republics in the form of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was ratified.
- 1927 – The Ginza Line, the oldest underground subway line in the Far East, opened in Tokyo.
- 1947 – King Michael I was forced to abdicate as Romania became a People's Republic.
More events: December 29 – December 30 – December 31
