Today in History for 30th December 2023

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Historical Events

1892 - Dr Miles V Lynk, physician, publishes 1st Black medical journal
1933 - Jack Badcock scores 274 v Victoria, Tasmania's 1st double-ton
1950 - "Sixty Minute Man" record single released by The Dominoes (Billboard Song of the Year 1951)
1958 - French franc devalued
1980 - Ballon d'Or: Bayern Munich forward Karl-Heinz Rummenigge is named best European football player; beats German international teammate Bernd Schuster of FC Barcelona and Saint-Étienne midfielder Michel Platini
2004 - A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.

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Famous Birthdays

1934 - Barry Briggs, New Zealand speedway rider (World Champion 1957-58, 64, 66; British Championship 1961, 64-67, 69), born in Christchurch, Canterbury
1945 - Vernon Wells, Australian actor
1945 - John Kevin Moorhouse, test pilot
1959 - Alfie Anido, Filipino model and actor (Temptation Island), born in Calamba, Laguna, Philippines (d. 1981)
1963 - Chandler Burr, American journalist (US New and World Report), author (A Separate Creation; The Emperor of Scent), and museum curator (Department of Scent Art), born in Chicago, Illinois
1984 - LeBron James, American basketball forward (NBA C'ship and MVP 2012, 2013, 2016, 2020; 16 × NBA All-Star; Olympic gold 2008, 12; Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat, LA Lakers), born in Akron, Ohio

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Famous Deaths

1944 - Romain Roland, French writer/pacifist (Nobel 1915), dies at 78
1947 - Alfred North Whitehead, British mathematician and philosopher (Adventures of Ideas), dies at 86
1973 - Henri-Paul Busser, composer, dies at 101
1994 - Lloyd James Austin, Australian linguist and literary scholar, dies at 79
2012 - Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian neurologist (Nobel 1986), dies at 103
2015 - Donald Barron, Scottish accountant and CEO (Midland Bank), dies at 94

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