Right this moment is Monday, Dec. 30, the 365th day of 2024. There may be someday left within the 12 months.
Right this moment in historical past:
On Dec. 30, 2006, former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was executed by hanging after being convicted of crimes towards humanity by the Iraqi Excessive Tribunal.
Additionally on this date:
In 1860, 10 days after South Carolina seceded from the Union, the state militia seized america Military arsenal in Charleston.
In 1896, José Rizal, whose writings impressed the Philippine Revolution, was executed by Spanish military troops after being convicted of riot, sedition and conspiracy.
In 1903, greater than 600 individuals died when fireplace broke out on the not too long ago opened Iroquois Theater in Chicago.
In 1922, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) formally got here into existence.
In 2009, seven CIA workers and a Jordanian intelligence officer have been killed by a suicide bomber at a U.S. base in Khost (hohst), Afghanistan.
In 2015, Invoice Cosby was charged with drugging and sexually assaulting a lady at his suburban Philadelphia house in 2004. (Cosby’s first trial resulted in a mistrial after jurors deadlocked; he was convicted on three costs at his retrial in April 2018 and sentenced to a few to 10 years in jail, however the Pennsylvania Supreme Court docket overturned the conviction in June 2021, setting Cosby free.)
Right this moment’s Birthdays:
- Baseball Corridor of Famer Sandy Koufax is 89
- TV director James Burrows is 84
- Soccer Corridor of Famer Mel Renfro is 83
- Singer-author Patti Smith is 78
- Musician Jeff Lynne is 77
- TV persona Meredith Vieira is 71
- Actor Sheryl Lee Ralph is 68
- Nation 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’-ding) is 38.