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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_30" title="December 30">December 30</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rizal_Day" title="Rizal Day">Rizal Day</a></b> in the Philippines (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896" title="1896">1896</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1702" title="1702">1702</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Anne%27s_War" title="Queen Anne's War">Queen Anne's War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Moore_Sr." title="James Moore Sr.">James Moore</a>, the British colonial governor of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Carolina" title="Province of Carolina">Carolina</a>, abandoned <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_St._Augustine_(1702)" title="Siege of St. Augustine (1702)">a siege</a></b> against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Augustine,_Florida" title="St. Augustine, Florida">St. Augustine</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Florida" title="Spanish Florida">Spanish Florida</a> and retreated to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston, South Carolina">Charles Town</a> in disgrace.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1813" title="1813">1813</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a>: British forces <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Buffalo" title="Battle of Buffalo">captured Buffalo, New York</a></b>, and burned down nearly all its buildings.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940">1940</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arroyo_Seco_Parkway" title="Arroyo Seco Parkway">Arroyo Seco Parkway</a></b>, one of the first freeways built in the U.S., connecting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Los_Angeles" title="Downtown Los Angeles">downtown Los Angeles</a> with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasadena,_California" title="Pasadena, California">Pasadena, California</a>, was officially dedicated.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958" title="1958">1958</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemalan_Air_Force" title="Guatemalan Air Force">Guatemalan Air Force</a> fired on Mexican fishing boats that had strayed into Guatemalan territory, triggering <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico%E2%80%93Guatemala_conflict" title="Mexico–Guatemala conflict">an eight-month conflict</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013" title="2013">2013</a> – Supporters of Congolese religious leader <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul-Joseph_Mukungubila" title="Paul-Joseph Mukungubila">Paul-Joseph Mukungubila</a> carried out <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_2013_Kinshasa_attacks" title="December 2013 Kinshasa attacks">a series of attacks</a></b> on television studios, the airport and a military base in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinshasa" title="Kinshasa">Kinshasa</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Baglione" title="Giovanni Baglione">Giovanni Baglione</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1643); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Blackburne" title="Anna Blackburne">Anna Blackburne</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1793); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Land%C3%A1zuri" title="Elena Landázuri">Elena Landázuri</a></b>   (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1888); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Harold_Wills" title="C. Harold Wills">C. Harold Wills</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1940)</p>