30 December

Titus
30 December 0039 – 13 September 0081
Roman Emperor. » more

William Croft
30 December 1678 – 14 August 1727
English organist and composer.

Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée
30 December 1724 – 19 June 1805
French artist whose paintings can be seen in the Louvre, Paris; Musée des Augustins, Toulouse; J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.

André Messager
30 December 1853 – 24 February 1936
French conductor and composer of operettas.

Rudyard Kipling
30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936
English author, specialising in stories of British India. » more

Dmitri Kabalevsky
30 December 1904 – 18 February 1987
Russian composer – Opera and Orchestral. » more

Carol Reed
30 December 1906 – 25 April, 1976
English film director: ‘The Third Man’, ‘The Agony and the Ecstasy’ and ‘Oliver!.

Elyne Mitchell
30 December 1913 – 4 March 2002
Australian author of children’s books: the Silver Brumby series.

Tiger Woods
30 December 1975
American champion Golfer.

Today’s Quote
The most important thing is to be whatever you are without shame.
… Rod Steiger

Today’s No. 1 Hit
1958 – The Chipmunk Song by David Seville & the Chipmunks.

Today’s events
30 December 1853 – The ultimate quirky dinner party, held inside a full-size model of a dinosaur – hosted by palaeontologist Sir Richard Owen.
30 December 1919 – The first woman student of ‘the Bar’ admitted into Lincoln’s Inn, London.
30 December 1927 – Japan’s first underground railway opens (Ginza Line). The first underground system in Asia.