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| Thursday,
December
30,
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AP Highlight in History:
On Dec. 30, 1922, Vladimir Lenin proclaimed the establishment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
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| On this date in: |
| 1865 | Author Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay, India.
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| 1903 | About 600 people died when fire broke out at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago. |
| 1911 | Sun Yat-sen was elected the first president of the Republic of China.
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| 1940 | California's first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway connecting Los Angeles and Pasadena, was officially opened. |
| 1947 | King Michael of Romania agreed to abdicate, but charged he was being forced off the throne by Communists. |
| 1972 | The United States halted its heavy bombing of North Vietnam. |
| 1978 | Ohio State University fired Woody Hayes as its football coach, one day after Hayes punched a Clemson University player during a game. |
| 1988 | President Ronald Reagan and President-elect George H.W. Bush were subpoenaed to testify as defense witnesses in the pending Iran-Contra trial of Oliver North. (The subpoenas were subsequently quashed.) |
| 1993 | Israel and the Vatican agreed to recognize one another. |
| 1997 | Armed men massacred 412 men, women and children in four mountain villages in Algeria. |
| 1999 | Former Beatle George Harrison fought off a knife-wielding intruder who broke into his mansion west of London and stabbed him in the chest. |
| 2004 | The federal government announced it would ban the sale of ephedra, an herbal stimulant linked to 155 deaths and dozens of heart attacks and strokes. |
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| Today's Birthdays: |
| Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James turns 20 years old today. |
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| Bo Diddley | Blues musician | 76 |
| Russ Tamblyn | Actor | 70 |
| Sandy Koufax | Baseball hall-of-famer | 69 |
| Paul Stookey | Folk singer (Peter, Paul and Mary) | 67 |
| James Burrows | TV director | 64 |
| Michael Nesmith | Singer-musician (The Monkees) | 62 |
| Fred Ward | Actor | 62 |
| Davy Jones | Singer (The Monkees) | 59 |
| Patti Smith | Singer | 58 |
| Jeff Lynne | Rock singer-musician (ELO) | 57 |
| Meredith Viera | TV host (''The View'') | 51 |
| Sheryl Lee Ralph | Actress | 49 |
| Suzy Bogguss | Country singer | 48 |
| Patricia Kalember | Actress | 48 |
| Matt Lauer | TV host (''Today'') | 47 |
| Rob Hotchkiss | Rock musician (Train) | 44 |
| Ben Johnson | Runner | 43 |
| Jay Kay | Singer (Jamiroquai) | 35 |
| Maureen Flanniga | Actress | 32 |
| Jason Behr | Actor | 31 |
| Tiger Woods | Golfer | 29 |
| Meredith Monroe | Actress | 28 |
| Tyrese | Singer | 26 |
| Eliza Dushku | Actress | 24 |
| Kristin Kreuk | Actress (''Smallville'') | 22 |
| Actress-comedian Tracey Ullman turns 45 years old today. |
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