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This Day In History December 30


Francis Lewis dies Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin wed Rutherford B. Hayes marries Lucy Webb Southern U.S. border established U.S.S. Monitor sinks Tojo is born Fire breaks out in Chicago theater Former Idaho governor Steunenberg assassinated Rasputin is murdered Rasputin murdered USSR established Sit-down strike begins in Flint Cheers co-creator and famed TV director James Burrows born Acheson calls for renewed effort to meet communist threat Marcos inaugurated Led Zeppelin captured live for the first time in Spokane gym U.S. Navy transfers some responsibility to South Vietnamese Negotiations to resume in Paris OSU fires coach Woody Hayes for attacking an opposing player An anti-abortion activist goes on a murder spree
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