WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2009

Today is Wednesday, December 30, the 364th day of 2009. There are one day left in the year.

1703 _ Tokyo hit by Earthquake; about 37,000 die

1877 _ Johnannes Brahms' 2nd Symphony in D, premieres in Vienna

1906 _ Iran becomes a constitutional monarchy

1911 _ Sun Yat-sen elected first president of Republic of China

1922 _ Soviet Union organized as a federation of RSFSR, Ukrainian SSR, Belorussian SSR and Transcaucasian SSR

1944 _ King George II of Greece, abdicates his throne

1950 _ Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia become Independent states in France Union

1972 _ President Nixon halts bombing of North Vietnam and announces peace talks

1974 _ Beatles are legally disbanded (four years after suit was brought)

1993 _ Vatican recognizes Israel