TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2014

Today is Tuesday, December 30, the 364th day of 2014. There are one day left in the year.

1621 ― English king James I cracks Protestation of Parliament

1703 ― Tokyo hit by earthquake; about 37,000 die

1877 ― Johannes 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

1927 ― Japan dedicates first subway in the Orient (route under 2 miles long)

1938 ― Electronic television system patented by V. K. Zworykin

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

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

1981 ― Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record of 50 goals by 39th game of season