Today is Tuesday, December 30, the 365th day of 2008. There are one day left in the year.
1703 _ Tokyo hit by Earthquake; about 37,000 die
1813 _ Danzig surrenders to allied armies
1877 _ Johnannes Brahms' 2nd Symphony in D, premieres in Vienna
1911 _ Sun Yat-sen elected first President of Republic of China
1936 _ United Auto Workers stage first sit-down strike, at Fisher Body Plant
1950 _ Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia become independent states in French Union
1972 _ President Nixon halts bombing of North Vietnam and announces peace talks
1974 _ Beatles are legally disbanded (four years after suit was brought)
1987 _ Premier Mugabe elected President of Zimbabwe
1993 _ Vatican recognizes Israel