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