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Today in History

Tuesday, 30 December 2025

2006

Madrid Barajas International Airport is bombed.

Deposed President of Iraq Saddam Hussein, convicted of the executions of 148 Iraqi Shiites, is executed by hanging.

2005

Tropical Storm Zeta forms in the open Atlantic Ocean, tying the record for the latest tropical cyclone ever to form in the North Atlantic basin.

2004

A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.

2003

U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft recuses himself and his office from the Plame affair.

2000

Rizal Day Bombings: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines within a period of a few hours, killing 22 and injuring about a hundred.

1997

In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed.

1996

In the Indian state of Assam, a passenger train is bombed by Bodo separatists, killing 26.

Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.

1993

Israel and the Vatican establish diplomatic relations.

FACTOIDS

Vincent van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh sold only one painting in his lifetime.

Blue Whale

The blue whale is the largest animal that has ever lived.

Gold

Every ton of seawater contains approximately 1 milligram of dissolved gold.

Mosquito

Studies show that mosquitoes prefer biting blondes to brunettes.

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