Updated December 30, 2011, 1:28 PM
On Dec. 30, 1972, the United States halted its heavy bombing of North Vietnam.
On Dec. 30, 1873, Alfred Smith, the four-time governor of New York State and 1928 presidential candidate, was born. Following his death on Oct. 4, 1944, his obituary appeared in The Times.
On This Date
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| 1813 | The British burned Buffalo, N.Y., during the War of 1812. |
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| 1865 | Author Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay, India. |
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| 1903 | About 600 people died when fire broke out at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago. |
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| 1911 | Sun Yat-sen was elected the first president of the Republic of China. |
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| 1928 | Rock 'n' roll pioneer Bo Diddley was born Ellas Bates in McComb, Miss. |
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| 1940 | California's first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway connecting Los Angeles and Pasadena, was officially opened. |
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| 1972 | The United States halted its heavy bombing of North Vietnam. |
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| 1978 | Ohio State University fired Woody Hayes as its football coach, one day after Hayes punched a Clemson University player during a game. |
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| 1993 | Israel and the Vatican agreed to recognize one another. |
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| 2003 | The federal government announced it would ban the sale of ephedra, an herbal stimulant linked to 155 deaths and dozens of heart attacks and strokes. |
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| 2006 | Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was hanged. |
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| 2010 | Top-ranked Connecticut's record 90-game winning streak in women's basketball ended with a 71-59 loss to No. 9 Stanford. |
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Current Birthdays
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Miami Heat forward LeBron James turns 27 years old today.
AP Photo/David J. Phillip
TV host Meredith Vieira turns 58 years old today.
AP Photo/Dan Steinberg
| 1934 | Joseph Bologna, Actor, turns 77 |
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| 1934 | Russ Tamblyn, Actor, turns 77 |
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| 1935 | Jack Riley, Actor ("The Bob Newhart Show"), turns 76 |
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| 1935 | Sandy Koufax, Baseball Hall of Famer, turns 76 |
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| 1937 | Noel Paul Stookey, Folk singer (Peter, Paul and Mary), turns 74 |
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| 1940 | James Burrows, TV director ("Taxi," "Cheers," "Will and Grace"), turns 71 |
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| 1942 | Michael Nesmith, Rock singer, musician (The Monkees), turns 69 |
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| 1945 | Davy Jones, Rock singer (The Monkees), turns 66 |
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| 1946 | Patti Smith, Rock musician, turns 65 |
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| 1947 | Jeff Lynne, Rock singer, musician (ELO), turns 64 |
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| 1957 | Matt Lauer, TV host ("Today"), turns 54 |
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| 1959 | Tracey Ullman, Actress, comedian, turns 52 |
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| 1961 | Sean Hannity, TV host, turns 50 |
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| 1975 | Tiger Woods, Golfer, turns 36 |
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| 1977 | Laila Ali, Boxer, TV personality, turns 34 |
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| 1978 | Tyrese Gibson, R&B singer, actor, turns 33 |
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| 1980 | Eliza Dushku, Actress, turns 31 |
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Historic Birthdays
Alfred Smith12/30/1873 - 10/4/1944American politician and four-time governor of New York State.Go to obituary »
| 77 | Bert Parks 12/30/1914 - 2/2/1992
American game show host |
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| 69 | Sir Carol Reed 12/30/1906 - 4/25/1976
English film director |
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| 71 | Alfred Einstein 12/30/1880 - 2/13/1952
German-born American musicologist and critic |
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| 70 | Ramana Maharshi 12/30/1879 - 4/14/1950
Hindu philosopher and yogi |
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| 70 | Rudyard Kipling 12/30/1865 - 1/18/1936
English writer |
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| 77 | Asa Griggs Candler 12/30/1851 - 3/12/1929
American developer of Coca-Cola |
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| 62 | John Milne 12/30/1850 - 7/30/1913
English seismologist and geologist; inventor of the seismograph |
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