What happend on 30th December

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1965

Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines

1953

The first color television sets go on sale for about USD $1,175.

1948

The play Kiss Me, Kate opens for the first of 1,077 performances.

1947

King Michael of Romania abdicates

1944

King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving his throne vacant

1943

Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.

1940

California opens its first freeway: the Arroyo Seco Parkway.

1936

The United Auto Workers union stages its first sit-down strike.

1927

The Ginza Line, the oldest subway line in Asia, opened in Tokyo.

1924

Edwin Hubble announces the existence of other galaxies.