* Astronomy

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RE: December 30th

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The Battle of Wakefield took place in Sandal Magna near Wakefield, in West Yorkshire in Northern England, on 30 December 1460.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t52069584/battle-of-wakefield/

The Ginza Line opened in Tokyo on December 30, 1927
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t52069577/tokyo-metro-ginza-line/

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Robert Goddard launched the Goddard 4 rocket on December 30, 1930
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_H._Goddard#Launch_History

The Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer was launched from Cape Canaveral on 30 December 1995
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossi_X-ray_Timing_Explorer

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Steven Lee Smith (born December 30, 1958) is a former NASA astronaut.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t52069513/steven-smith/

Daniel Thomas Barry (born December 30, 1953) is a retired NASA astronaut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_T._Barry

Charles Arthur Bassett II (December 30, 1931 - February 28, 1966) was a US Air Force test pilot.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bassett

Helge Marcus Ingstad (30 December 1899 - 29 March 2001) was a Norwegian explorer.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t52069499/helge-ingstad-1899-2001/

Sjur Refsdal (December 30, 1935 - January 29, 2009) was a Norwegian astrophysicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sjur_Refsdal

John Norris Bahcall (December 30, 1934 - August 17, 2005) was an American astrophysicist
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t52069474/john-norris-bahcall-1934-2005/

Reuben Burrow (30 December 1747 - 7 June 1792) was an English mathematician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuben_Burrow

Henri Debehogne (30 December 1928 - 9 December 2007) was a Belgian astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Debehogne

Sir John Theodore Houghton (born 1931) is a Welsh scientist
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46999332/sir-john-theodore-houghton/

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 - 18 January 1936) was an English short-story writer
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t52069544/rudyard-kipling-1865-1936/

John Milne (30 December 1850 - 31 July 1913) was a British geologist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Milne

Bjarne Stroustrup (born 30 December 1950) is a Danish computer scientist
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t52069507/bjarne-stroustrup/

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Project Sign was formally authorised on 30 December 1947
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Sign

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NGC 2304 was discovered by William Herschel on the 30th December 1783.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56081821/ngc-2304/

NGC 3655 was discovered by William Herschel on the 30th December 1783.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t64531702/ngc-3655/

NGC 4651 was discovered by William Herschel on the 30th December 1783.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56081850/ngc-4651/

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Supernova SN 1989Z in NGC 4013 was discovered on December 30, 1989
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_4013

Puck, the largest inner moon of Uranus, was discovered by Voyager 2 on 30 December 1985.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puck_(moon)

On 30 December 2005, a large chunk of 60558 Echeclus was observed to break off
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/60558_Echeclus#Chunk

Fireball of 1947 December 30
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56081976/fireball-of-1947-december-30/

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Meteorites

The Oesede (H5) meteorite fell in Niedersachsen, Germany, on the 30th December, 1927.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46999328/oesede-meteorite/

The Guangmingshan (H5) meteorite fell in Liaoning, China, on the 30th December, 1996.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46999330/guangmingshan-meteorite/