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30 December 1370France [administration]Pierre Roger de Beaufort is elected Pope Gregory XI following the death of Pope Urban V.
30 December 1460England [Wars of the Roses (1455–85)]Richard, duke of York, claimant to the English throne, besieged in Sandal Castle in Yorkshire, England, following grievous Lancastrian attacks throughout his journey to pacify Yorkshire, is killed near Wakefield, Yorkshire. His head, along with that of the earl of Salisbury, is impaled on the city gates of York, England (49).
30 December 1691Ireland, England [births and deaths]Robert Boyle, Anglo-Irish chemist and natural philosopher, who conducted pioneering experiments on the properties of gases, dies in London, England (64).
30 December 1703Japan [natural disasters]An earthquake and resulting fire kills around 200,000 people and destroys the city of Edo (modern Tokyo), Japan.
30 December 1865England, India [births and deaths]Rudyard Kipling, English novelist, short-story writer, and poet, born in Bombay (now Mumbai), India (–1936).
30 December 1903USA [theatre and dance]A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois, during an Eddie Foy performance, kills 588 people. The public outcry helps lead to the passage of theatre safety codes in many US cities.
30 December 1922USSR [political events]The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is established through the confederation of Russia, Belarus, the Ukraine, and the Transcaucasian Federation.
30 December 1958Africa [international organizations]The French West African states of Chad, Congo, Gabon, Mali, Mauritania, and Senegal decide to form a federation within the French Community.
30 December 2006Iraq [births and deaths]Saddam Hussein, former Iraqi dictator from 1979–2003, is executed for crimes against humanity in Baghdad, Iraq (69).


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Jasper has clearly indicated in both his recent article and his response to Ray Jensen, his purpose was not to review or endorse all of the policies and programs of Peru's former president, Alberto Fujimori ("Pulling the Plug on Fujimori," December 30th issue; "More on Fujimori," January 27th).
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