"On Dec. 30, 2015, actor and comedian Bill Cosby was charged with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004. (Cosby's first trial ended in a mistrial after jurors deadlocked; he was convicted on three charges at his retrial in April 2018 and sentenced to three to 10 years in prison, but the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned the conviction in June 2021, setting Cosby free.)"
"In 1860, 10 days after South Carolina seceded from the Union, the state militia seized the United States Army arsenal in Charleston. In 1896, Jose Rizal, whose writings inspired the Philippine Revolution, was executed by Spanish army troops after being convicted of rebellion, sedition and conspiracy. In 1903, more than 600 people died when fire broke out at the recently opened Iroquois Theater in Chicago."
"In 1922, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) officially came into existence. In 2006, former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was executed by hanging after being convicted of crimes against humanity by the Iraqi High Tribunal. Hussein was captured in 2003 by U.S. forces while hiding near his hometown of Tikrit. In 2009, seven CIA employees and a Jordanian intelligence officer were killed by a suicide bomber at a U.S. base in Khost (hohst), Afghanistan."
December 30 records multiple notable events and birthdays. In 2015 Bill Cosby was charged with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2004; a mistrial preceded a 2018 conviction later overturned by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 2021. In 1860 South Carolina militia seized the U.S. Army arsenal in Charleston. In 1896 Jose Rizal was executed for rebellion and sedition. The 1903 Iroquois Theater fire in Chicago killed over 600. The USSR formed in 1922. In 2006 Saddam Hussein was executed after conviction for crimes against humanity. In 2020 an Aden airport explosion killed at least 25 and wounded 110, attributed to Houthi rebels. Notable birthdays include Sandy Koufax and Patti Smith.
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