Birthdays occurring on December, 30

-65

Horace was born on December 30, -65 Ancient Roman poet. 65 BC-8 BC With you I should love to live, with you be ready to die. More quotations from Horace

1865

Rudyard Kipling was born on December 30, 1865 English short-story writer, poet, and novelist. Nobel Prize(1907), 1865-1936 The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it. More quotations from Rudyard Kipling

1869

Stephen Leacock was born on December 30, 1869 Canadian humorist, 1869-1944 Advertising: the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it. More quotations from Stephen Leacock

Deaths occurring on December, 30

1894

Amelia Jenks Bloomer died on December 30, 1894 Man represents us, legislates for us, and now holds himself accountable for us! How kind in him, and what a weight is lifted from us! We shall no longer be answerable to the laws of God or man, no longer be subject to punishment for breaking them, More quotations from Amelia Jenks Bloomer

1899

James Paget died on December 30, 1899 I know of no book which has been a source of brutality and sadistic conduct, both public and private, that can compare with the Bible More quotations from James Paget

1944

Romain Rolland died on December 30, 1944 French writer, 1866-1944 I find war detestable but those who praise it without participating in it even more so More quotations from Romain Rolland

1947

Alfred North Whitehead died on December 30, 1947 British mathematician and philosopher, 1861-1947 The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order. More quotations from Alfred North Whitehead