Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 30

December 30: José Rizal Day in the Philippines.

President Paul Kruger of the Transvaal Republic

• 1853 - Gadsden Purchase: The United States bought 30,000 square miles of land south of the Gila River and west of the Rio Grande from Mexico for US$10 million.

• 1880 - Paul Kruger (pictured) became the President of the Transvaal Republic.

• 1927 - The Ginza Line, the oldest subway line in Asia, opened in Tokyo, Japan.

• 1947 - King Michael I was forced to abdicate as Romania became a People's Republic.

• 1965 - Ferdinand Marcos became President of the Philippines.

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