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  • New York, U.S.
    Wednesday Dec 30, 1942
    Frank Sinatra

    The legendary opening at the Paramount Theatre

    New York, U.S.
    Wednesday Dec 30, 1942

    His appeal to bobby soxers, as teenage girls of that time were called, revealed a whole new audience for popular music, which had been recorded mainly for adults up to that time.The phenomenon became officially known as "Sinatramania" after his "legendary opening" at the Paramount Theatre in New York on December 30, 1942.




  • U.S.
    Thursday Dec 30, 1948
    Marilyn Monroe

    First Starring Role

    U.S.
    Thursday Dec 30, 1948

    Her only film at the studio (Columbia Pictures) was the low-budget musical Ladies of the Chorus (1948), in which she had her first starring role as a chorus girl who is courted by a wealthy man, but her contract was not renewed in September 1948. Ladies of the Chorus was released the following month but was not a success.




  • Colorado, U.S.
    Friday Dec 30, 1977
    Ted Bundy

    Christmas escape

    Colorado, U.S.
    Friday Dec 30, 1977

    On the night of December 30, with most of the jail staff on Christmas break and nonviolent prisoners on furlough with their families, Bundy piled books and files in his bed, covered them with a blanket to simulate his sleeping body, and climbed into the crawl space. He broke through the ceiling into the apartment of the chief jailer—who was out for the evening with his wife—changed into street clothes from the jailer's closet, and walked out the front door to freedom.




  • Akron, Ohio, U.S.
    Sunday Dec 30, 1984
    LeBron James

    Birth

    Akron, Ohio, U.S.
    Sunday Dec 30, 1984

    James was born on December 30, 1984, in Akron, Ohio.




  • New York, U.S.
    Wednesday Dec 30, 1942
    Frank Sinatra

    The legendary opening at the Paramount Theatre

    New York, U.S.
    Wednesday Dec 30, 1942

    His appeal to bobby soxers, as teenage girls of that time were called, revealed a whole new audience for popular music, which had been recorded mainly for adults up to that time.The phenomenon became officially known as "Sinatramania" after his "legendary opening" at the Paramount Theatre in New York on December 30, 1942.




  • U.S.
    Thursday Dec 30, 1948
    Marilyn Monroe

    First Starring Role

    U.S.
    Thursday Dec 30, 1948

    Her only film at the studio (Columbia Pictures) was the low-budget musical Ladies of the Chorus (1948), in which she had her first starring role as a chorus girl who is courted by a wealthy man, but her contract was not renewed in September 1948. Ladies of the Chorus was released the following month but was not a success.




  • Colorado, U.S.
    Friday Dec 30, 1977
    Ted Bundy

    Christmas escape

    Colorado, U.S.
    Friday Dec 30, 1977

    On the night of December 30, with most of the jail staff on Christmas break and nonviolent prisoners on furlough with their families, Bundy piled books and files in his bed, covered them with a blanket to simulate his sleeping body, and climbed into the crawl space. He broke through the ceiling into the apartment of the chief jailer—who was out for the evening with his wife—changed into street clothes from the jailer's closet, and walked out the front door to freedom.


  • Akron, Ohio, U.S.
    Sunday Dec 30, 1984
    LeBron James

    Birth

    Akron, Ohio, U.S.
    Sunday Dec 30, 1984

    James was born on December 30, 1984, in Akron, Ohio.


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