December 30

On December 30, the world has a habit of pausing between endings and beginnings — just long enough to set something irreversible in motion.
Empires rise and collapse, kings abdicate, artists die, revolutions ignite, and the universe itself expands beyond what we thought was possible.

From the execution of José Rizal in Manila to the murder of Rasputin in a frozen Russian cellar, from Hubble’s revelation of other galaxies to the birth of LeBron James, every event on this date hums with transformation and consequence.
Even time bends here — Samoa skipped the day entirely, leaping straight from December 29 to December 31.

December 30 is a study in thresholds: the day before the year dies, the moment between revelation and reckoning.
Within these pages you’ll find fifty vividly told historical events, births and deaths that shaped art, science, and empire, and a touch of the uncanny that lingers in the hours before midnight turns the calendar.

paperback, 8.5" x 11", 50 illustrations