Event:
Gadsden Purchase 45,000 mi (120,000 km) by Gila River from Mexico for $10 million, area is now southern Arizona and New Mexico
More Notable Events on December 30: 1972 Nixon halts bombing of North Vietnam and announces peace talks
1970 Paul McCartney sues his bandmates to dissolve the Beatles
1963 Congress authorizes Kennedy half dollar
1959 George Washington, 1st ballistic missile sub commissioned
1938 Electronic television system patented by V. K. Zworykin
