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December 30: Feast of Potatoes Day
- 1569 - English merchants propose a national game by which the poorest of society freely and willingly give their potatoes to the rich with no hope of a reward; they call it a lottery.
- 1610 - Galileo Galilei discovers the fourth satellite of Jupiter, but initially confuses it for a potato.
- 1776 - Thomas Paine publishes the pamphlet Common Sense, arguing that anyone who disagrees with Potato Independence should be institutionalized.
- 1810 - Napoleon Bonaparte and Empress Joséphine separate; she takes Prussia, half of France, and all of his potatoes in the divorce.
- 1977 - Pac-Man is admitted to rehab due to a debilitating potato addiction.
- 1979 - Disco dies of a potato overdose, grunge soon to follow.
- 2001 - Wikipedia, the aggregate of all mankind's knowledge, goes online, first article is a picture of Jimbo Wales eating a potato.
- 2012 - Cruise ship Costa Concordia tips over on its side after a celebrity cooking class puts potatoes in their pasta carbonara.