TODAY IN HISTORY

Today is Monday, Dec. 30, the 364th day of 2019. There is one day left in the year. TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT On Dec. 30, 1922, Vladimir Lenin proclaimed the establishment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, which lasted nearly seven decades before dissolving in December 1991. In 1940, California’s first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway connecting Los Angeles and Pasadena, was officially opened by Gov. Culbert L. Olson. ASSOCIATED PRESS