January 30
January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the
Gregorian calendar. There are 335 days remaining (336 in
leap years).
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1648 -
Eighty Years' War: The
Treaty of Münster signed, ending the conflict between the
Netherlands and
Spain.
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1649 - King
Charles I of England is beheaded.
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1661 -
Oliver Cromwell, Lord
Protector of the
Commonwealth of England is formally executed - after having been dead for two years.
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1790 - The first boat specialized as a
lifeboat is tested on the
River Tyne.
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1820 -
Edward Bransfield lands on the
Antarctic mainland.
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1826 - The
Menai Suspension Bridge connecting the
Isle of Anglesey to the north West coast of
Wales was opened. The bridge was not the first suspension bridge, but was so much larger than anything previously built that it is considered the world's first modern suspension bridge.
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1835 - A mentally ill man named
Richard Lawrence attempts to
assassinate President Andrew Jackson in the
United States Capitol -- the first assassination attempt against a President. Both of Lawrence's pistols misfire, and Jackson proceeds to beat his would-be assassin with his cane.
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1841 - A fire destroys two-thirds of the then villa (now city) of
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
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1847 - Yerba Buena,
California is renamed
San Francisco.
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1862 - The first
American ironclad warship, the
USS Monitor is launched.
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1889 -
Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the
Austro-Hungarian crown, was found dead with his mistress
Baroness Mary Vetsera in
Mayerling. How they died remains a mystery.
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1900 -
United Kingdom forces fighting
Boers in
South Africa ask for reinforcements.
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1911 - The destroyer
USS Terry makes the first
airplane rescue at sea saving the life of
James McCurdy 10 miles from
Havana,
Cuba.
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1911 - The Canadian Naval Service becomes the
Royal Canadian Navy.
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1913 -
House of Lords rejects
Irish Home Rule Bill.
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1925 - Government of
Turkey throws
Patriarch Constantine VI out of
Istanbul.
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1933 -
Adolf Hitler is sworn in as
Chancellor of Germany.
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1943 - Second day of the
Battle of Rennell Island. U.S. cruiser
Chicago is sunk and a U.S. destroyer is heavily damaged by Japanese torpedo bombers.
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1944 -
United States troops invade
Majuro, Marshall Islands.
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1945 - The
Wilhelm Gustloff, overfilled with refugees, sinks in the
Baltic Sea after being torpedoed by a Soviet submarine, leading to the deadliest maritime disaster in known history, killing roughly 9,000 people.
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1948 -
Indian pacifist and leader
Mohandas Gandhi is assassinated by
Nathuram Godse, a
Hindu extremist.
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1962 - Two of the high-wire
Flying Wallendas are killed when their famous seven-person pyramid collapses during a performance in
Detroit, Michigan.
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1964 -
Ranger program:
Ranger 6 launched.
* 1968 -
Vietnam War: The
Tet Offensive begins when
Viet Cong forces launch series of a surprise attacks in
South Vietnam.
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1969 -
The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of
Apple Records in
London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police.
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1972 -
Bloody Sunday:
United Kingdom British Paratroopers kill fourteen
Roman Catholic civil rights /anti internment marchers in
Northern Ireland-
Bloody Sunday (1972)* 1972 -
Pakistan withdraws from the
Commonwealth of Nations.
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1975 - First
faroese stamp issued.
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1979 -
Varig 707-323C freighter, flewn by the same commander of
Flight 820, disappears over the ocean 30 minutes after taking off from
Tokyo.
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1989 - The American
embassy in
Kabul,
Afghanistan closes.
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1994 -
Péter Lékó becomes the youngest grand master in
chess.
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1995 - Workers from the
National Institutes of Health announce the success of clinical trials testing the first preventive treatment for
sickle-cell disease.
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1996 - Suspected leader of the
Irish National Liberation Army Gino Gallagher is killed while in line for his unemployment benefit.
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1996 - NBA superstar
Magic Johnson plays the first game of his return to the Los Angeles Lakers. Magic retired in 1991 after contracting
HIV.
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2000 - Off the coast of
Côte d'Ivoire,
Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes into the
Atlantic Ocean, killing 169.
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2003 -
Belgium legally recognizes
same-sex marriage.
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2005 - A
Royal Air Force C-130 Hercules is shot down over
Iraq*
133 -
Marcus Severus Didius Julianus,
Roman Emperor (d.
193)
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1505 -
Thomas Tallis, English composer (d.
1585)
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1563 -
Franciscus Gomarus, Dutch theologian (d.
1641)
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1615 -
Thomas Rolfe, American colonial settler
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1661 -
Charles Rollin, French historian (d.
1741)
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1687 -
Johann Balthasar Neumann, German architect (d.
1753)
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1697 -
Johann Joachim Quantz, German flautist and composer (d.
1773)
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1720 -
Charles De Geer, Swedish industrialist and entomologist (d.
1778)
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1754 -
John Lansing, Jr., American statesman (d.
1829)
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1781 -
Adelbert von Chamisso, German writer (d.
1838)
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1822 -
Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist (d.
1899)
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1841 -
Félix Faure, 6th
President of the
French Third Republic (d.
1899)
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1859 -
Tony Mullane,
Major League Baseball player (d.
1944)
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1861 -
Charles Martin Loeffler, German-born composer (d.
1935)
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1878 -
Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Estonian author (d.
1940)
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1882 -
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd.
President of the United States (d.
1945)
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1889 -
Jaishankar Prasad, Hindi poet, dramatist and novelist (d.
1937)
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1894 - King
Boris III of Bulgaria (d.
1943)
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1899 -
Max Theiler, South African virologist,
Nobel Prize Laureate (d.
1972)
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1901 -
Rudolf Caracciola, German race car driver (d.
1959)
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1902 -
Nikolaus Pevsner, German-born art historian (d.
1983)
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1910 -
C Subramaniam, Indian politician (d.
2000)
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1911 -
Roy Eldridge, American musician (d.
1989)
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1912 -
Barbara W. Tuchman, American historian (d.
1989)
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1914 -
John Ireland, Canadian actor (d.
1992)
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1915 -
Joachim Peiper, German military leader (d.
1976)
* 1915 -
John Profumo, British cabinet minister (d.
2006)
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1920 -
Delbert Mann, American director
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1922 -
Dick Martin, American comedian
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1924 -
Lloyd Alexander, American writer
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1925 -
Douglas Engelbart, American computer scientist
* 1925 -
Dorothy Malone, American actress
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1927 -
Olof Palme,
Prime Minister of Sweden (d.
1986)
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1928 -
Hal Prince, American stage producer and director
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1930 -
Samuel J. Byck, American attempted assassin of
Richard Nixon (d.
1974*
1936 -
Patrick Caulfield, British painter and printmaker (d.
2005)
* 1930 -
Gene Hackman, American actor
* 1930 -
Magnus Malan, South African politician
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1931 -
Allan W. Eckert, American historian, naturalist, and author
* 1931 -
Shirley Hazzard, Australian-born author
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1932 -
Knock Yokoyama, Japanese comedian and politician
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1933 -
Louis Rukeyser, American journalist
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1935 -
Richard Brautigan, American writer and poet (d.
1984)
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1937 -
Vanessa Redgrave, English actress
* 1937 -
Boris Spassky, Russian chess player
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1941 -
Gregory Benford, American author and scientist
* 1941 -
Dick Cheney, 46th
Vice President of the United States* 1941 -
Tineke Lagerberg, Dutch swimmer
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1943 -
Marty Balin, American musician
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1945 -
Michael Dorris, American author (d.
1997)
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1947 -
Les Barker, English poet
* 1947 -
Steve Marriott, English musician (
The Small Faces) (d.
1991)
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1948 -
Nick Broomfield, British actor
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1949 -
Peter Agre, American biologist,
Nobel Prize Laureate*
1951 -
Phil Collins, English musician
* 1951 -
Charles S. Dutton, American actor
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1955 -
Judith Tarr, American author
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1957 -
Payne Stewart, American golfer (d.
1999)
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1959 -
Jody Watley, American singer
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1962 - King
Abdullah II of Jordan* 1962 -
Mary Kay Letourneau, Infamous
statutory rapist*
1965 -
Julie McCullough, American
Playboy model and actress
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1968 -
Prince Felipe of Spain*
1971 -
Kimo von Oelhoffen, American football player
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1972 -
Lupillo Rivera, Mexican
banda singer.
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1974 -
Jemima Khan, British socialite
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1974 -
Christian Bale, British actor
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1975 -
Yumi Yoshimura, Japanese singer
Puffy Amiyumi*1975 -
Juninho Pernambucano, Brazilian footballer
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1976 -
Andy Milonakis, American comedian
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1978 -
John Patterson, Baseball player
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1980 -
Wilmer Valderrama, American actor
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1981 -
Dimitar Berbatov, Bulgarian footballer
* 1981 -
Peter Crouch, English footballer
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1987 -
Rebecca Knox, Irish professional wrestler
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1030 -
William V, Duke of Aquitaine (b.
969)
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1181 -
Emperor Takakura of Japan (b.
1161)
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1384 -
Louis II of Flanders (b.
1330)
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1574 -
Damião de Góis, Portuguese philosopher (b.
1502)
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1606 -
Everard Digby, English conspirator (b.
1578)
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1649 - King
Charles I of England (executed) (b.
1600)
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1836 -
Betsy Ross, American seamstress (b.
1752)
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1858 -
Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist (b.
1778)
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1867 -
Emperor Komei of Japan (b.
1831)
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1869 -
William Carleton, Irish novelist (b.
1794)
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1889 -
Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria (b.
1858)
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1926 -
Barbara La Marr, American actress (b.
1896)
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1928 -
Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger, Danish scientist,
Nobel Prize Laureate (b.
1867)
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1948 -
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, Indian politician (b.
1869)
* 1948 -
Orville Wright, American aviation pioneer (b.
1871)
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1951 -
Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian automotive engineer (b.
1875)
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1958 -
Jean Crotti, Swiss artist (b.
1878)
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1962 -
Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician (b.
1894)
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1963 -
Francis Poulenc, French composer (b.
1899)
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1969 -
Georges Pire, Belgian monk,
Nobel Prize Laureate (b.
1910)
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1980 -
Professor Longhair, American musician (b.
1918)
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1982 -
Lightnin' Hopkins, American musician (b.
1912)
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1991 -
John Bardeen, American physicist,
Nobel Prize Laureate (b.
1908)
* 1991 -
John McIntire, American actor (b.
1907)
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1994 -
Pierre Boulle, French author (b.
1912)
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1995 -
Gerald Durrell, British naturalist, zookeeper, author, and television presenter (b.
1925)
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1999 -
Huntz Hall, American actor (b.
1919)
* 1999 -
Ed Herlihy, American writer (b.
1909)
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2001 -
Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor (b.
1911)
* 2001 -
Joseph Ransohoff, The father of modern
neurosurgery (b.
1915)
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2005 -
Martyn Bennet, Canadian musician (b.
1971)
* 2005 -
Wes Wehmiller, American musician (b.
1971)
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2006 -
Coretta Scott King, American activist and wife of
Martin Luther King, Jr. (b.
1927)
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Martyr Day, India -
IndiaLiturgical feasts
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St. Mutien-Marie Wiaux (+1917)
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St. Hippolytus*
St. Hyacinth*
St. Aldegonde*
St. Martina*
St. Savina, martyred under Emperor
Diocletian*
King Charles the Martyr (
Anglicanism)
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