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January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 335 days remaining until the end of the year (336 in leap years).
[edit] Events
- 1648 Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Mόnster and Osnabrόck is signed, ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain.
- 1649 King Charles I of England is beheaded.
- 1661 Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England is ritually executed two years after his death, on the anniversary of the execution of the monarch he himself deposed.
- 1790 The first boat specializing as a lifeboat is tested on the River Tyne.
- 1806 The original Lower Trenton Bridge (also called the Trenton Makes the World Takes Bridge), which spans the Delaware River between Morrisville, Pennsylvania and Trenton, New Jersey, is opened.
- 1820 Edward Bransfield sights the Trinity Peninsula and claims the discovery of Antarctica.
- 1826 The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world's first modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the north West coast of Wales, is opened.
- 1835 In the first assassination attempt against a President of the United States, Richard Lawrence attempts to shoot president Andrew Jackson, but fails and is subdued by a crowd, including several congressmen.
- 1841 A fire destroys two-thirds of Mayagόez, Puerto Rico.
- 1847 Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco.
- 1858 The first Hallι concert is given in Manchester, England, marking the official founding of the Hallι Orchestra as a full-time, professional orchestra.
- 1862 The first American ironclad warship, the USS Monitor is launched.
- 1889 Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in Mayerling.
- 1911 The destroyer USS Terry (DD-25) makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of James McCurdy 10 miles from Havana, Cuba.
- 1911 The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
- 1913 The United Kingdom's House of Lords rejects the Irish Home Rule Bill.
- 1925 The Government of Turkey throws Patriarch Constantine VI out of Istanbul.
- 1930 The world's second radiosonde is launched in Pavlovsk, USSR.
- 1933 Adolf Hitler is sworn in as Chancellor of Germany.
- 1943 World War II: Second day of the Battle of Rennell Island. The USS Chicago (CA-29) is sunk and a U.S. destroyer is heavily damaged by Japanese torpedoes.
- 1944 World War II: United States troops land on Majuro.
- 1945 World War II: The Wilhelm Gustloff, overfilled with refugees, sinks in the Baltic Sea after being torpedoed by a Soviet submarine, leading to the deadliest known maritime disaster, killing approximately 9,000 people.
- 1945 World War II: Raid at Cabanatuan: 126 American Rangers and Filipino resistance liberate 500 prisoners from the Cabanatuan POW camp.
- 1945 World War II: Hitler gives his last ever public address, a radio address on the 12th anniversary of his coming to power. (A subsequent address on February 24 was not read by Hitler.)
- 1948 Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is assassinated by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist.
- 1956 American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.'s home is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
- 1960 The African National Party is founded in Chad, through the merger of traditionalist parties.
- 1964 Ranger program: Ranger 6 is launched.
- 1968 Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive begins when Viet Cong forces launch a series of surprise attacks in South Vietnam.
- 1969 The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police.
- 1971 Carole King's Tapestry album is released, it would become the longest charting album by a female solo artist and sell 24 million copies worldwide.
- 1972 Bloody Sunday: British Paratroopers kill fourteen unarmed civil rights/anti internment marchers in Northern Ireland.
- 1972 Pakistan withdraws from the Commonwealth of Nations.
- 1979 Varig 707-323C freighter, flown by the same commander as Flight 820, disappears over the Pacific Ocean 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo.
- 1982 Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner".
- 1989 The American embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan closes.
- 1994 Pιter Lιkσ becomes the youngest chess grand master.
- 1995 Workers from the National Institutes of Health announce the success of clinical trials testing the first preventive treatment for sickle-cell disease.
- 1996 Gino Gallagher, the suspected leader of the Irish National Liberation Army, is killed while waiting in line for his unemployment benefit.
- 1996 Comet Hyakutake is discovered by Japanese amateur astronomer Yuji Hyakutake.
- 2000 Off the coast of Ivory Coast, Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 169.
[edit] Births
- 133 Marcus Severus Didius Julianus, Roman Emperor (d. 193)
- 1505 Thomas Tallis, English composer (d. 1585)
- 1563 Franciscus Gomarus, Dutch theologian (d. 1641)
- 1615 Thomas Rolfe, American colonial settler and only child of Pocahontas and John Rolfe (d. 1675)
- 1661 Charles Rollin, French historian (d. 1741)
- 1687 Johann Balthasar Neumann, German architect (d. 1753)
- 1697 Johann Joachim Quantz, German flautist and composer (d. 1773)
- 1720 Charles De Geer, Swedish industrialist and entomologist (d. 1778)
- 1754 John Lansing, Jr., American statesman (d. 1829)
- 1781 Adelbert von Chamisso, German writer (d. 1838)
- 1816 Nathaniel Prentice Banks, 24th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1894)
- 1822 Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist (d. 1899)
- 1832 Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier (d. 1897)
- 1841 Fιlix Faure, 6th President of the French Third Republic (d. 1899)
- 1859 Tony Mullane, Irish-born American baseball player (d. 1944)
- 1861 Charles Martin Loeffler, German-born composer (d. 1935)
- 1873 Georges Ricard-Cordingley, painter (d. 1939)
- 1878 Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Estonian author (d. 1940)
- 1882 Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States (d. 1945)
- 1889 Jaishankar Prasad, Hindi poet, dramatist and novelist (d. 1937)
- 1894 Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria (d. 1943)
- 1899 Max Theiler, South African virologist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1972)
- 1901 Rudolf Caracciola, German race car driver (d. 1959)
- 1902 Nikolaus Pevsner, German-born art historian (d. 1983)
- 1910 C Subramaniam, Indian politician (d. 2000)
- 1911 Roy Eldridge, American musician (d. 1989)
- 1912 Werner Hartmann, German physicist (d. 1988)
- 1912 Francis Schaeffer, American Evangelical theologian and pastor (d. 1984)
- 1912 Barbara W. Tuchman, American historian (d. 1989)
- 1913 Percy Thrower, British Television Gardener (d. 1988)
- 1914 John Ireland, Canadian actor (d. 1992)
- 1914 David Wayne, American actor (d. 1995)
- 1915 Joachim Peiper, German SS officer (d. 1976)
- 1915 John Profumo, British cabinet minister (d. 2006)
- 1917 Paul Frθre, Belgian racing driver and motorsport journalist (d. 2008)
- 1918 David Opatoshu, American television actor (d. 1996)
- 1919 Nikolay Glazkov, Russian poet (d. 1979)
- 1920 Carwood Lipton, American WWII veteran (d. 2001)
- 1920 Michael Anderson, English film director
- 1920 Delbert Mann, American film director (d. 2007)
- 1922 Dick Martin, American comedian (d. 2008)
- 1924 Lloyd Alexander, American writer (d. 2007)
- 1925 Douglas Engelbart, American computer scientist
- 1925 Dorothy Malone, American actress
- 1927 Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1986)
- 1927 Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana, Indian dermatologist (d. 2005)
- 1928 Hal Prince, American stage producer and director
- 1929 Lucille Teasdale-Corti, Canadian surgeon and international aid worker (d. 1996)
- 1930 Sandy Amorσs, Cuban baseball player (d. 1992)
- 1930 Samuel J. Byck, American attempted assassin of Richard Nixon (d. 1974)
- 1930 Gene Hackman, American actor
- 1930 Magnus Malan, South African politician
- 1931 John Crosbie, Canadian politician
- 1931 Allan W. Eckert, American historian, naturalist, and author
- 1931 Shirley Hazzard, Australian-born author
- 1932 Knock Yokoyama, Japanese comedian and politician
- 1933 Louis Rukeyser, American journalist (d. 2006)
- 1935 Richard Brautigan, American writer and poet (d. 1984)
- 1936 F. Vernon Boozer, American politician
- 1936 Patrick Caulfield, British painter and printmaker (d. 2005)
- 1936 Horst Jankowski, German popular pianist (d. 1998)
- 1937 Ed Hansen, American film director and editor (d. 2005)
- 1937 Vanessa Redgrave, English actress
- 1937 Boris Spassky, Russian chess player and 10th world chess champion (1969-1972)
- 1938 Islom Karimov, President of Uzbekistan
- 1941 Gregory Benford, American author and scientist
- 1941 Dick Cheney, 46th Vice President of the United States
- 1941 Tineke Lagerberg, Dutch swimmer
- 1942 Marty Balin, American musician
- 1943 Davey Johnson, American baseball player and manager
- 1945 Michael Dorris, American author (d. 1997)
- 1947 Les Barker, English poet
- 1947 Steve Marriott, English musician (Humble Pie, The Small Faces) (d. 1991)
- 1948 Nick Broomfield, English film- and documentary-maker
- 1948 Paul Magee, Provisional Irish Republican Army member
- 1948 Miles Reid, English mathematician
- 1949 Peter Agre, American biologist, Nobel laureate
- 1950 Trinidad Silva, American actor (d. 1988)
- 1951 Phil Collins, English musician
- 1951 Charles S. Dutton, American actor
- 1951 Bobby Stokes, English former footballer (d. 1995)
- 1952 Doug Falconer, Canadian football player
- 1955 Curtis Strange, American golfer
- 1955 John Baldacci, American politician, governor of Maine
- 1955 Judith Tarr, American author
- 1955 Mychal Thompson, Bahamian basketball player
- 1956 Jeremy Gittins, English actor
- 1956 Keiichi Tsuchiya, Japanese racing driver
- 1957 Payne Stewart, American golfer (d. 1999)
- 1958 Brett Butler, American actress and comedian
- 1959 Mark Eitzel, American singer and musician (American Music Club)
- 1959 Jody Watley, American singer
- 1960 Lily Potter, (fictional character) Mother of Harry J. Potter and Member of The Order of the Phoenix
- 1961 Dexter Scott King, American actor and son of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King
- 1962 King Abdullah II of Jordan
- 1962 Mary Kay Letourneau, American convicted statutory rapist
- 1963 Tina Malone, English actress
- 1964 Otis Smith, American basketball player
- 1965 Julie McCullough, American model and actress
- 1966 Danielle Goyette, Quebec female ice hockey player
- 1967 Jay Gordon, American musician
- 1968 Trevor Dunn, American musician (Mr. Bungle, Fantτmas, Secret Chiefs 3)
- 1968 Prince Felipe of Spain
- 1968 Tony Maudsley, British film actor
- 1969 Carolyn Kepcher, American businesswoman and reality TV show star
- 1971 Darren Boyd, British actor
- 1971 Kimo von Oelhoffen, American football player
- 1972 Lupillo Rivera, Mexican singer
- 1972 Chris Simon, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1973 Jalen Rose, American basketball player
- 1974 Christian Bale, Welsh actor
- 1974 Olivia Colman, English actress
- 1974 Jemima Khan, English socialite
- 1975 Juninho Pernambucano, Brazilian footballer
- 1975 Yumi Yoshimura, Japanese singer (Puffy Amiyumi)
- 1976 Andy Milonakis, American comedian
- 1977 Dan Hinote, American ice hockey player
- 1977 Deltha O'Neal, American football player
- 1978 John Patterson, American baseball player
- 1980 Leilani Dowding, British glamour model
- 1980 Wilmer Valderrama, American actor
- 1980 Pavel Ponomaryov, Russian-Estonian actor
- 1980 Joγozinho, Brazilian footballer
- 1981 Jonathan Bender, American basketball player
- 1981 Dimitar Berbatov, Bulgarian footballer
- 1981 Peter Crouch, English footballer
- 1981 Josh Kelley, American musician
- 1981 Mathias Lauda, Austrian racing driver
- 1982 Jorge Cantu, Mexican baseball player
- 1984 Jeremy Hermida, American baseball player
- 1984 Kid Cudi, American hip hop performer, Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi
- 1985 Aaadietya Pandey, Indian astrologer
- 1985 Trae Williams, American football player
- 1986 Sam Duckworth, British singer-songwriter
- 1986 Nick Evans, American baseball player
- 1987 Rebecca Knox, Irish professional wrestler
- 1987 Arda Turan, Turkish footballer
- 1988 Rob Pinkston, American actor
- 1989 Khleo Thomas, American actor and rapper
- 1990 Jake Thomas, American actor
- 1990 Luca Sbisa, Swiss ice hockey player
- 1990 Eiza Gonzalez, Mexican actress/singer
- 1993 Christina Kirkman, American actress
- 2005 Prince Hashem bin Al Abdullah II, of Jordan
[edit] Deaths
- 1030 William V, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 969)
- 1181 Emperor Takakura of Japan (b. 1161)
- 1384 Louis II of Flanders (b. 1330)
- 1574 Damiγo de Gσis, Portuguese philosopher (b. 1502)
- 1606 Everard Digby, English conspirator (b. 1578)
- 1649 King Charles I of England (executed) (b. 1600)
- 1730 Tsar Peter II of Russia (b. 1715)
- 1836 Betsy Ross, American seamstress (b. 1752)
- 1849 Jonathan Alder, American settler (b. 1773)
- 1858 Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist (b. 1778)
- 1867 Emperor Kōmei of Japan (b. 1831)
- 1869 William Carleton, Irish novelist (b. 1794)
- 1889 Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria (b. 1858)
- 1926 Barbara La Marr, American actress (b. 1896)
- 1928 Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger, Danish scientist, Nobel laureate (b. 1867)
- 1929 La Goulue, French Cancan dancer (b. 1866)
- 1934 Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher (b. 1862)
- 1948 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, Indian freedom fighter (b. 1869)
- 1948 Orville Wright, American aviation pioneer (b. 1871)
- 1951 Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian automotive engineer (b. 1875)
- 1958 Jean Crotti, Swiss artist (b. 1878)
- 1958 Ernst Heinkel, German aviation engineer (b. 1888)
- 1962 Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician (b. 1894)
- 1963 Francis Poulenc, French composer (b. 1899)
- 1969 Georges Pire, Belgian monk, Nobel laureate (b. 1910)
- 1980 Professor Longhair, American musician (b. 1918)
- 1982 Lightnin' Hopkins, American musician (b. 1912)
- 1984 Patrick Lee McCall, South African bank robber, member of Stander gang (b. 1950)
- 1989 Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cαdiz, "Legitimist" pretender to the French throne (b. 1936)
- 1991 John Bardeen, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1908)
- 1991 Clifton C. Edom, American photojournalism educator (b. 1907)
- 1991 John McIntire, American actor (b. 1907)
- 1994 Pierre Boulle, French author (b. 1912)
- 1995 Gerald Durrell, British naturalist, zookeeper, author, and television presenter (b. 1925)
- 1998 Richard Cassilly, American tenor (b. 1927)
- 1999 Huntz Hall, American actor (b. 1919)
- 1999 Ed Herlihy, American broadcaster (b. 1909)
- 2001 Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor (b. 1911)
- 2001 Johnnie Johnson, British fighter pilot (b. 1915)
- 2001 Joseph Ransohoff, the father of modern neurosurgery (b. 1915)
- 2005 Martyn Bennet, Canadian musician (b. 1971)
- 2005 Wes Wehmiller, American musician (b. 1971)
- 2006 Coretta Scott King, American activist and wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. 1927)
- 2007 Nikos Kourkoulos, Greek actor and artistic director (b. 1934)
- 2007 Sidney Sheldon, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1917)
- 2008 Jeremy Beadle, British television host, (b. 1948)
- 2008 Roland Selmeczi, Hungarian actor (b. 1969)
- 2008 Marcial Maciel, Mexican religious leader (b. 1920)
- 2009 Ingemar Johansson, Swedish heavyweight professional boxing champion of the world (b. 1932)
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