January 30

January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are
335 days remaining, (336 in leap years).

Events

   * 1595 - William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is performed for the
     first time
   * 1649 - King Charles I of England is beheaded.
   * 1781 - Articles of Confederation ratified by 13th state, Maryland
   * 1790 - The first boat specialized as a lifeboat is tested on the River
     Tyne.
   * 1820 - Edward Bransfield discovers Antarctica
   * 1835 - Unsuccessful assassination attempt against President Andrew
     Jackson in the United States Capitol -- first assasination attempt
     against a President.
   * 1847 - Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco.
   * 1862 - The first American ironclad warship, the USS Monitor is
     launched.
   * 1900 - United Kingdom forces fighting Boers in South Africa ask for
     reinforcements.
   * 1911 - The destroyer USS Terry makes the first airplane rescue at sea
     saving the life of James McCurdy 10 miles from Havana, Cuba.
   * 1913 - House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill
   * 1925 - Government of Turkey throws Patriarch Constantine VI out of
     Istanbul
   * 1933 - Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany by President Paul
     von Hindenburg
   * 1933 - The first of 2,956 episodes of The Lone Ranger airs on the radio
     for the first time.
   * 1944 - United States troops invade Majuro, Marshall Islands
   * 1948 - Indian pacifist and leader Mahatma Gandhi is murdered by a Hindu
     extremist.
   * 1948 - 1948 Winter Olympics open in St. Moritz, Switzerland
   * 1962 - Two of the high-wire "Flying Wallendas" are killed when their
     famous seven-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit,
     Michigan.
   * 1964 - Ranger 6 is launched by NASA. Its mission is it to carry
     television cameras and to crash-land on the moon.
   * 1968 - Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive begin when Viet Kong forces
     launch series of a surprise attacks in South Vietnam.
   * 1969 - The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple
     Records. The impromptu concert was broken up by the police.
   * 1972 - Bloody Sunday: United Kingdom forces kill thirteen Roman
     Catholic civil rights marchers in Northern Ireland.
   * 1972 - Pakistan withdraws from the British Commonwealth
   * 1989 - The American embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan closes.
   * 1994 - Peter Leko becomes the youngest grand master in chess.
   * 1995 - Workers from the National Institutes of Health announce the
     success of clinical trials testing the first preventative treatment for
     sickle cell anaemia.
   * 1996 - Suspected leader of the Irish National Liberation Army Gino
     Gallagher is killed while in line for his unemployment benefit.
   * 2002 - Slobodan Milosevic accuses the United Nations war crimes
     tribunal of an "evil and hostile attack" against him.
   * 2003 - Belgium legally recognizes same-sex marriage

Births

   * 1687 - Johann Balthasar Neumann, master builder (+ 1753)
   * 1781 - Adelbert von Chamisso, poet (+ 1838)
   * 1882 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President of the United States (+
     1945)
   * 1894 - King Boris III of Bulgaria (+ 1943)
   * 1901 - Rudolf Caracciola, driver of racing cars (+ 1959)
   * 1902 - Nikolaus Pevsner, art historian
   * 1912 - Barbara W. Tuchman, historian (+ 1989)
   * 1914 - David Wayne, actor (+ 1995)
   * 1914 - John Ireland, actor (+ 1992)
   * 1920 - Delbert Mann, director
   * 1922 - Dick Martin, comedian
   * 1924 - Lloyd Alexander, writer
   * 1925 - Dorothy Malone, actress
   * 1927 - Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden (+ 1986)
   * 1928 - Hal Prince, stage producer, director
   * 1930 - Gene Hackman, actor
   * 1931 - Allan W. Eckert, historian, naturalist and author
   * 1935 - Richard Brautigan, writer and poet (+ 1984)
   * 1937 - Vanessa Redgrave, actress
   * 1937 - Boris Spassky, chess grand master
   * 1941 - Dick Cheney, politician
   * 1943 - Marty Balin, musician
   * 1945 - Michael Dorris, author (+ 1997)
   * 1947 - Steve Marriott, musician ("The Small Faces") (+ 1991)
   * 1951 - Phil Collins, musician
   * 1972 - Tim Jones, Gonzo Journalist
   * 1974 - Christian Bale, actor

Deaths

   * 1649 - King Charles I of England
   * 1889 - Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria and Baroness Mary Vetsera, at
     Mayerling
   * 1948 - Mohandas Gandhi, Indian politician
   * 1958 - Jean Crotti, Swiss artist
   * 1963 - Francis Poulenc, composer
   * 1980 - Professor Longhair, King of New Orleans music
   * 1982 - Lightning Hopkins, blues musician
   * 1991 - John Bardeen, physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics
     twice
   * 1991 - John McIntire, actor
   * 1994 - Pierre Boulle, author
   * 1999 - Huntz Hall, actor
   * 2001 - Jean-Pierre Aumont, actor
   * 2002 - Daniel Pearl, journalist (one possible date)

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