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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 ).
Events
1648 - Eighty Years' War : The Treaty of Münster 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 after having been dead for two years.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 .1841 - A fire destroys two-thirds of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico .1847 - Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco .1858 - The first Hallé concert is given in Manchester , England , marking the official founding of the Hallé 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 first 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 . TheUSS Chicago (CA-29) is sunk and a U.S. destroyer is heavily damaged by Japanese torpedoes .1943 - Holocaust in Letychiv , Ukraine : The Nazi Gestapo commences mass shootings of Jews from Letychiv Ghetto . 200 surviving Jews from Letychiv slave labor camp are ordered to undress and are shot with a machine-gun into a ravine. Some 7,000 Jews were murdered in Letychiv.
1944 - World War II : United States troops land on Majuro .1945 - The Wilhelm Gustloff 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.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.1962 - Two of the high-wire Flying Wallendas are killed when their seven-person pyramid collapses during a performance in Detroit, Michigan .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.1972 - Bloody Sunday : British Paratroopers kill fourteen civil rights/anti internment marchers in Northern Ireland .1972 - Pakistan withdraws from the Commonwealth of Nations .
1976 - George H. W. Bush becomes the 11th director of the CIA .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 - Péter Lékó 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 169.2003 - Belgium legally recognizes same-sex marriage .
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 - Félix 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 , by assassination )1915 - John Profumo , British cabinet minister (d. 2006 )
1917 - Paul Frère , 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 - Delbert Mann , American film director
1922 - Dick Martin , American comedian1924 - Lloyd Alexander , American writer (d. 2007 )1925 - Douglas Engelbart , American computer scientist1925 - Dorothy Malone , American actress
1927 - Olof Palme , Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1986 )1928 - Hal Prince , American stage producer and director1929 - Lucille Teasdale-Corti , Canadian surgeon and international aid worker (d. 1996 )1930 - Sandy Amorós , 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 politician1931 - Allan W. Eckert , American historian, naturalist, and author
1931 - Shirley Hazzard , Australian-born author
1932 - Knock Yokoyama , Japanese comedian and politician1933 - Louis Rukeyser , American journalist (d. 2006 )1935 - Richard Brautigan , American writer and poet (d. 1984 )1936 - F. Vernon Boozer , American politician1936 - 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
1938 - Islom Karimov , President of Uzbekistan 1941 - Gregory Benford , American author and scientist1941 - Dick Cheney , 46th Vice President of the United States
1941 - Tineke Lagerberg , Dutch swimmer
1942 - Marty Balin , American musician1943 - Davey Johnson , American baseball player and manager1945 - Michael Dorris , American author (d. 1997 )1947 - Les Barker , English poet1947 - Steve Marriott , English musician (The Small Faces ) (d. 1991 )
1948 - Nick Broomfield , English film- and documentary-maker1948 - Paul Magee , Provisional Irish Republican Army member
1949 - Peter Agre , American biologist, Nobel laureate 1950 - Trinidad Silva , American actor (d. 1988 )1951 - Phil Collins , English musician1951 - Charles S. Dutton , American actor
1951 - Bobby Stokes , English former footballer (d. 1995 )
1952 - Doug Falconer , Canadian football player1955 - Curtis Strange , American golfer1955 - Judith Tarr , American author
1956 - Jeremy Gittins , English actor1956 - Keiichi Tsuchiya , Japanese racing driver
1957 - Payne Stewart , American golfer (d. 1999 )1958 - Brett Butler , American actress and comedian1959 - Mark Eitzel , American singer and musician (American Music Club )1959 - Jody Watley , American singer
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
1965 - Julie McCullough , American model and actress1966 - Danielle Goyette , Quebec female ice hockey player1967 - Jay Gordon , American musician1968 - Trevor Dunn , American musician (Mr. Bungle , Fantômas , Secret Chiefs 3 )1968 - Prince Felipe of Spain
1969 - Carolyn Kepcher , American businesswoman and reality TV show star1971 - Darren Boyd , British actor1971 - Kimo von Oelhoffen , American football player
1972 - Lupillo Rivera , Mexican singer1972 - Chris Simon , Canadian ice hockey player
1973 - Jalen Rose , American basketball player1974 - Christian Bale , Welsh actor1974 - Olivia Colman , English actress
1974 - Jemima Khan , English socialite
1975 - Juninho Pernambucano , Brazilian footballer1975 - Yumi Yoshimura , Japanese singer (Puffy Amiyumi )
1976 - Andy Milonakis , American comedian1977 - Deltha O'Neal , American football player1978 - John Patterson , American baseball player1980 - Leilani Dowding , British glamour model1980 - Wilmer Valderrama , American actor1980 - Pavel Ponomaryov , Russian-Estonian actor
1980 - Joãozinho , Brazilian footballer
1981 - Dimitar Berbatov , Bulgarian footballer1981 - Peter Crouch , English footballer
1981 - Josh Kelley , American musician
1981 - Mathias Lauda , Austrian racing driver
1982 - Jorge Cantu , Mexican baseball player1984 - Jeremy Hermida , American baseball player1985 - Aaadietya Pandey , Indian astrologer1985 - Trae Williams , American football player
1986 - Sam Duckworth , British singer-songwriter1986 - Nick Evans , American baseball player
1987 - Rebecca Knox , Irish professional wrestler1988 - Rob Pinkston , American actor1989 - Khleo Thomas , American actor and rapper1990 - Jake Thomas , American actor1990 - Eiza Gonzalez , Mexican actress/singer
1991 - Matthew Werkmeister , Australian actor2005 - Prince Hashem bin Al Abdullah II , of Jordan
Deaths
1030 - William V, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 969 )1181 - Emperor Takakura of Japan (b. 1161 )1384 - Louis II of Flanders (b. 1330 )1574 - Damião de Góis , 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 )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 )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 )
Holidays and observances
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