Today January 30th in history click read more below to view detail events, deaths, births, Holidays and observances, and video clips in hisotry. Please comments, last database updated: Jan 17th, 2009
Events
1648 – Eighty Years War: The Treaty of Münster and Osnabrück 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 MonitorTemplate:WP Ships USS instances 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)Template:WP Ships USS instances 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)Template:WP Ships USS instances 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, 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.
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)
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 comedian
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 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 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
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 (The Small Faces) (d. 1991)
1948 – Nick Broomfield, English film- and documentary-maker
1948 – 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 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
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
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
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, Fantômas, Secret Chiefs 3)
1968 – Prince Felipe of Spain
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 – Joãozinho, Brazilian footballer
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
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 – Heather Baker, American socialite
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
2005 – 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 Komei 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
St. Mutien-Marie Wiaux (+1917)
St. Hippolytus
St. Hyacintha Mariscotti
St. Aldegonde
St. Bathild
St. Martina, Virgin and Martyr, c. 226 AD
St. Savina, martyred under Emperor Diocletian
St. Anthony the Great s feast in the Coptic Church
King Charles the Martyr (Anglicanism)
Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Church: Feast of the Three Holy Hierarchs
This Feast honors the three great Fathers of the Eastern Church –St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory the Theologian, and St. John Chrysostom
