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January 30 Events in History - January 30 Birthdays - January 30 Deaths
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January 30, 2005 Parliamentary elections in Iraq, the first since 1958 January 30, 2000 NFL Pro Bowl January 30, 2000 Super Bowl XXXIV, Georgia Dome, Atlanta, St. Louis Rams beat Tennessee Titans 23-16 January 30, 2000 Kenya Airways flight 431 crashes near Cote d'Ivoire, killing 170, likely cause was a mechnical problem January 30, 1998 All-Star Florida Marlin catcher Darren Daulton, retires January 30, 1998 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Indianapolis IN on WNAP 93.1 FM January 30, 1998 Paul Simon's "The Capeman," premieres January 30, 1997 Minuteman III launches January 30, 1995 22nd American Music Award: Boyz II Men and Ace of Base win January 30, 1995 Belgium's TV channel 2 in Flanders goes on the air January 30, 1995 Car bomb explodes in Algiers, 42 killed/296 injured January 30, 1995 Kevin Eubanks officially becomes band leader of "Tonight Show" January 30, 1994 68th Australian Women's Tennis Open: S Graf beats A S Vicario (60 62) January 30, 1994 82nd Australian Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Todd Martin (76 64 64) January 30, 1994 Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (35.76) January 30, 1994 Kapil Dev equals Richard Hadlee's world record of 431 Test wkts January 30, 1994 Superbowl XXVIII: Dallas Cowboys beat Buffalo Bills, 30-13 in Atlanta Superbowl MVP: Emmitt Smith, Dallas, RB January 30, 1993 100,000n Europeans demonstrate against fascism and racism January 30, 1993 67th Australian Women's Tennis Open: Monica Seles beat Graf (46 63 62) January 30, 1992 Space Shuttle STS-42 (Discovery 15) lands January 30, 1989 16th American Music Award: Randy Travis and George Michael wins January 30, 1989 5 pharoah sculptures from 1470 BC found at temple of Luxor January 30, 1989 Joel Steinberg found guilty of 1st degree manslaughter of daughter January 30, 1989 Last day of 1st class cricket for Dav Whatmore January 30, 1988 Hansie Cronje gets a pair in 2nd 1st-class game (OFS vs. N Tvl) January 30, 1983 Hilbert van Thumb becomes European skating champ January 30, 1983 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Mazda of Deer Creek Golf Classic January 30, 1983 Superbowl XVII: Washington Red Skins beat Miami Dolphins, 27-17 in Pasadena Superbowl MVP: John Riggins, Washington, RB January 30, 1982 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners January 30, 1981 8th American Music Award: Kenny Rogers wins January 30, 1980 Edward Albee's "Lady from Dubuque," premieres in New York City January 30, 1979 Rhodesia agrees to new constitution January 30, 1978 Addie Joss and Larry MacPhail elected to Baseball Hall of Fame January 30, 1978 Mutual Broadcasting Network begins airing Larry King Show on radio January 30, 1977 8th (final) part of "Roots" is most-watched entertainment show ever January 30, 1977 Allan Border scores 36 in his 1st-class innings (NSW vs. Qld) January 30, 1977 Edward W Stack replaces Paul Kerr president of Hall of Fame January 30, 1976 1st-class debut of Dav Whatmore, in Johannesburg January 30, 1976 George Bush becomes 11th director of CIA (until 1977) January 30, 1976 William E. Colby, ends term as 10th director of CIA January 30, 1974 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. January 30, 1973 1st Kiss concert (Queens New York) January 30, 1973 26th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 5-4 at New York Rangers January 30, 1973 Jury finds Watergate defendants Liddy and McCord guilty on all counts January 30, 1973 KISS plays their 1st show (Coventry Club in Queens New York) January 30, 1972 Bloody Sunday: British soldiers shoot on catholics in Londonderry, 13 die January 30, 1972 Pakistan withdraws from the British Commonwealth January 30, 1971 "Ari" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 19 performances January 30, 1971 Dennis Lillee takes 5-84 in his 1st Test bowl, vs. England January 30, 1971 UCLA starts 88 basketball game win streak January 30, 1969 Beatles perform their last gig together, a free concert January 30, 1969 U.S. / Canada ISIS 1 launched to study ionosphere January 30, 1968 Bobby Goldsboro records his biggest hit, "Honey" January 30, 1968 Vietcong launch Tet-offensive on U.S. embassy in Saigon January 30, 1966 -19 degrees F (-28 degrees C), Corinth, Mississippi (state record) January 30, 1966 -27 degrees F (-33 degrees C), New Market, Alabama (state record) January 30, 1966 Ard Schenk skates world record 1500m (2:05.2) January 30, 1966 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj completes his 11th string quartet January 30, 1965 "The Name Game" by Shirley Ellis hits #3 January 30, 1965 State funeral of Winston Churchill January 30, 1964 Military coup of Gen Nguyen Khanh in South Vietnam January 30, 1964 Ranger 6 launched; makes perfect flight to Moon, but cameras fail January 30, 1962 U.N. General Assembly censures Portugal (because of Angola) January 30, 1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site January 30, 1962 2 members of Flying Wallendas' high-wire act killed when their 7-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit January 30, 1961 Bobby Darin is youngest performer to headline a TV special on NBC January 30, 1961 John F. Kennedy asks for an Alliance for Progress and Peace Corp January 30, 1961 KAET TV channel 8 in Phoenix, Arizona (PBS) begins broadcasting January 30, 1961 Lance Gibbs takes hat-trick (Mackay, Grout, Misson) at Adelaide January 30, 1960 CIA OKs Lockheed to produce a new U-2 aircraft January 30, 1960 Dutch communist trade union EVC'58 disbands January 30, 1960 Riot curtails third days play at Port-Of-Spain WI vs. England January 30, 1960 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss January 30, 1960 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins January 30, 1959 Australia 1-200 1st day 4th Test vs. England, Adelaide Oval January 30, 1959 Paul Hindemith's symphony "Pittsburgh," premieres January 30, 1958 1st 2-way moving sidewalk in service, Dallas Tx January 30, 1958 Baseball announces players and coaches rather than fans pick all stars January 30, 1958 Dore Schary's "Sunrise at Campobello," premieres in New York City January 30, 1958 House of Lords passes bill allowing women in January 30, 1957 U.S. Congress accepts the Eisenhower-doctrine January 30, 1956 Elvis Presley records his version of "Blue Suede Shoes" January 30, 1956 KRMA TV channel 6 in Denver, CO (PBS) begins broadcasting January 30, 1956 KTXS TV channel 12 in Sweetwater-Abilene, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting January 30, 1956 Martin Luther King, Jr's home bombed January 30, 1954 Belgium ends trade agreement with U.S.S.R. January 30, 1954 Italy's Fanfani government resigns January 30, 1952 Paul Creston's 4th Symphony, premieres January 30, 1951 Belgium refuses to allow communists to make speeches on radio January 30, 1950 "Robert Montgomery Presents" dramatic anthology premieres on NBC TV January 30, 1948 5th Winter Olympic games open in St. Moritz, Switzerland January 30, 1946 1st issue of Franklin Roosevelt dime January 30, 1945 "Wilhelm Gustloff" torpedoed off Danzig by Soviet sub-c 7,700 die January 30, 1945 German ship "Wilhelm Gustloff" torpedoed, 4,800 killed January 30, 1944 U.S. invades Majuro, Marshall Islands January 30, 1943 6 British Mosquito's daylight bomb Berlin January 30, 1943 German assault on French in Tunisia January 30, 1943 German under officers shot down in Haarlem Neth January 30, 1943 Hitler promotes Friedrich von Paul to general-fieldmarshal January 30, 1943 Illegal opposition newspaper Loyal begins publishing January 30, 1943 USS Chicago sinks in Pacific Ocean January 30, 1942 Japanese troops land on Ambon January 30, 1941 Australian troops conquer Derna Libya January 30, 1940 Benjamin Britten's "Lesson Illuminations" premieres in London January 30, 1940 Cor Jongert wins 6th Dutch 11 Cities Skating Race January 30, 1940 Hassett's second 122 of the game for Vic can't stop a NSW win January 30, 1939 Heavy aftershocks destroy some of Chile January 30, 1939 Hitler calls for extermination of European Jews January 30, 1937 2nd of Stalin's purge trials; Pyatakov and 16 others sentenced to death January 30, 1936 New owners of Boston Braves ask newspapermen to pick a new nickname January 30, 1936 Victoria need 442 to win against NSW, but lose, all out for 415 They pick "The Bees" it doesn't catch on and is scrapped by 1940 season January 30, 1935 Ezra Pound meets Mussolini, reads from a draft of "Cantos" January 30, 1934 1st theatrical presentation sponsored by U.S. government, New York City January 30, 1934 Bert Ironmonger ends Sheffield Shield career age 51 years 298 days January 30, 1934 Hitler proclamation on German unified states January 30, 1933 "Lone Ranger" begins a 21-year run on ABC radio January 30, 1933 Adolph Hitler named German Chancellor, forms government with Von Papen January 30, 1933 Grimmett takes 7-86 for SA in Qld 2nd inn, 13-135 for match January 30, 1932 Grimmett 7-116 in South Africa 1st innings at Adelaide Oval January 30, 1931 Charlie Chaplin's "City Lights" premieres at Los Angeles Theater January 30, 1930 Vladimir Mayakovsky's "Banya," premieres in Leningrad January 30, 1928 1st radio telephone connection between Netherlands and US January 30, 1928 Bradman scores 134 not out (225 mins, 13 fours) NSW vs. Vic January 30, 1928 Eugene O'Neill's "Strange Interlude," premieres in New York City January 30, 1927 Left wins national election in Thuringen January 30, 1925 Turkish government throws out Constantine VI of Constantinople January 30, 1924 Ponsford scores second 110 of the game in Vic win over NSW January 30, 1922 Ted McDonald takes 8-58 in big Victorian win over NSW January 30, 1922 World Law Day, 1st celebrated January 30, 1921 French rapist-murderer Henri-Desire Landru sentenced to death January 30, 1920 Quebec's Joe Malone sets NHL record of 7 goals in a game January 30, 1919 Reds hire Pat Moran as manager as Christy Mathewson, is still in France with U.S. Army January 30, 1917 1st jazz record recorded (Dark Town Strutters Ball) January 30, 1915 German submarine attack on Le Havre January 30, 1915 No 10 batsman F W Hyett scores century on debut, Vic vs. Tas January 30, 1913 House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill January 30, 1911 1st rescue of an air passenger by a ship, near Havana, Cuba January 30, 1895 C. J. Eady (Tas) 1st Australian to score twin centuries (v Vic) January 30, 1895 SS Elbe sinks after collision in North Sea, 332 killed January 30, 1895 Tasmania beat Victoria for 1st F-C victory in 41 years January 30, 1894 Pneumatic hammer patented by Charles King of Detroit January 30, 1894 U.S. flag fired on in Rio; prompt satisfaction exacted by Adm Benham January 30, 1892 Bobby Abel carries his bat for 132* for England in SCG Test January 30, 1892 Capt Lugard occupies Uganda's King Mwanga's hide out January 30, 1889 John Herschel uses camera obscura to photograph 48" (120cm) telescope January 30, 1889 Victoria beat NSW after following on (NSW all out 63 needed 76) January 30, 1888 Harry Moses 297 not out for NSW against Victoria January 30, 1883 England team presented with ashes of a bail after Sydney Test January 30, 1879 French President MacMahon resigns January 30, 1877 Storm flood ravages Dutch coastal provinces January 30, 1862 U.S. Navy's 1st ironclad warship, the Monitor, launched January 30, 1858 Charles Halle founds Halle Orchestra in Manchester January 30, 1858 William Wells Brown published 1st Black drama, "Leap to Freedom" January 30, 1854 1st election in Washington Territory; 1,682 votes cast January 30, 1853 Emperor Napoleon III marries Eugenie Maria de Montijo y de Guzman January 30, 1847 Yerba Buena renamed San Francisco January 30, 1835 Richard Lawrence misfires at President Andrew Jackson in Washington D.C. January 30, 1820 Edward Bransfield aboard Williams discovers Antarctica (UK claim) January 30, 1818 Keats composes his sonnet, "When I Have Fears" January 30, 1815 Burned Library of Congress reestablished with Jefferson's 6500 vols January 30, 1806 Prussia takes possession of Hanover January 30, 1804 Mungo Park leaves England seeking source of Niger River January 30, 1800 U.S. population: 5,308,483; Black population 1,002,037 (18.9%) January 30, 1798 Rep Matthew Lyon (Vt) spits in face of Rep Roger Griswold (Ct) in U.S. House of Representatives, after an argument January 30, 1797 Congress refuses to accept 1st petitions from American blacks January 30, 1790 Lifeboat 1st tested at sea, by Mr. Greathead, the inventor January 30, 1781 Articles of Confederation ratified by 13th state, Maryland January 30, 1774 Capt Cook reaches 71 degrees 10' S, 1820 km from S pole (record) January 30, 1713 England and Netherlands sign 2nd anti-French boundary treaty January 30, 1667 Treaty of Andrussovo: Russia and Poland sign peace treaty January 30, 1648 Spain and Netherlands sign Peace of Munster, ending Tachtigjarige War January 30, 1647 King Charles I handed over to English parliament January 30, 1647 Scots agree to sell King Charles I to English Parliament for 40 pounds January 30, 1592 Ippolito Aldobrandini elected Pope Clement VIII January 30, 1544 Adrian van Goes becomes land advocate of Holland January 30, 1522 Duke of Albany takes captured French back to Scotland January 30, 1487 Bell chimes invented January 30, 1467 Battle at Velke Kostolany: Hung king Matyas Corvinus beats Bratrici January 30, 1349 Gunther of Schwarzburg chosen German anti-king January 30, 1349 Jews of Freilsburg Germany are massacred January 30, 1077 Pope Gregory VII pardons German emperor Henry IV |