January 30: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

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

Events

• 1648 - The Treaty of Münster is signed, ending the Eighty Years' War between the Netherlands and Spain.
• 1649 - King Charles I of England is beheaded.
• 1661 -Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England is formally executed - after having been dead for two years.
• 1790 - The first boat specialized as a lifeboat is tested on the River Tyne.
• 1820 - Edward Bransfield lands on the Antarctic mainland.
• 1835 - A mentally ill man named Richard Lawrence attempts to assassinate President Andrew Jackson in the United States Capitol -- the first assassination attempt against a President. Both of Lawrence's pistols misfire, and Jackson proceeds to beat his would-be assassin with his cane.
• 1847 - Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco.
• 1862 - The first American ironclad warship, the USS Monitor is launched.
• 1889 - Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, was found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in Mayerling. How they died remains a mystery.
• 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.
• 1911 - The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
• 1913 - House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill.
• 1925 - Government of Turkey throws Patriarch Constantine VI out of Istanbul.
• 1933 - Adolf Hitler is sworn in as Chancellor of Germany.
• 1933 - The first of 2,956 episodes of The Lone Ranger radio series airs on station WXYZ in Detroit, Michigan.
• 1944 - United States troops invade Majuro, Marshall Islands.
• 1945 - The Wilhelm Gustloff sinks in the Baltic Sea in the deadliest maritime disaster in known history, killing roughly 9,000.
• 1948 - Indian pacifist and leader Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated by Nathuram Godse, 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 collapses during a performance in Detroit, Michigan.
• 1964 - Ranger 6 is launched by NASA. Its mission is to carry television cameras and to crash-land on the moon.
• 1968 - Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive begins when Viet Cong forces launch series of a 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: United Kingdom British Paratroopers murder fourteen Roman Catholic civil rights /anti internment marchers in Northern Ireland- Bloody Sunday (1972)
• 1972 - Pakistan withdraws from the British Commonwealth.
• 1975 - First faroese stamp issued
• 1983 - Super Bowl XVII: The Washington Redskins defeat the Miami Dolphins, 27-17, thus winning their first NFL championship since 1942.
• 1989 - The American embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan closes.
• 1994 - Péter Lékó becomes the youngest grand master in chess.
• 1994 - The Dallas Cowboys win their fourth Super Bowl title, 30-13 over the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXVIII.
• 1995 - Workers from the National Institutes of Health announce the success of clinical trials testing the first preventive treatment for sickle-cell disease.
• 1996 - Suspected leader of the Irish National Liberation Army Gino Gallagher is killed while in line for his unemployment benefit.
• 2000 - Off the coast of Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 169.
• 2000 - In a dramatic finish to Super Bowl XXXIV, the St. Louis Rams defeat the Tennessee Titans, 23-16.
• 2002 - Slobodan Milošević accuses the United Nations war crimes tribunal of an "evil and hostile attack" against him.
• 2003 - Belgium legally recognizes same-sex marriage.
• 2005 - Amid violence and threats to boycott the results, Iraq holds an election for its National Assembly, the country's first free election since 1953.

• 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
• 1661 - Charles Rollin, French historian (d. 1741)
• 1687 - Johann Balthasar Neumann, German architect (d. 1753)
• 1697 - Johann Joachim Quantz, German flutist 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)
• 1822 - Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist (d. 1899)
• 1841 - Félix Faure, President of France (d. 1899)
• 1861 - Charles Martin Loeffler, German-born composer (d. 1935)
• 1878 - Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Estonian author (d. 1940)
• 1882 - Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States (d. 1945)
• 1894 - King Boris III of Bulgaria (d. 1943)
• 1899 - Max Theiler, South African virologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (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 - Barbara W. Tuchman, American historian (d. 1989)
• 1914 - John Ireland, Canadian actor (d. 1992)
• 1915 - Joachim Peiper, German military leader (d. 1976)
• 1915 - John Profumo, British cabinet minister
• 1920 - Delbert Mann, American director
• 1922 - Dick Martin, American comedian
• 1924 - Lloyd Alexander, American writer
• 1925 - Douglas Engelbart, American computer scientist
• 1925 - Dorothy Malone, American actress
• 1927 - Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1986)
• 1928 - Hal Prince, American stage producer and director
• 1930 - Samuel J. Byck, American attempted assassin of Richard Nixon
• 1930 - Gene Hackman, American actor
• 1930 - Magnus Malan, South African 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
• 1935 - Richard Brautigan, American writer and poet (d. 1984)
• 1937 - Vanessa Redgrave, English actress
• 1937 - Boris Spassky, Russian chess player
• 1939 - Alejandro Toledo, President of Peru
• 1941 - Gregory Benford, American author and scientist
• 1941 - Dick Cheney, Vice President of the United States
• 1941 - Tineke Lagerberg, Dutch swimmer
• 1943 - Marty Balin, American musician
• 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, British actor
• 1949 - Peter Agre, American biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• 1951 - Phil Collins, English musician
• 1951 - Charles S. Dutton, American actor
• 1955 - Judith Tarr, American author
• 1957 - Payne Stewart, American golfer (d. 1999)
• 1959 - Jody Watley, American singer
• 1962 - Mary Kay Letourneau, American teacher
• 1974 - Christian Bale, Welsh actor
• 1976 - Andy Milonakis, American comedian
• 1980 - Wilmer Valderrama, American actor
• 1981 - Dimitar Berbatov, Bulgarian football player
• 1981 - Peter Crouch, English footballer
• 1990 - Jake Thomas, American actor

• 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)
• 1836 - Betsy Ross, American seamstress (b. 1752)
• 1858 - Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist (b. 1778)
• 1867 - Emperor Komei of Japan (b. 1831)
• 1889 - Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria (b. 1858)
• 1926 - Barbara La Marr, American actress (b. 1896)
• 1928 - Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger, Danish scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1867)
• 1948 - Mohandas Gandhi, Indian politician (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)
• 1962 - Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician (b. 1894)
• 1963 - Francis Poulenc, French composer (b. 1899)
• 1969 - Georges Pire, Belgian monk, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1910)
• 1980 - Professor Longhair, American musician (b. 1918)
• 1982 - Lightnin' Hopkins, American musician (b. 1912)
• 1991 - John Bardeen, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
• 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)
• 1999 - Huntz Hall, American actor (b. 1919)
• 1999 - Ed Herlihy, American writer (b. 1909)
• 2001 - Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor (b. 1911)
• 2005 - Martyn Bennet, Multi-instrumentalist and composer (b. 1971)

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