On this day in History - Jan. 30

• 0133 - Marcus Severus Didius Julianus was born (d. 0193). Roman Emperor
• 1030 - William V, Duke of Aquitaine dies (b. 0969).
• 1181 - Emperor Takakura of Japan dies (b. 1161).
• 1384 - Louis II of Flanders dies (b. 1330).
• 1505 - Thomas Tallis was born (d. 1585). English composer.
• 1563 - Franciscus Gomarus was born (d. 1641). Dutch theologian.
• 1574 - Damião de Góis dies (b. 1502). Portuguese philosopher.
• 1580 - Maria de Aragão dies (b. 1482). Second wife of King of Portugal D. Manuel I
• 1606 - Everard Digby dies (b. 1578). English conspirator.
• 1615 - Thomas Rolfe was born. American colonial settler
• 1648 - The Treaty of Münster is signed, ending the Eighty Years' War between the Netherlands and Spain.
• 1649 - King Charles I of England dies beheaded (b. 1600) .
• 1661 - Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England is formally executed - after having been dead for two years.
• 1661 - Charles Rollin was born (d. 1741). French historian.
• 1687 - Johann Balthasar Neumann was born (d. 1753). German architect.
• 1697 - Johann Joachim Quantz was born (d. 1773). German flutist and composer.
• 1720 - Charles De Geer was born (d. 1778). Swedish industrialist and entomologist
• 1726 - Se funda la ciudad de Montevideo por el general español Bruno Mauricio de Zabala.
• 1754 - John Lansing, Jr. was born (d. 1829). American statesman.
• 1781 - Articles of Confederation ratified by 13th state, Maryland.
• 1781 - Adelbert von Chamisso was born (d. 1838). German poet.
• 1790 - The first boat specialized as a lifeboat is tested on the River Tyne.
• 1820 - Edward Bransfield discovers Antarctica.
• 1822 - Franz Ritter von Hauer was born (d. 1899). Austrian geologist.
• 1835 - Unsuccessful assassination attempt against President Andrew Jackson in the United States Capitol -first assassination attempt against a President.
• 1836 - Betsy Ross dies (b. 1752). American seamstress.
• 1841 - Félix Faure was born (d. 1899). President of France.
• 1847 - Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco.
• 1858 - Coenraad Jacob Temminck dies (b. 1778). Dutch zoologist.
• 1861 - Charles Martin Loeffler was born (d. 1935). American composer .
• 1862 - The first American ironclad warship, the USS Monitor is launched.
• 1867 - Emperor Komei of Japan dies (b. 1831).
• 1869 - William Carleton dies (b. 1794). Irish novelist.
• 1878 - Anton Hansen Tammsaare was born (d. 1940). Estonian author.
• 1882 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born in Hyde Park, N. Y. (d. 1945). President of the United States.
• 1889 - Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, was found dead with his mistress Baroness Marie Vetsera in Mayerling. How they died remains a mystery.
• 1889 - Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria dies (b. 1858)
• 1894 - King Boris III of Bulgaria was born (d. 1943).
• 1899 - Max Theiler was born (d. 11 Aug 1972). South- African microbiologist who won the 1951 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his research on yellow fever.
• 1900 - United Kingdom forces fighting Boers in South Africa ask for reinforcements.
• 1901 - Rudolf Caracciola was born (d. 1959). German driver of racing cars.
• 1902 - Nikolaus Pevsner was born (d. 1983). German-born art historian.
• 1910 - C Subramaniam was born (d. 2000). Indian politician.
  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.
• 1911 - Roy Eldridge was born (d. 1989). American jazz musician.
• 1912 - Barbara W. Tuchman, was born(b. 1989). American historian.
• 1913 - House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill.
• 1914 - David Wayne was born (d. 1995). Actor.
• 1914 - John Ireland was born (d. 1992). Canadian actor.
• 1915 - Joachim Peiper was born (d. 1976). German military leader.
• 1915 - John Profumo was born. British cabinet minister
• 1920 - Delbert Mann was born. American director.
• 1921 - António Gomes Leal dies (b. 1848). Portuguese poet.
• 1922 - Nuno Teotónio Pereira was born. Portuguese architect.
• 1922 - Dick Martin was born. American comedian.
• 1924 - Lloyd Alexander was born. American writer .
• 1925 - Douglas Engelbart was born. American computer scientist .
• 1925 - Dorothy Malone was born. American actress .
• 1925 - Government of Turkey throws Patriarch Constantine VI out of Istanbul.
• 1926 - Barbara La Marr dies (b. 1896). American actress.
• 1927 - Olof Palme was born (d. 1986). Prime Minister of Sweden (1969-76 and 1982-86).
• 1928 - Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger dies (b. 1867). Danish scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• 1928 - Hal Prince was born. American stage producer, director .
• 1928 - Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger dies (b. 1867). Danish scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• 1929 - Roger Newland Shepard was born. American psychologist who was awarded the National Medal of Science (1995) for his research work that provided major new insights into the nature of mental processes, previously considered impossible to study .
• 1930 - Gene Hackman was born. American actor.
• 1930 - Magnus Malan was born. South African politician
• 1931 - Allan W. Eckert was born. American historian, naturalist and author.
• 1931 - Shirley Hazzard was born. Australian-American author .
• 1932 - Knock Yokoyama was born. Japanese comedian and politician .
• 1933 - Adolf Hitler sworn in as Chancellor of Germany.
• 1933 - Louis Rukeyser was born. American journalist.
• 1933 - The first of 2,956 episodes of The Lone Ranger airs on the radio for the first time.
• 1935 - Richard Brautigan was born (d. 1984). Writer and poet.
• 1937 - Vanessa Redgrave was born. English actress .
• 1937 - Boris Spassky was born. Russian chess grand master.
• 1939 - Alejandro Toledo was born. President of Peru
• 1941 - Richard Cheney was born. Politician, vice president of the United States .
• 1941 - Gregory Benford was born. American author and scientist.
• 1941 - Tineke Lagerberg was born. Dutch swimmer.
• 1941 - World War II: North AfricaThe 6th Australian Division, of Lieutenant-General Dick O'Connor's XIII Corps, takes Derna, Libya, after three days of fierce fighting.
• 1943 - Marty Balin was born. American musician .
• 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.
• 1945 - Michael Dorris was born (d. 1997). American writer.
• 1947 - Les Barker was born. English poet .
• 1947 - Steve Marriott was born (d. 1991). English musician (The Small Faces)
• 1948 - Orville Wright dies (b. 1871). American aviation pioneer.
• 1948 - Nick Broomfield was born. British actor
• 1948 - Indian pacifist and leader Mahatma Gandhi (b. 1869) is murdered by a Hindu extremist.
• 1948 - Winter Olympics open in St. Moritz .
• 1949 - Peter Agre was born. American biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• 1951 - Phil Collins was born in London. English musician (Genesis) .
• 1951 - Charles S. Dutton was born. American actor.
• 1951 - Ferdinand Porsche dies (b. 1875). Austrian automotive engineer.
• 1952 - Martial law is imposed in Egypt as King Farouk dismisses the premier Nahas Pasha and his Wafdist government.
• 1955 - Judith Tarr was born. American author.
• 1957 - Payne Stewart was born (d. 1999). American golfer.
• 1958 -Ernst Heinrich Heinkel, dies (b. 24 Jan 1888). German aircraft engineer who built the first rocket-powered aircraft .
• 1958 - Jean Crotti dies (b. 1878). Swiss artist.
• 1959 - Jody Watley was born. American singer.
• 1960 - Clara Pinto Correia was born in Lisbon. Portuguese investigator and writer.
• 1962 - Two of the high-wire Flying Wallendas are killed when their famous seven-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit, Michigan.
• 1962 - King Abdullah II of Jordan was born.
• 1962 - Mary Kay Letourneau was born. American teacher
• 1962 - Manuel de Abreu dies (b. 1894). Brazilian physician.
• 1963 - Francis Poulenc dies (b. 1899). French composer.
• 1964 - Ranger 6 is launched by NASA. Its mission is it to carry television cameras and to crash-land on the moon.
• 1965 - Marcelo Bonfá was born. Brazilian musician (Legião Urbana)
• 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. The impromptu concert was broken up by the police.
• 1969 - Georges Pire dies (b. 1910). Belgian monk, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
• 1972 - Bloody Sunday: United Kingdom forces kill thirteen Roman Catholic civil rights marchers in Northern Ireland.
• 1972 - Pakistan withdraws from the British Commonwealth. The Iranian civilian government announced that the exiled Ayatollah Khomeini would be allowed to return.
• 1972 - Tim Jones was born. Gonzo Journalist .
• 1974 - Christian Bale was born.Welsh actor .
• 1975 - First faroese stamp issued.
• 1976 - Andy Milonakis was born. American comedian.
• 1979 - Varig 707-323C freighter, flewn by the same commander of Flight 820, disappears over the ocean 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo.
• 1980 - Professor Longhair dies (b. 1918). American musician, King of New Orleans music.
• 1980 - Wilmer Valderrama was born. American actor.
• 1981- Dimitar Berbatov was born. Bulgarian footballer
• 1981 - Peter Crouch was born. English footballer
• 1981 - Garth Barrett's raiders, part of the South African Recce Operations, attack supposed MK cadres at Matola, Mozambique. A Portuguese engineer, Jose Ramos, is "mistakenly identified" as Joe Slovo, one of the raids main targets, by the South African forces and is shot at a roadblock.
• 1982 - Lightning Hopkins dies (b. 1912). American musician.
• 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.
• 1989 - American Olympic medalist Bruce Kimball is sentenced to 17 years in prison for killing two teenagers in a drunk driving accident.
• 1989 - Khleo Thomas was born. American actor
• 1990 - Jake Thomas was born. Actor (Lizzie McGuire) .
• 1991 - John Bardeen dies (b. 1908). American physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics
• 1991 - John McIntire dies (b. 1907). American actor.
• 1993 - Entra em funcionamento inaugural a TVI.
• 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.
• 1994 - Pierre Boulle dies (b. 1912). French author.
• 1995 - Gerald Durrell dies (b. 1925). British naturalist, zookeeper, author and television presenter.
• 1995 - Workers from the National Institutes of Health announce the success of clinical trials testing the first preventative treatment for sickle cell anaemia.
• 1995 - Gerald Malcolm Durrell, dies (b. 7 Jan 1925) British naturalist and prolific author, known internationally for his pioneering, even controversial, role in preserving and breeding endangered species in zoos with the intention of eventually returning them to the wild.
• 1996 - Suspected leader of the Irish National Liberation Army Gino Gallagher is killed while in line for his unemployment benefit.
• 1997 - Las cenizas de Mahatma Gandhi, padre de la India, son arrojadas al río Ganges después de cumplirse 49 años desde que fue asesinado en Nueva Delhi por un extremista.
• 1999 - Huntz Hall dies (b. 1919). American actor.
• 1999 - Ed Herlihy dies (b. 1909). American writer.
• 1999 - A 7-year old boy dies of choking on a Pokémon Power Bouncer ball toy.
• 2000 - In a dramatic finish to Super Bowl XXXIV, the St. Louis Rams defeat the Tennessee Titans 23-16.
• 2000 - Off the coast of Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 169.
• 2001 - Jean-Pierre Aumont dies (b. 1911). French actor.
• 2001 - Joseph Ransohoff dies (b. 1916). The father of modern neurosurgery.
• 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.
• 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.
• 2005 - Martyn Bennet dies (b. 1971). Multi-instrumentalist and composer.