January 30

Events

 * - : The signed, ending the conflict between the  and.
 * - King is beheaded.
 * -, of the  is formally executed - after having been dead for two years.
 * - The first boat specialized as a is tested on the.
 * - The original (also called the Trenton Makes the World Takes Bridge), which spans the  between  and, is opened.
 * - lands on the.
 * - The connecting the  to the north West coast of  was opened. The bridge was not the first suspension bridge, but was so much larger than anything previously built that it is considered the world's first modern suspension bridge.
 * - In the first assassination attempt against a President, a mentally ill man named attempts to    in the . Both of Lawrence's pistols misfire, and Jackson proceeds to beat his would-be assassin with his cane.
 * - A fire destroys two-thirds of the then villa (now city) of.
 * - Yerba Buena, is renamed.
 * - The first  warship, the  is launched.
 * - ,32nd Of The ,is born.
 * -, heir to the  crown, was found dead with his mistress  in.
 * - forces fighting  in  ask for reinforcements.
 * - The destroyer  makes the first rescue at sea saving the life of James McCurdy 10 miles from,.
 * 1911  - The Canadian Naval Service becomes the.
 * - rejects.
 * - Government of throws  out of.
 * - the world's first is launched in ,
 * - is sworn in as.
 * - : Second day of the . U.S. cruiser Chicago is sunk and a U.S. destroyer is heavily damaged by Japanese torpedo bombers.
 * 1943  -  in, :   commence mass shootings of Jews from  . 200 surviving  from  slave labor camp were ordered to undress and were shot with  into a ravine. Some 7,000  were murdered in.
 * - World War II: troops land on.
 * - The, overfilled with refugees, sinks in the after being torpedoed by a Soviet submarine, leading to the deadliest maritime disaster in known history, killing roughly 9,000 people.
 * - World War II: 126 American Rangers and Filipino resistance liberate 500 prisoners from the Cabanatuan POW camp.
 * - World War II: Hitler gives his last ever public address; the Radio address on the 12th anniversary of coming to power. (A subsequent address on was not read by Hitler.)
 * - n pacifist and leader is assassinated by, a  extremist.
 * - Two of the high-wire are killed when their famous seven-person pyramid collapses during a performance in.
 * - : launched.
 * - : The begins when  forces launch a series of surprise attacks in . Although an overall defeat for the Viet Cong, media coverage of the offensive would turn American public opinion against the war.
 * - ' last public performance, on the roof of in . The impromptu concert is broken up by the police.
 * - :  kill fourteen  civil rights /anti internment marchers in.
 * 1972  -  withdraws from the.
 * - First stamp issued.
 * - becomes 11th director of the.
 * -  freighter, flown by the same commander of, disappears over the ocean 30 minutes after taking off from.
 * - Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner."
 * - The American in,  closes.
 * - becomes the youngest grand master in.
 * - Workers from the announce the success of clinical trials testing the first preventive treatment for.
 * - Suspected leader of the  is killed while in line for his unemployment benefit.
 * 1996  -  is discovered by Japanese amateur astronomer.
 * - Off the coast of, crashes into the , killing 169.
 * - legally recognizes.

Births

 * -, (d. )
 * -, English composer (d. )
 * -, Dutch theologian (d. )
 * -, American colonial settler (d. )
 * -, French historian (d. )
 * -, German architect (d. )
 * -, German flautist and composer (d. )
 * -, Swedish industrialist and entomologist (d. )
 * -, American statesman (d. )
 * -, German writer (d. )
 * -, Austrian geologist (d. )
 * - (d. 1897)
 * -, 6th of the  (d. )
 * -, Irish-born American baseball player (d. )
 * -, German-born composer (d. )
 * -, painter (d. )
 * -, Estonian author (d. )
 * -, 32nd (d. )
 * -, Hindi poet, dramatist and novelist (d. )
 * - King (d. )
 * -, South African virologist, (d. )
 * -, German race car driver (d. )
 * -, German-born art historian (d. )
 * -, Indian politician (d. )
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * -, American Evangelical theologian and pastor (d. )
 * 1912  -, American historian (d. )
 * -, Canadian actor (d. )
 * 1914  -, American actor (d. )
 * -, German military leader (d. )
 * 1915  -, British cabinet minister (d. )
 * -, Belgian racing driver
 * -, American television actor (d. )
 * -, Russian poet (d. )
 * -, American film director
 * 1920  -, American WWII veteran  (d. )
 * -, Spanish footballer (d. )
 * -, American comedian
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, American computer scientist
 * 1925  -, American actress
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American stage producer and director
 * -, Canadian surgeon and international aid worker (d. )
 * -, American attempted assassin of (d. )
 * 1930  -, American actor
 * 1930  -, South African politician
 * -, American historian, naturalist, and author
 * 1931  -, Australian-born author
 * 1931  -, Canadian politician
 * -, Japanese comedian and politician
 * -, American journalist (d. )
 * -, American writer and poet (d. )
 * -, British painter and printmaker (d. )
 * 1936  -, American politician
 * -, English actress
 * 1937  -, Russian chess player
 * -, American author and scientist
 * 1941  -, 46th
 * 1941  -, Dutch swimmer
 * -, American musician
 * -, American baseball player and manager
 * -, American author (d. )
 * -, English poet
 * 1947  -, English musician  (d. )
 * -, English film- and documentary-maker
 * 1948   -, Provisional Irish Republican Army member
 * -, American biologist,
 * -, English musician
 * 1951  -, American actor
 * 1951  -, English former footballer
 * -, Canadian football player
 * -, American author
 * 1955  -, American golfer
 * -, English actor
 * 1956  -, Japanese racing driver
 * -, American golfer (d. )
 * -, American actress and comedian
 * -, American singer, songwriter and musician
 * 1959  -, American singer
 * - King
 * 1962  -, American convicted
 * -, American  model and actress
 * -, Quebec female ice hockey player
 * -, American musician
 * 1968  -
 * -, American businesswoman and reality TV show star
 * -, American football player
 * -, Mexican singer
 * 1972  -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, Welsh actor
 * 1974  -, English actress
 * 1974  -, British socialite
 * -, Brazilian footballer
 * 1975 - , Japanese singer
 * -, American comedian
 * -, American football player and cornerback
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, British glamour model
 * -, American actor
 * 1980  -, Russian-Estonian actor
 * -, Bulgarian footballer
 * 1981  -, English footballer
 * 1981  -, American musician
 * 1981  -, Austrian racing driver
 * -, Mexican baseball player
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, Indian Astrologer/Numerologist
 * -, British singer-songwriter known as Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
 * -, Irish professional wrestler
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actor and rapper
 * -, American actor
 * -, Australian actor
 * -, of Jordan
 * -, of Jordan

Deaths

 * - (b. )
 * - of Japan (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, Portuguese philosopher (b. )
 * -, English conspirator (b. )
 * - King (executed) (b. )
 * -, American seamstress (b. )
 * -, Dutch zoologist (b. )
 * - of Japan (b. )
 * -, Irish novelist (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, Danish scientist, (b. )
 * -, French Cancan dancer (b. )
 * -, American publisher (b. )
 * -, Mahatma Gandhi, Indian freedom fighter (b. )
 * 1948  -, American aviation pioneer (b. )
 * -, Austrian automotive engineer (b. )
 * -, Swiss artist (b. )
 * 1958  -, German aviation engineer (b. )
 * -, Brazilian physician (b. )
 * -, French composer (b. )
 * -, Belgian monk, (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, American physicist, (b. )
 * 1991  -, American actor (b. )
 * -, French author (b. )
 * -, British naturalist, zookeeper, author, and television presenter (b. )
 * -, TV director
 * -, American tenor (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * 1999  -, American broadcaster (b. )
 * -, French actor (b. )
 * 2001  -, the father of modern  (b. )
 * -, Canadian musician (b. )
 * 2005  -, American musician (b. )
 * -, American activist and wife of (b. )
 * -, Greek actor, artistic director of the Greek National Theater (b. )
 * 2007  -, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. )

Holidays and religious observances

 * Martyr Day, India - . Also called Sarvodaya Day.

Liturgical observances

 * (+1917)
 * Saint
 * St. Martina :)
 * , martyred under Emperor
 * Saint 's feast in the
 * 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
 * Saint 's feast in the
 * 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
 * This Feast honors the three great Fathers of the Eastern Church -- St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory the Theologian, and St. John Chrysostom