On This Day in History January 30

January 30 – Events:

• 1648 – Eighty Years’ War: The      Treaty of Münster is signed, ending the conflict between theNetherlandsandSpain.
• 1649 – King Charles I ofEnglandis      beheaded.
• 1661 – Oliver Cromwell, Lord      Protector of theCommonwealth      ofEnglandis 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      theTrinityPeninsula     and claims the discovery ofAntarctica.
• 1826 – TheMenai    Suspension Bridge, considered the      world’s first modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to      thenorth Westcoast ofWalesis      opened.
• 1835 – In the first assassination      attempt against a President of theUnited States, Richard Lawrence      attempts to shoot president Andrew Jackson.
• 1841 – A fire destroys two-thirds      of Mayagüez,Puerto Rico.
• 1847 -Yerba       Buena,Californiais renamedSan Francisco.
• 1858 – The first Hallé concert is      given inManchester,England, marking the official founding      of the Hallé Orchestra as a full-time, professional orchestra.
• 1862 – The first American      ironclad warship, the USS Monitor is launched.
• 1889 – Archduke Crown Prince      Rudolf ofAustria,      heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress      Baroness Mary Vetsera in Mayerling.
• 1894 – Pneumatic      hammer patented by Charles King ofDetroit
• 1911 – The destroyer USS Terry      (DD-25) makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of      James McCurdy 10 miles fromHavana,      Cuba.
• 1911 – The Canadian Naval Service      becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
• 1913 – TheUnited Kingdom’s      House of Lords rejects the Irish Home Rule Bill.
• 1925 – The Government ofTurkeythrows Patriarch Constantine VI out      ofIstanbul.
• 1930 – The world’s first      radiosonde is launched inPavlovsk,      USSR.
• 1933 “The      Lone Ranger” premiers on ABC radio
• 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) is sunk      and aU.S.      destroyer is heavily damaged by Japanese torpedoes.
• 1943 – Holocaust inLetychiv,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 theBaltic 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 atCabanatuan: 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 12^th anniversary      of his coming to power.
• 1948 – Indian pacifist and leader      Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is assassinated by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu      extremist.
• 1948 – 5th      Winter Olympic games open inSt        Moritz,Switzerland.
• 1956 – American civil rights      leader Martin Luther King, Jr.’s home is bombed in retaliation for the      Montgomery Bus Boycott.
• 1958 – House of      Lords passes bill allowing women
• 1962 – Two of the high-wire      Flying Wallendas are killed when their seven-person pyramid collapses      during a performance inDetroit,      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      inSouth Vietnam.
• 1969 – The Beatles’ last public      performance, on the roof of Apple Records inLondon. The impromptu concert is broken      up by the police.
• 1972 – Bloody Sunday: United      Kingdom British Paratroopers kill fourteen civil rights/anti internment      marchers inNorthern        Ireland.
• 1972 -Pakistan     withdraws from theCommonwealth of Nations.
• 1973 – Jury      finds Watergate defendants Liddy & McCord guilty on all count.
• 1975 – The first faroese stamp is      issued.
• 1976 – George H. W. Bush becomes      the 11th director of the CIA.
• 1982 – Richard Skrenta writes the      first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot      program called “Elk Cloner.”
• 1983 – Super      Bowl XVII-Washington Redskins-27, Miami Dolphins-17
• 1989 – The American embassy inKabul,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 ofIvory Coast, Kenya Airways Flight 431      crashes into theAtlantic Ocean, killing      169.
• 2003 -Belgiumlegally recognizes same-sex      marriage.

January 30 – Birthdays:

• 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 ofMassachusetts     (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 theFrench     ThirdRepublic     (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 theUnited States(d. 1945)
• 1889 – Jaishankar Prasad, Hindi      poet, dramatist and novelist (d. 1937)
• 1894 – Tsar Boris III ofBulgaria     (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, by assassination)
• 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      ofSweden     (d. 1986)
• 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      ofUzbekistan
• 1941 – Gregory Benford, American      author and scientist
• 1941 – Dick Cheney, 46th Vice      President of theUnited        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 – 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 ofJordan
• 1962 – Mary Kay Letourneau,      American convicted statutory rapist
• 1965 – Julie McCullough, American      model and actress
• 1966 -Danielle Goyette,Quebec     female ice hockey player
• 1968 – Trevor Dunn, American      musician (Mr. Bungle, Fantômas, Secret Chiefs 3)
• 1968 – Prince Felipe ofSpain
• 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, British      socialite
• 1975 – Juninho Pernambucano,      Brazilian footballer
• 1975 – Yumi Yoshimura, Japanese      singer (Puffy Amiyumi)
• 1976 – Andy Milonakis, American      comedian
• 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
• 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
• 1984 – Josh Harris, American      Videographer/Musician
• 1985 – Aaadietya Pandey, Indian      astrologer
• 1986 – Sam Duckworth, British      singer-songwriter
• 1987 – Rebecca Knox, Irish      professional wrestler
• 1988 – Rob Pinkston, American      actor
• 1989 – Khleo Thomas, American      actor and rapper
• 1990 – Jake Thomas, American      actor
• 1991 – Matthew Werkmeister,      Australian actor
• 2005 – Prince Hashem bin Al      Abdullah II, ofJordan

January 30 – Deaths:

• 1030 – William V, Duke ofAquitaine(b. 969)
• 1181 – Emperor Takakura ofJapan(b.      1161)
• 1384 – Louis II ofFlanders(b. 1330)
• 1574 – Damião de Góis, Portuguese      philosopher (b. 1502)
• 1606 – Everard Digby, English      conspirator (b. 1578)
• 1649 – King Charles I ofEngland     (executed) (b. 1600)
• 1730 – Tsar Peter II ofRussia(b.      1715)
• 1836 – Betsy Ross, American      seamstress (b. 1752)
• 1858 – Coenraad Jacob Temminck,      Dutch zoologist (b. 1778)
• 1867 – Emperor Komei ofJapan(b.      1831)
• 1869 – William Carleton, Irish      novelist (b. 1794)
• 1889 – Crown Prince Rudolph ofAustria     (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 – 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, artistic director of the Greek National Theater (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)

January 30 – Holidays:

• St. Mutien-Marie Wiaux
• St. Hippolytus
• St. Hyacintha Mariscotti
• St. Aldegonde
• St. Bathild
• St. Martina, Virgin and Martyr
• 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