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January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. December 2007 is the twelfth month of that year It began on a Saturday and 31 days later ended on a Monday PortalCurrent events International holidays January 1 - New Year's Day January 1 - Independence PortalCurrent events International holidays February 2 - Candlemas February 5 - Shrove New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common PortalCurrent events International holidays January 1 - New Year's Day January 1 - Independence January 2007 is the first month of that year It began on a Monday and 31 days later ended on a Wednesday. January 2006: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July January 2005: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September January 2004: &larr - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2002: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2001: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2000: &larr - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 335 days remaining until the end of the year (336 in leap years). A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the

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Events

• 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed, ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain. The Dutch Revolt, Eighty Years' War or the Revolt of the Netherlands (1568—1648 was the revolt of the Seventeen Provinces in the Low Countries The Peace of Münster was a Treaty between the United Netherlands and Spain signed in 1648. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
• 1649 - King Charles I of England is beheaded. Charles I, (19 November 1600 &ndash 30 January 1649 was King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution.
• 1661 - Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England is ritually executed after having been dead for two years. Oliver Cromwell (25 April 1599 Old Style &ndash 3 September 1658 Old Style) was an English military and political leader best known Lord Protector is a particular British title for Heads of State with two meanings (and full styles at different periods of history The Commonwealth of England was the Republican government which ruled first England (including Wales) and then Ireland and Scotland
• 1790 - The first boat specializing as a lifeboat is tested on the River Tyne. Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year A lifeboat is a boat designed to save the lives of people in trouble at sea The River Tyne is a River in England. It is formed by the confluence of two rivers the North Tyne and the South 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. Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Lower Trenton Toll Supported Bridge, commonly called the Lower Free Bridge, Warren Street Bridge or Trenton Makes Bridge, is a two-lane The Delaware River is a river on the Atlantic coast of the United States. Morrisville (ˈmɒrɨsvɪl in General American; in Philadelphia accent; in fast speech the latter is often shortened to) is a Borough in Bucks Trenton is the Capital of the US state of New Jersey and the County seat of Mercer County.
• 1820 - Edward Bransfield sights the Trinity Peninsula and claims the discovery of Antarctica. Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Edward Bransfield (1785 &ndash 1852 was a master in the Royal Navy and arguably the discoverer of the continent of Antarctica. Trinity Peninsula ( is the extreme northeast portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, extending northeastward for about 130 km (80 Miles from a line connecting Cape
• 1826 - The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world's first modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the north West coast of Wales is opened. For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display The Menai Suspension Bridge, or Pont Grog y Borth in Welsh, is a Suspension bridge between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales History There are numerous Megalithic monuments and Menhirs present on Anglesey testifying to the presence of mankind in prehistory
• 1835 - In the first assassination attempt against a President of the United States, Richard Lawrence attempts to shoot president Andrew Jackson. Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common AssassiNation is the sixth album by Krisiun, released in 2006 on Century Media. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by Richard Lawrence (1800? &ndash June 13, 1861) is the first known person to attempt to assassinate an American President. Andrew Jackson (March 15 1767 June 8 1845 was the seventh President of the United States (1829&ndash1837
• 1841 - A fire destroys two-thirds of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Mayagüez redirects here For the US ship of the same name see ''SS'' Mayagüez.
• 1847 - Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco. Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city
• 1858 - The first Hallé concert is given in Manchester, England, marking the official founding of the Hallé Orchestra as a full-time, professional orchestra. Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The Hallé is a Symphony orchestra based in Manchester, England, it claims the status of "the oldest professional orchestra" in the
• 1862 - The first American ironclad warship, the USS Monitor is launched. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An ironclad was a steam-propelled Warship of the later 19th century protected by Iron or Steel armor plates Design Monitor was one of three ironclad warships ordered by the U
• 1889 - Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in Mayerling. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The title of Archduke (feminine Archduchess) ( German: Erzherzog, feminine -also spousal- form Erzherzogin) denotes a rank above Duke Background Crown Prince Rudolf was born on 21 August 1858 in Schloss Laxenburg near Vienna as the son of Emperor Franz Joseph I Baroness Mary Vetsera ( German language: Marie "Mary" Alexandrine Freiin von Vetsera) ( 19 March 1871 – 30 January The Mayerling Incident refers to the series of events leading to the apparent murder-suicide of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and his lover Baroness Mary Vetsera.
• 1911 - The destroyer USS Terry (DD-25) makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of James McCurdy 10 miles from Havana, Cuba. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year See also List of United States Navy destroyers Overview Fixed-wing aircraft range from small training and recreational aircraft to Wide-body aircraft and military cargo aircraft. Havana ( IPA: aˈβana officially Ciudad de La Habana, is the Capital city, major port and leading The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la
• 1911 - The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy. For the history of Canada's naval forces after 1968 see Canadian Forces Maritime Command The Royal Canadian Navy ( RCN) was the
• 1913 - The United Kingdom's House of Lords rejects the Irish Home Rule Bill. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The House of Lords is the second house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is also commonly referred to as "the Lords" The Irish Government Bill 1893 (known generally as the Second Home Rule Bill) was the second attempt made by William E
• 1925 - The Government of Turkey throws Patriarch Constantine VI out of Istanbul. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Constantine VI ( 1859 - November 28, 1930) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from December 17, 1924 till January Istanbul (historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see the other Names of Istanbul) is the largest city of Turkey
• 1930 - The world's first radiosonde is launched in Pavlovsk, USSR. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A radiosonde ( Sonde is French for Probe) is a unit for use in Weather balloons that measures various atmospheric parameters Pavlovsk (Па́вловск is a town situated in Russia, 30 km from and under jurisdiction of Saint Petersburg, just to the south of Tsarskoye Selo The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
• 1933 - Adolf Hitler is sworn in as Chancellor of Germany. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately The Head of government of Germany is called Chancellor (Kanzler
• 1943 - World War II: Second day of the Battle of Rennell Island. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Battle of Rennell Island (Japanese レンネル島沖海戦 took place on January 29 – January 30, 1943, and was the last major naval TheUSS Chicago (CA-29) is sunk and a U. Pre-war service After a Shakedown cruise to Honolulu, Tahiti, and American Samoa, Chicago departed Mare Island S. destroyer is heavily damaged by Japanese torpedoes. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The modern torpedo (historically called an automotive automobile locomotive or fish torpedo is a self-propelled explosive Projectile weapon launched above or below
• 1943 - Holocaust in Letychiv, Ukraine: The Nazi Gestapo commences mass shootings of Jews from Letychiv Ghetto. The Holocaust (from the Greek el ''ὁλόκαυστον'' (el-Latn holókauston holos, "completely" and kaustos, "burnt" also known as Letychiv (Летичів Latyczów Летичев is a town in the eastern part of Khmelnytskyi Oblast ( province) of western Ukraine. Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers The ( contraction of ge heime Sta ats' po' lizei: "Secret State Police" was the official Secret police of Nazi Germany PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ A ghetto is described as a "portion of a city in which members of a minority group live especially because of social legal or economic pressure 200 surviving Jews from Letychiv slave labor camp are ordered to undress and are shot with a machine-gun into a ravine. For other uses of the phrase see Machine Gun (disambiguation. Some 7,000 Jews were murdered in Letychiv.
• 1944 - World War II: United States troops land on Majuro. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Majuro (ˈmædʒəroʊ population 25400 people ( As of 2004) is the Capital and largest city of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
• 1945 - The Wilhelm Gustloff, overfilled with refugees, sinks in the Baltic Sea after being torpedoed by a Soviet submarine, leading to the deadliest maritime disaster in known history, killing roughly 9,000 people. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Ship history The Wilhelm Gustloff was the first purpose-built cruise liner for the Nazi Kraft durch Freude (KdF (" Strength Through Joy " According to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, a refugee is a person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race The Baltic Sea is a Brackish inland sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N Latitude and from 20°E to 26°E Longitude. The modern torpedo (historically called an automotive automobile locomotive or fish torpedo is a self-propelled explosive Projectile weapon launched above or below The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
• 1945 - World War II: Raid at Cabanatuan: 126 American Rangers and Filipino resistance liberate 500 prisoners from the Cabanatuan POW camp. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar The Raid at Cabanatuan in the Philippines on 30 January 1945 by US Army Rangers, Alamo Scouts and Filipino guerrillas
• 1945 - World War II: Hitler gives his last ever public address, a radio address on the 12th anniversary of his coming to power. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar (A subsequent address on February 24 was not read by Hitler. Events 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the )
• 1948 - Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is assassinated by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ( Gujarati: મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી moɦən̪d̪äs kəɾəmʧən̪d̪ gän̪d̪ʱi (2 October 1869 – 30 January Nathuram Vinayak Godse (नथूराम विनायक गोडसे (May 19 1910 – November 15 1949 was the A Hindu ( Devanagari: हिन्दू is an adherent of the philosophies and scriptures of Hinduism, a set of religious, Philosophical
• 1956 - American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.'s home is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Martin Luther King Jr ( January 15, 1929 April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, Activist and prominent leader The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a political and social protest campaign started in 1955 in Montgomery Alabama, intended to oppose
• 1962 - Two of the high-wire Flying Wallendas are killed when their seven-person pyramid collapses during a performance in Detroit, Michigan. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Flying Wallendas is the name of a famous group of circus act and daredevil stunts performers most known for performing death-defying stunts without a safety net
• 1964 - Ranger program: Ranger 6 is launched. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. The Ranger program was a series of Unmanned space missions by the United States in the 1960s whose objective was to obtain the first close-up images of the surface Spacecraft design Rangers 6 7, 8, and 9 were the so-called Block 3 versions of the Ranger spacecraft
• 1968 - Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive begins when Viet Cong forces launch a series of surprise attacks in South Vietnam. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia The Tet Offensive was a military campaign conducted between 30 January and 23 September 1968, by forces of the Vietcong, or National Front for "RVN" redirects here RVN is also the former callsign of a TV station in Wagga Wagga New South Wales Australia
• 1969 - The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Apple Records is a record label founded by The Beatles in 1968 as a division of Apple Corps Ltd. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police.
• 1972 - Bloody Sunday: United Kingdom British Paratroopers kill fourteen civil rights/anti internment marchers in Northern Ireland. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bloody Sunday (Domhnach na Fola is the term used to describe an incident in Derry, Northern Ireland, on 30 January 1972 in which 26 The Parachute Regiment is the Airborne Infantry element of the British Army. Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of
• 1972 - Pakistan withdraws from the Commonwealth of Nations. Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and
• 1975 - The first faroese stamp is issued. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Faroe Islands or Faeroe Islands or simply Faroe(s or Faeroes (Føroyar meaning " Sheep Islands" Færøerne Old Norse
• 1976 - George H. W. Bush becomes the 11th director of the CIA. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12 1924 served as the forty-first President of the United States from 1989 to 1993 near as long as it used to be several months ago It has been actively summarized and split into sub-articles and there is a dynamic talk page discussion of all
• 1979 - Varig 707-323C freighter, flown by the same commander as Flight 820, disappears over the Pacific Ocean 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) VRG Linhas Aéreas SA, Operating as VARIG (an acronym for V iação A érea RI o G randense is the Brazilian WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Varig Flight 820 was a scheduled Airline service from Galeão Airport, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Orly Airport, Paris The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū.
• 1982 - Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner". Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Richard "Rich" Skrenta (b1967 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a computer programmer and Silicon Valley entrepreneur A computer virus is a Computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer without permission or knowledge of the user Apple Inc, ( formerly Apple Computer Inc, is an American Multinational corporation with a focus on designing and manufacturing Consumer electronics
• 1989 - The American embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan closes. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one State or an international Inter-governmental organization (such as the United Nations) present in } Kābul ( Persian and Pashto: کابل, IPA:) is the Capital and largest city of Afghanistan, with Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت,
• 1994 - Péter Lékó becomes the youngest chess grand master. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Péter Lékó (Петер Леко (born September 8, 1979 in Subotica, Yugoslavia) is a Hungarian Chess player Chess is a recreational and competitive Game played between two players.
• 1995 - Workers from the National Institutes of Health announce the success of clinical trials testing the first preventive treatment for sickle-cell disease. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 "NIH" redirects here For other meanings of NIH see NIH (disambiguation. Sickle-cell disease or sickle-cell anaemia (or anemia) is a Blood disorder characterized by Red blood cells that assume an abnormal rigid
• 1996 - Gino Gallagher, the suspected leader of the Irish National Liberation Army, is killed while waiting in line for his unemployment benefit. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Gino Gallagher was an Irish republican who was Chief of Staff of the Irish National Liberation Army. The Irish National Liberation Army ( INLA; Arm Saoirse Náisiúnta na hÉireann in Irish is an Irish Republican, Left-wing paramilitary organisation
• 1996 - Comet Hyakutake is discovered by Japanese amateur astronomer Yuji Hyakutake. Comet Hyakutake (çʲakɯ̥take formally designated C/1996 B2) is a Comet discovered on January 30 1996 which passed very close to Earth was a Japanese amateur astronomer who discovered Comet Hyakutake on January 30 1996 while using 25×150 Binoculars.
• 2000 - Off the coast of Ivory Coast, Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 169. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Côte d'Ivoire (ˌkoʊt divˈwɑː(r ' in English, kot diˈvwaʀ in French) or Ivory Coast, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a Kenya Airways Flight 481 on January 30, 2000 crashed into the sea at 210924 GMT shortly after takeoff from Abidjan ( Port Bouet Airport
• 2003 - Belgium legally recognizes same-sex marriage. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Same-sex marriage (also referred to as gay marriage) is a term for a legally or Socially recognized Marriage between two people of the same

Births

• 133 - Marcus Severus Didius Julianus, Roman Emperor (d. Marcus Didius Severus Julianus (133 or 137–193 was briefly Roman Emperor from 28 March 193 to 1 June 193. The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period (starting at about 27 BC 193)
• 1505 - Thomas Tallis, English composer (d. Events By Place Roman Empire January 1 — Pertinax is proclaimed Roman Emperor. Thomas Tallis (c 1505 &ndash 23 November 1585) was an English Composer. 1585)
• 1563 - Franciscus Gomarus, Dutch theologian (d. Franciscus Gomarus ( January 30, 1563, Bruges - January 11, 1641, Groningen) was a Dutch theologian 1641)
• 1615 - Thomas Rolfe, American colonial settler and only child of Pocahontas and John Rolfe (d. Thomas Rolfe ( January 30, 1615 - c 1675 was the only child of Pocahontas by her English husband John Rolfe. Pocahontas (c 1595 – March 21 1617 was a Native American woman who married an Englishman John Rolfe, and became a celebrity in London in the last year of her John Rolfe (c 1585 &ndash 1622 was one of the early English settlers of North America. 1675)
• 1661 - Charles Rollin, French historian (d. Charles Rollin ( January 30, 1661 &ndash December 14, 1741) was a French Historian and Educator. 1741)
• 1687 - Johann Balthasar Neumann, German architect (d. Year 1741 ( MDCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year ( January 27, 1687 - August 19, 1753) was a German military engineer and Architect who developed a refined brand of 1753)
• 1697 - Johann Joachim Quantz, German flautist and composer (d. Year 1753 ( MDCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Johann Joachim Quantz ( January 30, 1697 &ndash July 12, 1773) was a German flautist, flute maker and Composer 1773)
• 1720 - Charles De Geer, Swedish industrialist and entomologist (d. Year 1773 ( MDCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1720 ( MDCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Baron Charles de Geer (the family is usually known as De Geer with a capitalized "De" Finspång in Risinge 30 January 1720 1778)
• 1754 - John Lansing, Jr., American statesman (d. Year 1778 ( MDCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Year 1754 ( MDCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or John Ten Eyck Lansing Jr ( January 30, 1754 Albany New York - vanished December 12, 1829 New York City) was an 1829)
• 1781 - Adelbert von Chamisso, German writer (d. For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Year 1781 ( MDCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Adelbert von Chamisso ( January 30 1781 &ndash August 21 1838) was a German Poet and Botanist. 1838)
• 1816 - Nathaniel Prentice Banks, 24th Governor of Massachusetts (d. Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Nathaniel Prentice (or Prentiss Banks ( January 30, 1816 September 1, 1894) was an American Politician and Soldier The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States. 1894)
• 1822 - Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist (d. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1822 (MDCCCXXII was a Common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Sunday of the Franz Ritter von Hauer, or Franz von Hauer. ( January 30, 1822 &ndash March 20, 1899) Austrian Geologist, was 1899)
• 1832 - Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier (d. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Infanta Doña María Luísa Fernanda of Spain (30 January 1832 - 2 February 1897 was Infanta of Spain and Duchess of Montpensier 1897)
• 1841 - Félix Faure, 6th President of the French Third Republic (d. For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Félix François Faure (30 January 1841&ndash16 February 1899 was President of France from 1895 until his death The President of the French Republic (Président de la République française colloquially referred to in English as the President of France, is France 's elected The French Third Republic (in French, La Troisième République, sometimes written as La IIIe 1899)
• 1859 - Tony Mullane, Irish-born American baseball player (d. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Anthony John "Tony" Mullane ( January 20 1859 &ndash April 25 1944) nickamed "Count" and "The Apollo of the Box" 1944)
• 1861 - Charles Martin Loeffler, German-born composer (d. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Charles Martin Loeffler ( January 30, 1861 – May 19, 1935) was a German-born American Composer. 1935)
• 1873 - Georges Ricard-Cordingley, painter (d. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common A painter and traveller Georges Ricard-Cordingley (1873-1939 constantly searched for an original contact with the world of sea 1939)
• 1878 - Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Estonian author (d. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Anton Hansen Tammsaare ( 30 January, 1878 - 1 March, 1940) born Anton Hansen, was an Estonian writer whose quintology 1940)
• 1882 - Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States (d. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by 1945)
• 1889 - Jaishankar Prasad, Hindi poet, dramatist and novelist (d. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Jaishankar Prasad ( Hindi: जयशंकर प्रसाद) ( January 30, 1889 January 14, 1937) one of the most 1937)
• 1894 - Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria (d. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Boris III Tsar of Bulgaria (January 30 1894 &ndash August 28 1943 originally Boris Klemens Robert Maria Pius Ludwig Stanislaus Xaver ( Boris Clement Robert Mary 1943)
• 1899 - Max Theiler, South African virologist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Max Theiler ( January 30, 1899 &ndash August 11, 1972) was a South African Swiss virologist. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1972)
• 1901 - Rudolf Caracciola, German race car driver (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Rudolf Caracciola ( January 30, 1901 &ndash September 28, 1959) was a Racecar driver, nicknamed "Karratsch" 1959)
• 1902 - Nikolaus Pevsner, German-born art historian (d. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner, CBE, ( January 30, 1902 &ndash August 18, 1983) was a German-born British scholar of 1983)
• 1910 - C Subramaniam, Indian politician (d. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Chidambaram Subramaniam (சிதம்பரம் சுப்பிரமணியம் (commonly known as CS)( January 30, 1910 - November 7 2000)
• 1911 - Roy Eldridge, American musician (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Roy David Eldridge ( January 30, 1911 &ndash February 26, 1989) nicknamed "Little Jazz" was an American 1989)
• 1912 - Werner Hartmann, German physicist (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Werner Hartmann ( 30 January 1912 in Berlin -Friedenau &ndash 8 March 1988) was a German Physicist who introduced 1988)
• 1912 - Francis Schaeffer, American Evangelical theologian and pastor (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Francis August Schaeffer ( 30 January 1912 &ndash 15 May 1984) a forerunner of the Presbyterian Church in America. 1984)
• 1912 - Barbara W. Tuchman, American historian (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Barbara Wertheim Tuchman ( January 30, 1912 &ndash February 6, 1989) was an American self-trained Historian and author 1989)
• 1913 - Percy Thrower, British Television Gardener (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Percy John Thrower MBE ( January 30, 1913 - March 18, 1988) was a British Gardener, Horticulturist, broadcaster 1988)
• 1914 - John Ireland, Canadian actor (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year John Benjamin Ireland ( January 30, 1914 &ndash March 21, 1992) was an Academy Award -nominated Actor and sometime Film 1992)
• 1914 - David Wayne, American actor (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) David Wayne ( January 30 1914 - February 9 1995) was a Tony Award -winning American Actor with a career spanning 1995)
• 1915 - Joachim Peiper, German SS officer (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Joachim Peiper (joˈaχɪm ˈpaɪpər ( January 30, 1915 - July 13, 1976) more often known as Jochen Peiper from the common German The ( German for "Protective Squadron" abbreviated SS - or ( Runic)- was a major Nazi organization under Adolf Hitler and the 1976, by assassination)
• 1915 - John Profumo, British cabinet minister (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. AssassiNation is the sixth album by Krisiun, released in 2006 on Century Media. John Dennis Profumo, CBE ( January 30, 1915 Kensington, London, England – March 9, 2006) 2006)
• 1917 - Paul Frère, Belgian racing driver and motorsport journalist d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Paul Frère ( January 30, 1917 - February 23, 2008) was a Racing driver and Journalist from Belgium, born in Auto racing (also known as automobile racing, motor racing or car racing) is a Motorsport involving Racing Cars It 2008)
• 1918 - David Opatoshu, American television actor (d. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common David Opatoshu ( January 30, 1918 &ndash April 30, 1996) was an American television actor with occasional roles in films 1996)
• 1919 - Nikolay Glazkov, Russian poet (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Nikolai Ivanovich Glazkov (Russian Никола́й Ива́нович Глазко́в ( January 30, 1919, Lyskovo 1979)
• 1920 - Carwood Lipton, American WWII veteran (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Clifford Carwood "Lip" Lipton ( January 30, 1920 - December 16, 2001) was a United States Army officer in the 2001)
• 1920 - Delbert Mann, American film director
• 1922 - Dick Martin, American comedian
• 1924 - Lloyd Alexander, American writer (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Delbert Martin Mann Jr ( January 30 1920 &ndash November 11 2007) was an Academy Award -winning American Television Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Thomas Richard Martin ( January 30 1922 &ndash May 24 2008) was an American comedian and director best known for his role Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lloyd Chudley Alexander ( January 30, 1924 - May 17, 2007) was a widely-influential American author of more than forty books 2007)
• 1925 - Douglas Engelbart, American computer scientist
• 1925 - Dorothy Malone, American actress
• 1927 - Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dr Douglas C Engelbart (born January 30 1925 is an American Inventor. This article is about the actress For the cookbook writer see Dorothy Malone. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sven Olof Joachim Palme ( ( 30 January 1927 – 28 February 1986) was a Swedish politician The Prime Minister (statsminister literally "Minister of the State" is the Head of government in Sweden. 1986)
• 1928 - Hal Prince, American stage producer and director
• 1929 - Lucille Teasdale-Corti, Canadian surgeon and international aid worker (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Harold Smith Prince (born January 30 1928) is an American Theatrical producer and director associated with many of the best-known Broadway Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dr Lucille Teasdale-Corti ( January 30 1929 &ndash August 1 1996) was a Canadian physician surgeon and international aid worker 1996)
• 1930 - Sandy Amorós, Cuban baseball player (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edmundo "Sandy" Amorós ( January 30 1930 - June 27 1992) was a Cuban Left fielder in Major League Baseball 1992)
• 1930 - Samuel J. Byck, American attempted assassin of Richard Nixon (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Samuel Joseph Byck ( January 30, 1930 &ndash February 22, 1974) was a former tire salesman who attempted to hijack a plane flying 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. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Eugene Allen "Gene" Hackman (born January 30, 1930) is a two-time Academy Award -winning American actor and author General Magnus André De Merindol Malan (born January 30, 1930 in Pretoria) is a former Minister of Defence (in the cabinet of President Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Carnell Crosbie PC OC QC ONL (born January 30, 1931) is a retired provincial and federal Allan W Eckert (born January 30 1931) is an American Historical novelist and naturalist. Shirley Hazzard (born 30 January 1931) is an author of Fiction and Non-fiction. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Knock Yokoyama (横山ノック Yokoyama Nokku, b January 30, 1932, d Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Louis Richard Rukeyser ( January 30 1933 &ndash May 2 2006) was a U 2006)
• 1935 - Richard Brautigan, American writer and poet (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Richard Gary Brautigan ( January 30, 1935 – ca 1984)
• 1936 - F. Vernon Boozer, American politician
• 1936 - Patrick Caulfield, British painter and printmaker (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. F Vernon Boozer (born January 30, 1936) was a Republican State Senator for District 9 in Maryland. Patrick Caulfield CBE ( 30 January, 1936 &ndash 29 September, 2005) was an English painter and Printmaker 2005)
• 1936 - Horst Jankowski, German popular pianist (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Horst Jankowski ( January 30, 1936, Berlin - June 29, 1998) was a classically trained pianist most famous for his Easy listening 1998)
• 1937 - Ed Hansen, American film director and editor (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edward Hansen ( 30 January 1937 in Minnesota - 16 December 2005 in Antioch California) was an American film writer director 2005)
• 1937 - Vanessa Redgrave, English actress
• 1937 - Boris Spassky, Russian chess player
• 1938 - Islom Karimov, President of Uzbekistan
• 1941 - Gregory Benford, American author and scientist
• 1941 - Dick Cheney, 46th Vice President of the United 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. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Vanessa Redgrave, CBE (born 30 January, 1937) is an English Academy Award, two-time Cannes Best Actress, Boris Vasilievich Spassky (also Spasskij (Бори́с Васи́льевич Спа́сский (born January 30, 1937) is a Russian French Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Islom Abdug‘aniyevich Karimov (in Cyrillic Uzbek: Ислом Абдуғаниевич Каримов; in Russian: Ислам Абдуганиевич Leaders of Uzbekistan since 1924 Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (1924-1991 First secretaries of the Communist Party Vladimir Ivanovich Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gregory Benford (born January 30, 1941 in Mobile Alabama) is an American science fiction author and Astrophysicist who is on the Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney (born January 30 1941 is the forty-sixth and current Vice President of the United States. The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death Catharina Bernadetta Jacoba ("Tineke" Lagerberg (born January 30, 1941 in Bussum, Noord-Holland) is a retired Dutch Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Marty Balin (born Martyn Jerel Buchwald January 30 1942, in Cincinnati Ohio) is an American Musician. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David Allen "Yox" Johnson (born January 30 1943 in Orlando Florida) is a former Second baseman, Designated hitter, and Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Michael Anthony Dorris ( January 30, 1945 - April 10, 1997) was a prominent Native American 1997)
• 1947 - Les Barker, English poet
• 1947 - Steve Marriott, English musician (The Small Faces) (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Les Barker (born January 30 1947) is an English Poet. He is most well known for his comedic poetry and parodies of popular Stephen Peter Marriott ( January 30 1947 - April 20 1991) popularly known as Steve Marriott, was a successful and versatile Small Faces were an English rock group from East London, heavily influenced by American Rhythm and blues. 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. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nicholas Broomfield (born 30 January 1948 in London) is an English documentary filmmaker Paul "Dingus" Magee (born 30 January 1948 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a former volunteer in the Belfast Brigade Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Peter Agre (born January 30, 1949) is an American medical doctor professor and molecular biologist who was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Trinidad Silva Jr ( 30 January 1950 - 31 July 1988) was an American actor who played small supporting roles in a number of films of the 1980s 1988)
• 1951 - Phil Collins, English musician
• 1951 - Charles S. Dutton, American actor
• 1951 - Bobby Stokes, English former footballer (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Philip David Charles Collins, LVO (born 30 January 1951 Chiswick, London) is an English Singer-songwriter, Drummer Charles Stanley Dutton (born January 30 1951) is an Tony and Golden Globe Award - nominated Emmy Award -winning American actor Bobby Stokes ( January 30, 1951 - May 30, 1995) was an English footballer. 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. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Doug Falconer (born January 30, 1952) is a former professional Football player having played in the Canadian Football League (CFL Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) College Strange was born in Norfolk Virginia. He is a graduate of Princess Anne High School in Virginia Beach Virginia. Judith Tarr (born 1955) is an American Author, best known for her Fantasy books Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jeremy Gittins (born January 30, 1956 in Manchester, England) is an English Actor who is known for his semi-regular role is a professional racing driver He is also known as the "Drift King" otherwise as Dorikin (ドリキン for his nontraditional use of drifting in non-drifting racing events Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Golfing life Stewart failed to earn a PGA Tour card at Qualifying School in his graduation year so he played on the Asian Tour for a couple of years 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 of Jordan
• 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 of Spain
• 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
• 1980 - Joãozinho, Brazilian footballer
• 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
• 1985 - Trae Williams, American football player
• 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
• 1990 - Eiza Gonzalez, Mexican actress/singer
• 1991 - Matthew Werkmeister, Australian actor
• 2005 - Prince Hashem bin Al Abdullah II, of Jordan

Deaths

• 1030 - William V, Duke of Aquitaine (b. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brett Butler (born Brett Anderson on January 30 1958 in Montgomery Alabama) is an American actress and stand-up Comedienne The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mark Eitzel (born January 30, 1959, Walnut Creek California) is a musician best known as a songwriter and lead singer of the San Francisco American Music Club is a San Francisco -based band led by Singer-songwriter Mark Eitzel. Jody Watley (born January 30, 1959 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American Singer, Songwriter, Record Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dexter Scott King (born January 30, 1961) is the second son of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr Martin Luther King Jr ( January 15, 1929 April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, Activist and prominent leader Coretta Scott King (April 27 1927 January 30 2006 was an American Author and Activist, perhaps most recognized as the wife of Martin Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Abdullah II bin al-Hussein King of Jordan ( الملك عبد الله الثاني بن الحسين al-Malik ʿAbdullāh aṯ-ṯānī bin al-Ḥusayn born 30 Mary Fualaau (born January 30 1962 in Orange County California (formerly Mary Kay Letourneau, née Mary Katherine Schmitz) is The phrase statutory rape is a term used in some legal jurisdictions to describe consensual Sexual relations that take place when an individual (regardless of gender has sexual Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Julie Michelle McCullough (born January 30 1965) is an American model, Actress and Stand-up comedienne. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Danielle Goyette (born January 30, 1966 in St-Nazaire, Quebec) is a women's Ice hockey player and has been on the Canadian Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Trevor Roy Dunn (born January 30, 1968) is an American musician Mr Bungle was an Experimental rock / Avant-garde metal group from Northern California. Fantômas is a Fictional arch- Villain and master criminal by French Writers Marcel Allain (1885–1970 and Pierre This article is about a band called Secret Chiefs 3; for the use of the term in occultism see Secret Chiefs. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Carolyn Kepcher (born January 30 1969 in Westchester New York) is an American businesswoman perhaps best known for her regular appearances Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Darren Boyd (born 30 January 1971 in Hastings) is a British actor Kimo K von Oelhoffen (KEE-moe von OHL-hawf-fen (born January 30, 1971 in Kaunakakai Hawaii) is an American football Defensive tackle Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Guadalupe Rivera (born January 30, 1972 in La Barca, Jalisco, Mexico is an Mexican regional Chris Simon (born January 30, 1972 in Wawa, Ontario) is a professional Ice hockey left wing who recently signed a contract Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Jalen Anthony Rose (born January 30 1973 in Detroit Michigan) is an American professional Basketball player formerly in the Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Christian Charles Philip Bale (born 30 January 1974 is a British Olivia Colman (born 30 January 1974) is an English actress best known for her comedic performances such as Sophie Chapman in Peep Show Jemima Marcelle Khan (born 30 January 1974) is an English socialite known due to her relationships as a former girlfriend of Hugh Grant, the Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Antônio Augusto Ribeiro Reis Junior (born January 30, 1975 in Recife) commonly known as Juninho or Juninho Pernambucano, is Yumi Yoshimura (吉村 由美 Yoshimura Yumi, born January 30 1975 is one half of the J-Pop duo Puffy AmiYumi (known in Japan as or Puffy AmiYumi is a Japanese rock duo They are currently signed onto Sony Music Japan. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Andrew Michael Milonakis (born January 30, 1976, in Katonah New York) is a Greek-American Comedian who plays the role of a young Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Deltha Lee O'Neal III (DEL-thuh (born January 30, 1977 in) is an American football Cornerback for the New England Patriots of the Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Leilani Dowding (born 30 January, 1980 in Bournemouth, Dorset) is an English Page Three girl, Glamour model Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Wilmer Antonio Valderrama (born January 30, 1980) is an American Actor, best known for the role of Fez in the Sitcom Pavel Ponomaryov (Павел Пономарёв (b January 30, 1980) is a Russian Actor and singer from Estonia, who played Joãozinho full name João Soares de Almeida Neto (born 30 January, 1980 in Belo Horizonte) is a Brazilian footballer. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Dimitar Ivanov Berbatov (Димитър Иванов Бербатов (born 30 January 1981 in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria) He is captain of the Peter James Crouch (born 30 January 1981 is an English international football player Josh Kelley (born January 30, 1980) is an American Singer-songwriter. Mathias Lauda (born January 30, 1981 in Salzburg) is an Austrian Race car driver. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Jorge Luis Cantú (born Jorge Luís Cantú Guzmán on January 30, 1982 in McAllen Texas) is a Major League Baseball Third baseman Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Jeremy Ryan Hermida (born January 30, 1984 in Atlanta Georgia) is an Outfielder in Major League Baseball who plays for the Josh Harris could refer to Joshua Harris, American pastor and writer Josh Harris (American football, American football quarterback Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Pt Aaadietya Pandey (born on January 30 1985) is an Astrological Numerologist. Trae Williams (born January 30, 1985 in) is an American football Cornerback who is a Practice squad player for the Philadelphia Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Get Cape Wear Cape Fly is the stage name of English artist Sam Duckworth and his band Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Rebecca Quin (born January 30, 1987 in Dublin) is an Irish professional wrestler better known by her Ring name, Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Rob Pinkston (born William Robert Pinkston IV on January 30, 1988 in Atlanta Georgia) is an actor who appeared during the fourth season Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Khaleed Leon "Khleo" Thomas (born January 30, 1989) is an American Actor, Singer, and Rapper. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Jake Thomas (born January 30, 1990) is an American Actor and Singer known for his role in the television show Lizzie Eiza González Reyna, known throughout Mexico as Lola (born January 30 1990 Mexican actress and singer Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Matthew Werkmeister (born 30th January 1992 is an Australian stage and television Actor. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Prince Hashem bin Al Abdullah (born January 30, 2005) is the fourth child and second son of King Abdullah William V (969 &ndash 31 January 1030) called the Great ( le Grand) was Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitou (as William 969)
• 1181 - Emperor Takakura of Japan (b. 969 was a year in the 10th century. Events By Place Byzantine Empire December 11 — John I becomes Emperor Takakura (高倉天皇 Takakura-tennō) ( September 23, 1161 &ndash January 30, 1181) was the 80th emperor 1161)
• 1384 - Louis II of Flanders (b. Louis II of Flanders ( October 25, 1330, Male &ndash January 30 1384, Lille) also Louis III of Artois and 1330)
• 1574 - Damião de Góis, Portuguese philosopher (b. Damiao de Góis (dɐmiˈɐ̃ũ dɨ gɔiʃ ( February 2, 1502 - January 30, 1574) born in Alenquer, Portugal, was an important 1502)
• 1606 - Everard Digby, English conspirator (b. Sir Everard Digby ( May 16 1578 &ndash January 30 1606) was one of those involved in the abortive 1605 Gunpowder Plot to 1578)
• 1649 - King Charles I of England (executed) (b. Charles I, (19 November 1600 &ndash 30 January 1649 was King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution. 1600)
• 1730 - Tsar Peter II of Russia (b. Year 1730 ( MDCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Pyotr (Peter II Alekseyevich ( Russian: Пётр II Алексеевич or Pyotr II Alekseyevich) ( October 23, 1715 &ndash January 1715)
• 1836 - Betsy Ross, American seamstress (b. Year 1715 ( MDCCXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Betsy Ross ( January 1, 1752  – January 30, 1836) was an American woman said to have sewn the first American flag which incorporated 1752)
• 1858 - Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist (b. Year 1752 ( MDCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar for European countries but not Great Britain) of Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Coenraad Jacob Temminck ( March 31, 1778, Amsterdam - January 30, 1858, Lisse) was a Dutch aristocrat and 1778)
• 1867 - Emperor Kōmei of Japan (b. Year 1778 ( MDCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting ( July 22, 1831 - January 30, 1867) was the 121st emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession 1831)
• 1869 - William Carleton, Irish novelist (b. Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year This is about the Irish novelist For other uses see William Carleton (disambiguation. 1794)
• 1889 - Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria (b. Year 1794 ( MDCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Background Crown Prince Rudolf was born on 21 August 1858 in Schloss Laxenburg near Vienna as the son of Emperor Franz Joseph I 1858)
• 1926 - Barbara La Marr, American actress (b. Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Barbara La Marr ( Reatha Dale Watson) ( July 28, 1896 in Yakima Washington &ndash January 30, 1926 in Altadena California 1896)
• 1928 - Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger, Danish scientist, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger ( April 23, 1867 Silkeborg - January 30, 1928 Copenhagen) was a Danish scientist The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1867)
• 1929 - La Goulue, French Cancan dancer (b. Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Louise Weber ( July 13 1866 &ndash January 30, 1929) was a French Can-can dancer who performed under the Stage 1866)
• 1934 - Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher (b. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Frank Nelson Doubleday ( January 8, 1862 &ndash January 30, 1934) known to friends and family as “Effendi” was a famous U 1862)
• 1948 - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, Indian freedom fighter (b. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ( Gujarati: મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી moɦən̪d̪äs kəɾəmʧən̪d̪ gän̪d̪ʱi (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1869)
• 1948 - Orville Wright, American aviation pioneer (b. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout 1871)
• 1951 - Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian automotive engineer (b. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Prof Dr Ing hc Ferdinand Porsche ( 1875)
• 1958 - Jean Crotti, Swiss artist (b. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jean Crotti ( April 24, 1878 &ndash January 30, 1958) was a French painter 1878)
• 1958 - Ernst Heinkel, German aviation engineer (b. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ernst Heinkel ( January 24 1888 &ndash January 30 1958) was a German aircraft designer and manufacturer 1888)
• 1962 - Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician (b. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Manuel Dias de Abreu (b São Paulo, Brazil, January 4, 1894; d 1894)
• 1963 - Francis Poulenc, French composer (b. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also, Rhône-Poulenc Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (fʀɑ̃sis ʒɑ̃ maʀsɛl pulɛ̃k January 7, 1899 – January 30, 1899)
• 1969 - Georges Pire, Belgian monk, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dominique Pire (Georges Charles Clement Ghislain Pire ( Dinant, February 10, 1910 &ndash Leuven, January 30, 1969 The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1910)
• 1980 - Professor Longhair, American musician (b. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Professor Longhair (born Henry Roeland Byrd, also known as Roy "Bald Head" Byrd and as Fess) ( December 19, 1918 - January 1918)
• 1982 - Lightnin' Hopkins, American musician (b. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Sam "Lightnin’" Hopkins ( March 15 1912 — January 30 1982 Houston's poet -in-residence for 35 years Hopkins 1912)
• 1991 - John Bardeen, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. John Bardeen ( May 23 1908 – January 30 1991) was an American Physicist and Electrical engineer, who won The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1908)
• 1991 - Clifton C. Edom, American photojournalism educator (b. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Clifton Cedric "Cliff" Edom ( February 12, 1907 in Baylis Illinois - January 30, 1991 in Branson Missouri 1907)
• 1991 - John McIntire, American actor (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year For the fictional character see Trapper John McIntyre. For the Scottish radiologist see John Macintyre. 1907)
• 1994 - Pierre Boulle, French author (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Pierre Boulle ( 20 February, 1912 – 30 January, 1994) was a French Novelist largely known for two famous works 1912)
• 1995 - Gerald Durrell, British naturalist, zookeeper, author, and television presenter (b. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Gerald ('Gerry' Malcolm Durrell OBE ( January 7, 1925 &ndash January 30, 1995) was a naturalist, Zookeeper 1925)
• 1998 - Richard Cassilly, American tenor (b. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Richard Cassilly (born December 14, 1927, Washington DC &ndash died January 30, 1998, Boston) was one of his generation's 1927)
• 1999 - Huntz Hall, American actor (b. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Henry "Huntz" Hall ( August 15, 1919 – January 30, 1999) was an American radio, theatrical, and motion 1919)
• 1999 - Ed Herlihy, American broadcaster (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ed Herlihy ( August 14, 1909 &ndash January 30, 1999) was an American Newsreel narrator for Universal-International 1909)
• 2001 - Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor (b. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Jean-Pierre Aumont (5 January 1911 – 30 January 2001 was a French Actor. 1911)
• 2001 - Johnnie Johnson, British fighter pilot (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Air Vice Marshal James Edgar "Johnnie" Johnson CB, CBE, DSO & Two Bars, DFC and Bar ( 9 March A fighter aircraft is a Military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat with other Aircraft, as opposed to a Bomber, which is designed 1915)
• 2001 - Joseph Ransohoff, the father of modern neurosurgery (b. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Dr Joseph 'Joe' Ransohoff II ( July 1, 1915 - January 30, 2001) was a pioneer in the field Neurosurgery is the surgical discipline focused on treating those central, Peripheral nervous system and spinal column diseases amenable to surgical 1915)
• 2005 - Martyn Bennet, Canadian musician (b. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Martyn Bennett ( February 17 1971 &ndash January 30 2005) was a Scottish musician who was born in St 1971)
• 2005 - Wes Wehmiller, American musician (b. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Wes Wehmiller ( September 12, 1971 – January 30, 2005) was a bass guitarist who performed with Duran Duran and 1971)
• 2006 - Coretta Scott King, American activist and wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Coretta Scott King (April 27 1927 January 30 2006 was an American Author and Activist, perhaps most recognized as the wife of Martin Martin Luther King Jr ( January 15, 1929 April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, Activist and prominent leader 1927)
• 2007 - Nikos Kourkoulos, Greek actor, artistic director of the Greek National Theater (b. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Nikos Kourkoulos (Νίκος Κούρκουλος (b December 5 1934, Athens Greece 1934)
• 2007 - Sidney Sheldon, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sidney Sheldon ( February 11 1917 &ndash January 30 2007) was an Academy Award -winning American writer who won awards in 1917)
• 2008 - Jeremy Beadle, British Television Host, (b. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Jeremy James Anthony Gibson Beadle MBE ( 12 April 1948 &ndash 30 January 2008) was an English Television presenter 1948)
• 2008 - Roland Selmeczi, Hungarian actor (b. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Roland Selmeczi ( October 10, 1969 - January 30, 2008) was a Hungarian actor 1969)

Holidays and observances

• St. Mutien-Marie Wiaux (+1917)
• St. Hippolytus
• St. Hyacintha Mariscotti
• St. Aldegonde
• St. Bathild
• St. Martina, Virgin and Martyr, c. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Saint Mutien-Marie Wiaux ( Mucian Mary Wiaux Mucian of Malonne) ( 20 March 1841 – 30 January 1917) was a Belgian member For places named after the saint see Saint-Hippolyte Saint Hippolytus of Rome (c Saint Hyacintha Mariscotti or Hyacintha of Mariscotti ( Giacinta Marescotti or Giacinta Mariscotti) was a religious of the Third Order of Saint Adelgonde, or in Latin Saint Aldegundis or Saint Adelgundis, was a Frankish virgin and abbess (c Saint Balthild, also known as Bathilde d'Ascagnie, Batilde, Bathylle, Bathild, Bathildis, or Bathilda (626 or 627 Saint Martina was a Roman Martyr under emperor Alexander Severus. The term martyr ( Greek μάρτυς martys "witness" is most commonly used today to describe an individual who sacrifices their life (or personal freedom 226 AD
• 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
  • This Feast honors the three great Fathers of the Eastern Church --St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory the Theologian, and St. John Chrysostom

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On this day in Canada

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Events By Place Asia Cao Rui becomes emperor of the Kingdom of Wei of China. Saint Savina (Santa Savina (d 311 was a Milanese Martyr under Diocletian. Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus ( ca. December 22 244 The modern historian Timothy Barnes takes December 22 as his birthdate Saint Anthony the Great (c 251–356 also known as Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of Egypt, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the Anchorite, History of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria Apostolic foundation Egypt is identified in the Bible as the place of refuge that the The Society of King Charles the Martyr is an Anglican devotional society and one of the Catholic Societies of the Church of England. Anglicanism is a tradition of Christian faith Churches in this tradition either have historical connections to the Church of England or have similar beliefs Jan 29 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan 31 Fixed commemorations All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 12 by Basil of Caesarea, also called Saint Basil the Great (c 330 – January 1, 379) (Άγιος Βασίλειος ο Μέγας Latin Gregory of Nazianzus (329 – January 25 389) (also known as Gregory the Theologian or Gregory Nazianzen) was a 4th-century Archbishop This article refers to the Christian saint For other uses of the name see Chrysostomos.

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