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| Birthday January 30, 1816 Nathaniel Banks born |
| Birthday January 30, 1882 Franklin D Roosevelt, 32nd Pres (1933-1945) in New Hyde Park NY |
| Birthday January 30, 1882 FDR is born |
| Birthday January 30, 1894 Boris III, tsar of Bulgaria (1918-43) |
| Birthday January 30, 1912 Barbara Tuchman, historian and author (The Guns of August) |
| Birthday January 30, 1914 David Wayne, Actor |
| Birthday January 30, 1922 Barbara Hale, in Dekalb Ill |
| Birthday January 30, 1922 Dick Martin, Actor and comedian (Laugh-In) |
| Birthday January 30, 1925 Dorothy Malone, Actress (At Gunpoint! and Night & Day) in Chic |
| Birthday January 30, 1928 Harold Prince, stage producer |
| Birthday January 30, 1930 Gene Hackman born |
| Birthday January 30, 1931 Gene Hackman, Actor (Bonnie & Clyde and Under Fire) |
| Birthday January 30, 1936 Tammy Grimes, in Lynn Mass |
| Birthday January 30, 1937 Vanessa Redgrave, Actress (Blow-Up and Julia and Orient Express) in London |
| Birthday January 30, 1937 Boris Spassky, of USSR--world chess champion (1969-72) |
| Birthday January 30, 1945 Michael Dorris is born |
| History January 30, 1487 Bell chimes invented |
| History January 30, 1649 King Charles I of Great Britain executed by Parliament |
| History January 30, 1649 King Charles I executed for treason |
| History January 30, 1774 Capt Cook reaches 71ø 10' S 1820 km from S pole (record) |
| History January 30, 1781 Maryland finally ratifies Articles of Confederation |
| History January 30, 1835 Andrew Jackson narrowly escapes assassination |
| History January 30, 1835 Shots fired in the House of Representatives |
| History January 30, 1847 Yerba Buena renamed SF |
| History January 30, 1854 1st election in Washington Territory; 1 682 votes cast |
| History January 30, 1862 US Navy's 1st ironclad warship "Monitor" launched |
| History January 30, 1889 John Herschel uses camera obscura to photograph 48-inch telescope |
| History January 30, 1894 US flag fired on in Rio; prompt satisfaction exacted by Adm Benham |
| History January 30, 1917 1st jazz record in US cut |
| History January 30, 1920 Japan's Mazda founded |
| History January 30, 1922 World Law Day |
| History January 30, 1923 Sidney Bechet's first record |
| History January 30, 1933 The Lone Ranger debuts on Detroit radio |
| History January 30, 1933 Adolf Hitler named German Chancellor |
| History January 30, 1933 Adolf Hitler is named chancellor of Germany |
| History January 30, 1943 RAF launches massive daytime raid on Berlin |
| History January 30, 1945 Burma supply route cleared |
| History January 30, 1948 Mahatma Gandhi assassinated in New Delhi |
| History January 30, 1948 Gandhi assassinated in New Delhi |
| History January 30, 1958 1st 2-way moving sidewalk in service Dallas Texas |
| History January 30, 1968 Tet Offensive begins |
| History January 30, 1968 Tet Offensive shakes Cold War confidence |
| History January 30, 1969 US/Canada ISIS 1 launched to study ionosphere |
| History January 30, 1971 Operation Dewey Canyon II begins |
| History January 30, 1972 Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland |
| History January 30, 1994 Dan Jansen skates world-record 500 meters |
| History January 30, 2000 Plane crashes off Ivory Coast |