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1563 Franciscus Gomarus, [Franois Gomaer], opera singer 1616 William Sancroft, Archbishop (Canterbury) 1628 George Villiers 2nd duke of Buckingham England 1697 Johann J Quantz, German royal flautist/composer 1775 Walter Savage Landor, English critic/writer (Imaginary Conversation) 1797 Edwin Vose Sumner, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 1816 Nathaniel Prentiss Banks, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1894 1822 John Basil Turchin, [Ivan Turchinoff], Brig General (Union volunteers) 1829 Alfred Cummings, Georgia, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1910 1830 James G Blaine, US, minister of foreign affairs 1834 Lord Avebury, [John Lubbock], British banker/politician 1835 Oliver Edwards, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1904 1841 Alfred Townsend George, Civil War journalist, died in 1914 1846 Francis H Bradley, British philosopher (neo-idealism) 1861 Charles Martin Loeffler, Mulhouse Alsace, composer 1865 Samuel Pl'h Naber, spy/librarian 1882 Franklin Delano Roosevelt, New Hyde Park NY, 32nd Pres (D) (1933-1945) 1885 John Henry Towers, aviator/naval hero 1894 Boris III, czar of Bulgaria (1918-43) 1898 Alfred Schlppi, Switzerland, 4 man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1924) 1899 Max Theiler, English/US microbiologist (Nobel 1951) 19-- Ralph Wilcox, Milwaukee Wisc, actor (Big Eddie, Busting Loose) 19-- Randy Brooks, Bronx, actor (Rituals, Renegades, Brothers & Sisters) 19-- Tom Nielsen, actor (Guiding Light) 1902 Sir Nikolaus Pevsner, Engl, art historian (The Buildings of England) 1903 G Evelyn Hutchinson, British zoologist (Treatise on Limnology) 1909 Saul David Alinsky, Chic Ill, radical writer (John L Lewis) 1910 Frans Dohmen, union leader (Dutch Catholic Mineworker's Union) 1911 Hugh Marlowe, Phila Pa, actor (Ellery Queen) 1911 Roy Eldridge, Pitts Pa, jazz trumpeter (Gene Krupa, Artie Shaw) 1912 Barbara Tuchman, US, historian/author (Pulitizer, Guns of August) 1914 David Wayne, Traverse City Mich, actor (Andromeda Strain, Adams Rib) 1914 John Ireland, Vancouver BC, actor (Rawhide, Gunfight at OK Corral) 1915 John D Profumo, England, politician (C) 1918 David Opatoshu, NYC, actor (Bonino, Secret Empire, Masada) 1920 George Skibine, Russ/US dancer/choreographer (Tragedy in Verona) 1921 Bernie Leighton, West Haven Ct, orch leader (Chance of a Lifetime) 1922 Dick Martin, Detroit Mich, actor/comedian (Laugh-In, Carbon Copy) 1924 Shirley Chisholm, (Rep-D-NY) 1925 Dorothy Malone, Chic, actress (At Gunpoint, Night & Day, Peyton Place) 1926 Ruth Brown, Portsmouth Va, actress (Leona-Hello Larry, Checking In) 1927 Olof Palme, Stockholm, PM of Sweden (1969-76, 1982-86) assassinated 1928 Harold Prince, stage producer (Phantom of Opera) 1931 Gene Hackman, Calif, actor (Bonnie & Clyde, Under Fire, Superman) 1931 Stewart B McKinney, (Rep-R-CT, 1971- ) 1932 Kazuo Inamori, Japanese business executive (Kyocera Ceramics Co) 1933 Louis Rukeyser, financial whiz (Wall Street Week) 1933 Richard Brautigan, Tacoma Wash, novelist/poet (Trout Fishing...) 1933 Richard Dufallo, Chicago Ill, clarinetist/conductor 1934 Tammy Grimes, Lynn Mass, actress (Can't Stop the Music) 1937 Boris Spassky, USSR, world chess champion (1969-72) 1937 Vanessa Redgrave, London, actress (Blow-Up, Julia, Orient Express) 1938 Marcel P A van Dam, Dutch political chairman (VARA) 1939 Frank R Wolf, (Rep-R-VA, 1981- ) 1941 Dick Cheney, (Rep-R-Wyo), Bush's secretary of defense (1989- ) 1942 Andres, [Dries Holten], singer (Sandra & Andres) 1942 Heidi Brhl, German actress/singer (Mdels vom Immenhof) 1942 Marty Balin, Cincinnati, singer (Jefferson Starship-Miracles) 1943 Davy Johnson, baseball manager (NY Mets) 1947 Steve Marriott, rock guitarist/vocalist (Humble Pie-Eat It, Faces) 1951 Marv Ross, rocker (Quarterflash) 1951 Phil Collins, England, singer/drummer (Genesis-Against All Odds) 1954 Alides Hidding, singer/guitarist (Time Bandits) 1955 Curtis Strange, golfer (1989 Skins Game) 1955 Judith Tarr, US, sci-fi author (Isle of Glass, Ars Magica) 1958 Rob of Zandvoort, singer (Jack of Hearts) 1959 Jody Watley, dancer (Solid Gold)/singer (Looking For a New Love) 1960 Tony O'Dell, Pasadena Calif, actor (Alan Pinkard-Head of the Class) 1964 Cheryl Akemi Toma, Pearl City Hawaii, Miss Hawaii-America (1991) 1965 Julie McCullough, Honolulu Hi, playmate (Feb 86)/actr (Growing Pains) 1966 Daphne Ashbrook, Long Beach Calif, actress (Liz-Our Family Honor) 1967 Bill Leverty, Richmond Va, guitarist (Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime) 1968 Felipe, Prince of Asturias, heir to Spanish throne 1974 Christian Bale, actor (Empire of the Sun) 1979 Dick Cheney, (Rep-R-WY, 1979- ) 1979 Diva Zappa, daughter of Frank Back to GREGSITE Passings for January 301384 Louis van Male, count of Flanders/Nevers/Rthel, dies 1393 Aimery Poitiers, French nobleman, burned at royal ball 1393 Yvain, son of a earl of Foix, burned at royal ball 1644 William Chillingworth, Engl theologian, Cambridge Platonist, dies 1649 Charles I, King of Great Britain (1625-49), executed by Parliament 1730 Peter II Aleksejevitsj, emperor of Russia (1727-30), dies 1838 Osceola, chief of Seminole indians, dies in jail 1888 Asa Gray, US botanist (Flora of North America), dies at 77 1900 Vittorio Bersezio. [Carlo Nugelli], Italian stagewriter, dies 1947 Frederick F Blackman, English botanist, dies 1948 Orville Wright, US aviation pioneer, dies 1951 Ferdinand Porsche, German car inventor (Porsche), dies at 75 1956 Jane Seymour, actress (Young Mr Bobbin), dies at 56 1958 Earnest H Heinkel, German airplane builder (WW II), dies at 70 1963 Francis Poulenc, French composer (Litanies la Vierge noire), dies 1968 Tsugouharu T Foujita, Japanese/French painter, dies 1969 Allan W Dulles, US politician, dies 1969 Dominique G Pire, Belg clergyman, (Europe village Nobel 1958), dies 1970 Malcolm Keen, actor (Uncle Chris-Mama), dies at 82 1975 Boris Blacher, German composer, dies at 72 1982 Flix L V L J Labisse, French painter (libidoscaphes), dies 1982 Stanley Holloway, actor (Higgins-Our Man Higgins), dies at 91 1983 Joan Valerie, actress, dies of pneumonia 1983 [Dallas] Mack/McCord Reynolds, sci-fi author (Earth War), dies at 65 1985 Ken Mayers, actor (Robbie Robertson-Space Patrol), dies at 67 1986 Ticker Freeman, pianist (Dinah Shore Show), dies at 74 1987 Angelo Rutherford, actor (Willie-Gentle Ben), dies at 32 1991 John McIntire, actor (Virginian, Psycho), dies 1993 Taikichiro Mori, Japanese land owner, dies Back to GREGSITE Holidays for January 30[England] Women Peerage Day (1958) [Kentucky, Virgin Islands] Franklin D Roosevelt Day [Australia] Australia Day (last Monday in January) (1788) Back to GREGSITE Interest events for January 30[Christian] Feast of St Charles [Eastern Orthodox] Holiday of 3 Hierachs (Basil, Gregory & Chrysostom) [RC] Feast of St Bathilde 228 [RC] Commemoration of St Martina, virgin/martyr 236 [RC] Feast of St Hippolytus of Rome (Orth) [calendar?] 530 [RC] Feast of St Felix IV, Roman Catholic pope (526-30) 1998 [Moslem] 'Id al-Fitr; end of Ramadn fast (Shawwl 1, 1418 AH) 1998 [Moslem] 'Id al-Fitr; end of Ramadn fast (Shawwl 1, 1418 AH) Back to GREGSITE Special events for January 30 World Law Day (1922) [Rome] a d iij Kal Feb 1349 Gnther of Schwarzburg chosen German anti-king 1349 Jews of Freilsburg Germany are massacred 1487 Bell chimes invented 1592 Ippolito Aldobrandini elected Pope Clement VIII 1647 Scots agree to sell King Charles I to English Parliament for 400, 1774 Capt Cook reaches 71 10' S, 1820 km from S pole (record) 1781 Articles of Confederation ratified by 13th state, Maryland 1790 Lifeboat 1st tested at sea, by Mr Greathead, the inventor 1797 Congress refuses to accept 1st petitions from American blacks 1800 US population: 5,308,483; Black population 1,002,037 (18.9%) 1804 Mungo Park leaves England seeking source of Niger River 1806 Prussia takes possession of Hanover 1815 Burned Library of Congress reestablished with Jefferson's 6500 vols 1818 Keats composes his sonnet, "When I Have Fears" 1820 Edward Bransfield aboard Williams discovers Antarctica (UK claim) 1835 Richard Lawrence misfires at Pres Andrew Jackson in Washington DC 1847 Yerba Buena renamed San Francisco 1853 Emperor Napoleon III marries Eugnie Maria de Montijo y de Guzman 1854 1st election in Washington Territory; 1,682 votes cast 1858 William Wells Brown published 1st Black drama, "Leap to Freedom" 1862 US Navy's 1st ironclad warship (Monitor) launched 1889 John Herschel uses camera obscura to photograph 48" (120cm) telescope 1894 Pneumatic hammer patented by Charles King of Detroit 1894 US flag fired on in Rio; prompt satisfaction exacted by Adm Benham 1911 1st rescue of an air passenger by a ship, near Havana, Cuba 1913 House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill 1915 German submarine attack on Le Havre 1917 1st jazz record recorded (Dark Town Strutters Ball) 1920 Qubec's Joe Malone sets NHL record of 7 goals in a game 1921 French rapist-murderer Henri-Dsir Landru sentenced to death 1922 World Law Day, 1st celebrated 1925 Turkish govt throws out Constantine VI of Constantinople 1927 Left wins national election in Thringen 1933 "The Lone Ranger" premiers on ABC radio 1933 Adolph Hitler named German Chancellor 1934 1st theatrical presentation sponsored by the US government, NYC 1934 Hitler proclamation on German unified states 1935 Ezra Pound meets Mussolini, reads from a draft of the "Cantos" 1936 Fans asked to pick a new name for Boston Braves; they choose "Bees 1937 2nd of Stalin's purge trials; Pyatakov & 16 others sentenced to death 1939 Heavy after shocks destroy some of Chile 1939 Hitler calls for the extermination of European Jews 1940 Cor Jongpeople wins 6th Dutch Elfstedentocht skate 1941 British troops conquer Derna Libya 1942 Japanese troops land on Ambon 1943 6 British Mosquito's daylight bomb Berlin 1943 Hitler promotes Friedrich von Paul as field marshal 1943 Illegal opposition newspaper Loyal begins publishing 1944 US invades Majuro, Marshall Islands 1945 "Wilhelm Gustloff" torpedoed off Danzig by Soviet sub-c 7,700 die 1948 5th Winter Olympic games open in St Moritz, Switzerland 1950 "Robert Montgomery Presents" dramatic anthology premiers on NBC TV 1950 Pres Truman orders development of the H-bomb [or 0131?] 1951 Belgium refuses to allow communists to make speeches on radio 1952 Lehmer verifies: 2^521-1 & 2^607-1 (183 ciphers) Mersenne-prime # 1954 Belgium ends trade agreement with USSR 1954 Italy's Fanfani cabinet resigns 1956 KRMA TV channel 6 in Denver, CO (PBS) begins broadcasting 1956 KTXS TV channel 12 in Sweetwater-Abilene, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting 1956 Martin Luther King Jr's home bombed 1957 US Congress accepts "Eisenhower-doctrine" 1958 1st 2-way moving sidewalk in service, Dallas Tx 1958 House of Lords passes bill allowing women in 1960 CIA OKs Lockheed to produce a new U-2 aircraft (Oxcart) 1960 EVC'58 (Eenheidsvakcentrale) disbands 1961 JFK askes for an Alliance for Progress & Peace Corp 1961 KAET TV channel 8 in Phoenix, AZ (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 UN General Assembly censures Portugal (because of Angola) 1964 Military coup of Gen Nguyen Khanh in South-Vietnam 1964 Ranger 6 launched; makes perfect flight to Moon, but cameras fail 1966 -19 F (-28 C), Corinth, Mississippi (state record) 1966 -27 F (-33 C), New Market, Alabama (state record) 1969 Beatles preform on the roof of Apple 1969 US/Canada ISIS 1 launched to study ionosphere 1972 Pakistan withdraws from the Commonwealth 1973 Jury finds Watergate defendants Liddy & McCord guilty on all count 1976 George Bush becomes director of the CIA (until 1977) 1977 8th (final) part of "Roots" is most-watched entertainment show ever 1978 Mutual Broadcasting Network begins airing Larry King Show on radio 1983 Super Bowl XVII-Washington Redskins-27, Miami Dolphins-17 1989 Joel Steinberg found guilty of 1st degree manslaughter of daughter 1992 Space Shuttle STS-42 (Discovery 15) lands 1993 100,000n Europeans demonstrate against fascism & racism 1994 Superbowl XXVIII (Atlanta) Back to GREGSITE Facts for January 3030th day of the year with 335 remaining (Numerology = 4) 1947 4F highest temperature for this date in NYC 1947 63F lowest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on January 3001/30/42 --- Blues In The Night --- Lunceford, Jimmie 01/30/48 --- Beg Your Pardon --- Carle, Frankie 01/30/54 --- I Get So Lonely --- Four Knights 01/30/54 --- From The Vine Came The Grape --- Gaylords 01/30/54 --- Make Love To Me! --- Stafford, Jo 01/30/61 --- Pony Time --- Checker, Chubby 01/30/61 --- Baby Sittin' Boogie --- Clifford, Buzz 01/30/61 --- Where The Boys Are --- Francis, Connie 01/30/61 --- Spanish Harlem --- King, Ben E. 01/30/65 --- Jolly Green Giant --- Kingsmen 01/30/65 --- My Girl --- Temptations 01/30/65 --- Tell Her No --- Zombies 01/30/82 --- Pac-Man Fever --- Buckner & Garcia 01/30/82 --- Mirror, Mirror --- Ross, Diana 01/30/82 --- That Girl --- Wonder, Stevie 01/30/88 --- Endless Summer Nights --- Marx, Richard 01/30/88 --- Just Like Paradise --- Roth, David Lee 01/30/93 --- Don't Walk Away --- Jade |
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