What Happened On January 30

What Happened On Jan 30 Events

1592 Jan 30 Ippolito Aldobrandini (Clement VIII) eleceted Pope
Pope Clement VIII (24 February, 1536 –3 March, 1605), born Ippolito Aldobrandini, was Pope from 30 January, 1592 to 3 March, 1605. After the death of Pope Innocent IX (1591), another s...
1815 Jan 30 James Madison Purchases Thomas Jefferson's Library
On January 30, 1815, President James Madison approved an act of Congress appropriating $23,950 to purchase Thomas Jefferson's library of 6,487 volumes. After capturing Washington, D.C....
1835 Jan 30 The First Attempt To Kill A Sitting President Of The United States Occurrs
On January 30, 1835, what is believed to be the first attempt to kill a sitting President of the United States occurred just outside the United States Capitol Building. When Jackson was l...
1847 Jan 30 Virginia Clemm Poe Dies
On January 29, 1847, Poe wrote to Marie Louise Shew: "My poor Virginia still lives, although failing fast and now suffering much pain."Virginia died the following day, January 30, after f...
1882 Jan 30 Franklin D Roosevelt is Born
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882 in the Hudson Valley town of Hyde Park, New York. His father, James Roosevelt, and his mother, Sara, were each from wealthy old New ...
1933 Jan 30 Hindenburg Appoints Hitler Chancellor of Germany
On the morning of 30 January 1933, in Hindenburg's office, Adolf Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor during what some observers later described as a brief and simple ceremony. His first spe...
1942 Jan 30
to 1942 Feb 3
 Battle of Ambon
From 6 January onwards, Ambon was attacked by Japanese aircraft. Allied aircraft made some sorties against the approaching Japanese fleet, with little success. On 13 January, the two B...
1948 Jan 30 G-AHNP Star Tiger Disappears
G-AHNP Star Tiger was an Avro Tudor Mark IV passenger aircraft owned and operated by British South American Airways (BSAA) which disappeared without trace over the Atlantic Ocean while on...
1948 Jan 30 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is Assassinated by Nathuram Godse
On January 30, 1948, Madanlal Pahwa, Shankar Kistaiya, Digambar Badge, Vishnu Karkare, Gopal Godse, Nathuram Godse, and Narayan Apte came to Birla Bhavan (aka Birla House) in Delhi to car...
1948 Jan 30
to 1948 Feb 8
 V Olympic Winter Games Held in St. Moritz, Switzerland
The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated in 1948 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The Games were the first to be cele...
1953 Jan 30 North Sea Flood of 1953
A storm formed south of Iceland on January 30th, 1953 and it was not a cause for concern at the time because the barometric pressure was not unusually low. Hurricane-force winds blowing f...
1968 Jan 30
to 1968 Mar 3
 Battle of Hue
At 03:40 on the foggy morning of 31 January, allied defensive positions north of the Perfume River in the city of Hue were mortared and rocketed and then attacked by two battalions of the...
1968 Jan 30
to 1968 Mar 7
 First Battle of Saigon
Although Saigon was the focal point of the offensive, the communists did not seek a total takeover of the city. Rather, they had six primary targets to strike in the downtown area: the he...
1971 Jan 30 Operation Dewey Canyon II
Any offensive planning by the U.S. was, however, limited by the passage on 29 December 1970 of the Cooper-Church Amendment, which prohibited U.S. ground forces and advisors from entering ...
1973 Jan 30 First Kiss performance
The first Kiss performance was on January 30, 1973, for an audience of three at the Popcorn Club (renamed Coventry shortly afterward) in Queens. In March of that year, the band recorded a...
1974 Jan 30 "Lacombe, Lucien" Is Released
Lacombe Lucien (in English, Lacombe, Lucien) (1974) is a French film that tells the story of a teenage boy during the German occupation of France in World War II. It is based in part on d...
1976 Jan 30
to 1977 Jan 20
 George H.W. Bush Serves as the Director of Central Intelligence
In 1976, Ford brought Bush back to Washington to become Director of Central Intelligence. He served in this role for 357 days, from January 30, 1976 to January 20, 1977. The CIA had been ...
1983 Jan 30 Super Bowl XVII - Redskins 27, Dolphins 17
Super Bowl XVII was an American football game played on January 30, 1983 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion following the 1982 ...
1989 Jan 30 Grateful Dead and Bob Dylan release Dylan & the Dead
Dylan & the Dead is a collaborative live album by Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead, released in 1989 by Columbia Records. It consists of seven songs written and sung by Dylan, with the Dea...
1990 Jan 30 MST3K Ep. 111 - "Moon Zero Two"
On a colonized moon, a disaffected astronaut-turned-cargo hauler hooks up with woman who has come looking for her brother, a miner working a distant patch of moonscape.
1991 Jan 30 "The Pony Remark" - Season 2 Episode 2 of Seinfeld Premiers
"The Pony Remark" is the seventh episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. It was the second episode for the show's second season. It aired on January 30, 1991. Plot Summary: Jerry makes a ...
1991 Jan 30 "The Silence Of The Lambs" Is Released
The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 psychological crime/horror thriller directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine, Anthony Heald and Br...
1993 Jan 30 MST3K Ep. 424 - "Manos: The Hands of Fate"
(Short: Hired!, Part 2) A hapless family on a car trip in rural Texas take refuge at an inn run on behalf of The Master by the satyr Torgo, harboring a deadly cult. Widely considered to b...
1994 Jan 30 Super Bowl XXVIII - Cowboys 30, Bills 13
Super Bowl XXVIII was an American football game played on January 12, 1994, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion following the 19...
1996 Jan 30 Ministry release Filth Pig
Filth Pig is the sixth studio album by industrial metal band Ministry, released in 1996 on Warner Bros. Records. The title was allegedly derived from a statement made in the British House...
1996 Jan 30 Napalm Death release Diatribes
Diatribes is the sixth album by Napalm Death, originally released in 1996 on Earache Records. This album was their final UK album chart entry, peaking at number 73.
1997 Jan 30 David Bowie releases Earthling
Earthling is an album by David Bowie released in February 1997 via BMG. The album showcases an electronica-influenced sound partly inspired by the rave culture of the 1990s.
1997 Jan 30 "The Comeback" - Season 8 Episode 13 of Seinfeld First Airs
"The Comeback" is the 147th episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 12th episode for the 8th season. It aired on January 30, 1997. The episode was written by Gregg Kavet & And...
2000 Jan 30 Final Play of Super Bowl XXXIV: Mike Jones Makes "The Tackle"
"People ask me all the time what was gonna happen in overtime. Even to this day, I never [thought] past the last play [in my mind]. We knew we had to stop the last play and didn’t really t..." —Mike Jones, Rams Linebacker
2000 Jan 30 Super Bowl XXXIV Features Seventeen Dot-Com Companies
Public awareness campaigns were one of the ways in which dot-coms sought to grow their customer base. These included television ads, print ads, and targeting of professional sporting even...
2000 Jan 30 Super Bowl XXXIV Rams 23 Titans 16
Super Bowl XXXIV featured the National Football Conference (NFC) champion St. Louis Rams and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Tennessee Titans in an American football game ...
2003 Jan 30 FDA Approves Biogen's Amevive
In March 2003 the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved alefacept (Amevive) for treatment of moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. Amevive, manufactured by Biogen, is an immune sy...
2006 Jan 30 Coretta Scott King Dies
After suffering a stroke and mild heart attack in August 2005, Coretta Scott King died on 30 January 2006 while being treated at the Hospital Santa Monica in Mexico City. Her funeral serv...
2007 Jan 30 "Imaginary Diseases" by Frank Zappa Is Released
Imaginary Diseases is an album of material by Frank Zappa from the Petite Wazoo tour of 1972. It is one of two finished CD projects from the tour containing material mastered by Zappa bef...
2007 Jan 30 Katharine McPhee Releases 'Katharine McPhee' the Album
The album's release date changed on many occasions, originally set for November 14, then November 28, then December 5, then December 19, and eventually, — at McPhee's insistence — Janua...
2007 Jan 30 Vanguard: Saga of Heroes Launches
Vanguard: Saga of Heroes is a high fantasy-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) created by Sigil Games Online, and now developed and run by Sony Online Entertain...
2009 Jan 30 Boston Celtics defeat Detroit Pistons, 86-78
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - Blowouts have marked the Celtics' 10-game winning streak. But they responded to a wake-up call in taking an 86-78 victory over the Detroit Pistons last night. The...
2009 Jan 30 "David After Dentist" Appears on Youtube
This video of a kid doped up after getting a tooth pulled has become one of the 32 flavors of family friendly internet fun. I love it when he asks, "is this real life??" Fun stuff.
2009 Jan 30 Ingemar Johansson Dies
Jens Ingemar Johansson (September 22, 1932 – January 30, 2009) was a Swedish boxer and former heavyweight champion of the world. He defeated Floyd Patterson by TKO in the third round, aft...
2010 Jan 30 Los Angeles Kings defeat Boston Bruins, 3-2
TD Garden, the lifeless house of snores and bores for the Bruins (losers of five straight on home ice), was finally crackling. Mark Stuart had smoked Anze Kopitar, Los Angeles’s best forw...
2010 Jan 30 Milwaukee Bucks defeat Miami Heat, 95-84
  PLAYER OF THE GAME: Hakim Warrick came off the Bucks' bench to score 22 points and grab six rebounds in 28 highly productive minutes. "We did a good job in getting some pick-and-pops...
2010 Jan 30 Phoenix Coyotes defeat New York Rangers, 3-2
GLENDALE, Ariz. - Henrik Lundqvist wasn't well enough even to stay on the Rangers' bench after the first period Saturday night. It was a flu bug that knocked him from taking the start in ...
2010 Jan 30 San Jose Sharks defeat Minnesota Wild, 5-2
SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Stay out of the box. That was the message of the morning as the Wild prepared to face the lethal San Jose Sharks and their plethora of superstars later that night. ...
2010 Jan 30 Washington Wizards defeat New York Knicks, 106-96
The status reports on Jared Jeffries and Al Harrington just about sum up the current state of the Knicks: Questionable. With Mike D'Antoni admitting Friday that the Knicks are "runn...