This Day in History
January 30

What happened in history on this day: January 30? On January 30 in ... 1156 - Herman van Horn bishop of Utrecht (1151/52-56), dies. 1349 - Günther of Schwarzburg chosen German anti-king. 1349 - Jews of Freilsburg Germany are massacred. 1384 - Louis van Male count of Flanders/Nevers/Réthel, dies. 1393 - Aimery Poitiers French nobleman, burned at royal ball. 1393 - Yvain son of Earl of Foix, burned at royal ball. 1467 - Battle at Velke Kostolany Hung king Mátyás Corvinus beats Bratríci. 1487 - Bell chimes invented. 1522 - Duke of Albany takes captured French back to Scotland. 1544 - Adrian van Goes becomes land advocate of Holland. 1563 - Birth of Franciscus Gomarus [François Gomaer], Dutch theologist/opera singer. 1566 - Birth of Alessandro Piccinini composer. 1584 - Jonker Wigbold van Ewsum mister of Nienoord, dies in battle. 1584 - Pieter Jansz Pourbus Flemish painter, dies. 1592 - Ippolito Aldobrandini elected Pope Clement VIII. 1609 - Birth of Wenzel E Fürst von Lobkowitz Austrian chancellor (-1674). 1616 - Birth of William Sancroft Archbishop (Canterbury). 1624 - Birth of Arnold Geulincx South Netherlands, philosopher (About Virtue). 1628 - Birth of George Villiers second duke of Buckingham England. 1644 - William Chillingworth English theologian, Cambridge Platonist, dies. 1647 - Birth of Konrad Hoffler composer. 1647 - Scots agree to sell King Charles I to English Parliament for £400. 1648 - Spain and Netherlands sign Peace of Münster, ending Tachtigjarige War. 1649 - Charles I, King of Great Britain (1625-49), beheaded for treason. 1667 - Treaty of Andrussovo Russia and Poland sign peace treaty. 1687 - Birth of [Johann] Balthasar Neumann German architect, baptized. 1694 - Birth of Joseph Joachim Benedict Munster composer. 1697 - Birth of Johann Joachim Quantz German royal flautist/composer. 1708 - Birth of Georg D Ehret German/English cartoonist. 1710 - Birth of Vigilio Blasio Faitello composer. 1713 - England and Netherlands sign second anti-French boundary treaty. 1719 - Birth of Magnus G Lichtwer German writer (Äsopischer Fabeln). 1724 - Birth of Ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger composer. 1730 - Peter II Alekseyevitch emperor of Russia (1727-30), dies at age 14. 1752 - Birth of Joseph Matthias Kracher composer. 1756 - Birth of Josef Preindl composer. 1760 - Birth of Franz Xaver Partsch composer. 1774 - Captain Cook reaches 71 degrees 10' S, 1820 km from South pole (record). 1774 - Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma composer, dies at age 69. 1774 - Jean-Pierre Guignon composer, dies at age 71. 1775 - Birth of Walter Savage Landor Warwick England, critic/writer (Imaginary Conversation). 1781 - Articles of Confederation ratified by 13th state, Maryland. 1781 - Birth of Adelbert von Chamisso writer. 1789 - Birth of George Augustus Kollmann composer. 1790 - Lifeboat first tested at sea, by Mr Greathead, the inventor. 1797 - Birth of Edwin Vose Sumner Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863. 1797 - US Congress refuses to accept first petitions from American blacks. 1797 - Johann Abraham Sixt composer, dies at age 40. 1798 - Representative Matthew Lyon (Vermont) spits in face of Representative Roger Griswold (Connecticut) in US House of Representatives, after an argument. 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. 1814 - Birth of Jean-Baptist Capronnier French/Belgian glass painter. 1815 - Burned Library of Congress reestablished with Jefferson's 6500 volumes. 1816 - Birth of Nathaniel Prentiss Banks Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894. 1816 - Reinier Vinkeles Dutch engraver/cartoonist/art collector, dies at age 74. 1818 - Keats composes his sonnet, "When I Have Fears". 1820 - Edward Bransfield aboard Williams discovers Antarctica (United Kingdom claim). 1822 - Birth of John Basil Turchin [Ivan Turchinoff], Brigadier General (Union volunteers). 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. 1827 - Johann Philipp Christian Schulz composer, dies at age 53. 1829 - Birth of Alfred Cummings Georgia, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1910. 1834 - Birth of Lord Avebury [John Lubbock], British banker/politician. 1835 - Birth of Oliver Edwards Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1904. 1835 - Richard Lawrence misfires at President Andrew Jackson in Washington DC. 1836 - Death of Betsy Ross; made American flag. 1838 - Osceola chief of Seminole Indians, dies in jail. 1841 - Birth of Alfred Townsend George Civil War journalist, died in 1914. 1844 - Birth of Moritz F Freiherr von Bissing German General/Governor-General of Belgium (1914-17). 1846 - Birth of Francis H Bradley British philosopher (neo-idealism). 1847 - Yerba Buena renamed San Francisco. 1853 - Birth of Leland Hone cricketer (England keeper 1879 without county experience). 1853 - Emperor Napoleon III marries Eugénie Maria de Montijo y de Guzman. 1854 - First election in Washington Territory; 1,682 votes cast. 1858 - Charles Hallé founds Hallé Orchestra in Manchester. 1860 - Francesco Antonio Norberto Pinto composer, dies at age 44. 1861 - Birth of Charles Martin Tornow Loeffler Mulhouse Alsace, composer. 1862 - Birth of Walter Johannes Damrosch composer. 1862 - The first American ironclad warship, the USS Monitor, is launched. 1865 - Birth of Samuel Pl'h Naber Dutch rear-Admiral/librarian. 1866 - Birth of Gelett Burgess author (Purple Cow). 1871 - Birth of Seymour Hicks Saint Helier Jersey; actor-manager (Scrooge). 1871 - Birth of Wilfred Lucas; actor (Pardon Us, Chump at Oxford). 1873 - Birth of Rose Melville actress (Sis). 1877 - Storm flood ravages Dutch coastal provinces. 1879 - French President MacMahon resigns. 1881 - Jaak Nikolaas Lemmens Flemish composer, dies at age 58. 1882 - Birth of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in New Hyde Park, New York, USA; 32nd President (Democrat) (1933-1945). 1883 - England team presented with ashes of a bail after Sydney Test. 1885 - Birth of John Henry Towers aviator/naval hero. 1888 - Asa Gray US botanist (Flora of North America), dies at age 77. 1888 - Harry Moses 297 not out for New South Wales against Victoria. 1889 - John Herschel uses camera obscura to photograph 48" (120cm) telescope. 1889 - Victoria beat New South Wales after following on (New South Wales all out 63 needed 76). 1890 - Karl Merz composer, dies at age 53. 1892 - Birth of Charles Trowbridge Haubiel composer. 1892 - Birth of Grigore Gafencu Roman minister of Foreign affairs (1938-39). 1892 - Bobby Abel carries his bat for 132* for England in SCG Test. 1892 - Captain Lugard occupies Uganda's King Mwanga's hide out. 1894 - Birth of Boris III tsar of Bulgaria (1918-43). 1894 - Birth of Marcel Canneel Flemish painter (Reuzenstoet). 1894 - Pneumatic hammer patented by Charles King of Detroit. 1894 - US flag fired on in Rio; prompt satisfaction exacted by Admiral Benham. 1895 - C J Eady (Tasmania) first Australian to score twin centuries (vs Victoria). 1895 - SS Elbe sinks after collision in North Sea, 332 killed. 1895 - Tasmania beat Victoria for first F-C victory in 41 years. 1897 - John Cottam cricket (Test for Australia 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies. 1898 - Birth of Alfred Schläppi Switzerland, four man bobsled (Olympics-gold-1924). 1899 - Birth of Max Theiler English/US microbiologist (Nobel Prize 1951). 1900 - Birth of Isaak Iosifovich Dunayevsky composer. 1900 - Birth of Martita Hunt Argentina, actress (Man in Grey, Becket). 1900 - Birth of Sandy Powell Rotherham England, costume designer (Rob Roy). 1900 - Vittorio Bersezio [Carlo Nugelli], Italian playwright, dies at age 71. 1901 - Birth of Earl of Huntingdon mural painter. 1901 - Birth of H E Nossak writer. 1902 - Birth of Elise Cavanna actress (Pharmacist, Dentist, Barber Shop). 1902 - Birth of Sir Nikolaus Pevsner England, art historian (The Buildings of England). 1903 - Birth of G Evelyn Hutchinson British zoologist (Treatise on Limnology). 1906 - Birth of Greta Nissen actress (Ambassador Bill). 1909 - Birth of Mihaly Hajou composer. 1909 - Birth of Richard Hearne Norwich England; actor (Captain Horatio Hornblower). 1909 - Birth of Saul David Alinsky Chicago Illinois, radical writer (John L Lewis). 1910 - Birth of Frans Dohmen union leader (Dutch Catholic Mineworker's Union). 1911 - First rescue of an air passenger by a ship, near Havana, Cuba. 1911 - Birth of Alexander George Ogston biochemist. 1911 - Birth of Hugh Marlowe Philadelphia Pennsylvania; actor (Ellery Queen). 1911 - Birth of Roy Eldridge Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, jazz trumpeter (Gene Krupa, Artie Shaw). 1912 - Birth of Barbara Tuchman US, historian/author (Pulitzer, Guns of August). 1912 - Birth of Jadwiga Wajsowna-Marcinkiewicz discus thrower (Olympics-bronze-1932). 1913 - Birth of Dicky Fuller cricketer (one Test West Indies versus England 1935, 1, 0-12). 1913 - Birth of Percy Thrower English radio host. 1913 - House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill. 1914 - Birth of David Wayne Traverse City Michigan; actor (Andromeda Strain, Adams Rib). 1914 - Birth of John Ireland Vancouver British Columbia, Canada; actor (Rawhide, Gunfight at OK Corral). 1914 - Birth of Louis Osman artist architect goldsmith medallist/craftsman. 1915 - Birth of Dorothy Dell actor (Little Miss Marker, Wharf Angel). 1915 - Birth of John D Profumo England, politician (Conservative). 1915 - Birth of Pierre Wissmer Swiss composer/theory (Capitaine Bruno). 1915 - German submarine attack on Le Havre. 1915 - No 10 batsman F W Hyett scores century on debut, Victoria versus Tasmania. 1917 - First jazz record recorded (Dark Town Strutters Ball). 1918 - Birth of David Opatoshu New York City, New York; actor (Bonino, Secret Empire, Masada). 1918 - Birth of Jarl André Bjerke [Bernhard Borge], Norwegian poet/writer. 1919 - Birth of Robert Suter composer. 1919 - Cincinnati Reds hire Pat Moran as manager as Christy Mathewson, is still in France with US Army. 1920 - Birth of George Skibine Russian/US dancer/choreographer (Tragedy in Verona). 1920 - Birth of Patrick Heron abstract painter. 1920 - Québec's Joe Malone sets NHL record of 7 goals in a game. 1921 - Birth of Bernie Leighton West Haven Connecticut, orchestra leader (Chance of a Lifetime). 1921 - French rapist-murderer Henri-Désiré Landru sentenced to death. 1922 - Birth of Dick Martin Detroit Michigan; actor/comedian (Laugh-In, Carbon Copy). 1922 - Birth of Pal Jardanyi composer. 1922 - Ted McDonald takes 8-58 in big Victorian win over New South Wales. 1922 - World Law Day, first celebrated. 1924 - Birth of Margaret Beda Nicholson author (No Medals for the Major). 1924 - Birth of Shirley Chisholm (Representative-Democrat-New York). 1924 - Ponsford scores second 110 of the game in Victoria win over New South Wales. 1925 - Birth of Dorothy Malone Chicago Illinois, actress (At Gunpoint, Night and Day, Peyton Place). 1925 - Jakab Gyula Major composer, dies at age 66. 1925 - John F Mellaerts Flemish social founder (Boerenbond), dies at age 79. 1925 - Turkish government throws out Constantine VI of Constantinople. 1926 - Birth of Ruth Brown Portsmouth Virginia, actress (Leona-Hello Larry, Checking In). 1927 - Birth of Olof Palme Stockholm, Prime Minister of Sweden (1969-76, 1982-86) assassinated. 1927 - Friedrich Ernst Koch composer, dies at age 64. 1927 - Left wins national election in Thüringen. 1928 - First radio telephone connection between Netherlands and US. 1928 - Birth of Andrew Salkey author editor/broadcaster. 1928 - Birth of Harold Prince US producer/director (West Side Story, Evita, Phantom of Opera). 1928 - Birth of Mitch Leigh composer. 1928 - Bradman scores 134 not out (225 minutes, 13 fours) New South Wales versus Victoria. 1928 - Douglas Haig British field marshal (Sudan/Boer war/WWI), dies at age 66. 1928 - Eugene O'Neill's "Strange Interlude" premieres in New York City, New York. 1929 - Birth of Hugh Tayfield cricketer (celebrated South African off-spinner 1949-60). 1929 - Birth of Viscount Long. 1930 - Birth of Gene Hackman in California, USA; actor (Bonnie and Clyde, Under Fire, Superman). 1930 - The world's first radiosonde is launched from Pavlovsk, USSR. 1930 - Birth of Magnus Adem Malan South African minister of Defense (1980-). 1930 - Vladimir Mayakovsky's "Banya" premieres in Leningrad. 1931 - Birth of Jack Bowman Chief Constable (Tayside). 1931 - Birth of Shirley Hazzard Australian author (Transit of Venus). 1931 - Birth of Stewart B McKinney (Representative-Republican-Connecticut, 1971-). 1931 - Charlie Chaplin's "City Lights" premieres at Los Angeles Theater. 1932 - Birth of Kazuo Inamori Japanese business executive (Kyocera Ceramics Co). 1932 - Grimmett 7-116 in South Africa first innings at Adelaide Oval. 1933 - "The Lone Ranger" premieres on ABC radio. 1933 - Birth of Bob Muddimer CEO (Ranks Hovis McDougall). 1933 - Birth of Louis Rukeyser financial whiz (Wall Street Week, Channel 13). 1933 - Birth of Richard Dufallo Chicago Illinois, clarinetist/conductor. 1933 - German President Paul von Hindenburg offers Chancellorship to Adolf Hitler, who accepts. 1933 - Grimmett takes 7-86 for South Africa in Queensland second inn, 13-135 for match. 1934 - First theatrical presentation sponsored by the US government, New York City, New York. 1934 - Bert Ironmonger ends Sheffield Shield career age 51 years 298 days. 1934 - Birth of Tammy Grimes Lynn Massachusetts, actress (Can't Stop the Music). 1934 - Hitler proclamation on German unified states. 1935 - Birth of John George Hughes bishop of Kensington. 1935 - Birth of Martin Taylor former vice-chairman, Hanson. 1935 - Birth of Richard Brautigan Tacoma Washington, novelist/poet (Trout Fishing...). 1935 - Ezra Pound meets Mussolini, reads from a draft of "Cantos". 1936 - Fans asked to pick a new name for Boston Braves; they choose "The Bees" it doesn't catch on and is scrapped by 1940 season. 1936 - Victoria need 442 to win against New South Wales, but lose, all out for 415. 1937 - Second of Stalin's purge trials; Pyatakov and 16 others sentenced to death. 1937 - Birth of Boris Spassky USSR, world chess champion (1969-72). 1937 - Birth of Vanessa Redgrave London, actress (Blow-Up, Julia, Orient Express). 1938 - Birth of Marcel P A van Dam Dutch politician/CEO (VARA Radio/TV). 1938 - Birth of Marlies van Alcmaer [Smal], Dutch actress/director (Bridge too Far). 1939 - Birth of Eleanor Smeal feminist/president (NOW). 1939 - Birth of Frank R Wolf (Representative-Republican-Virginia, 1981-). 1939 - Birth of Nick Gaselee racehorse trainer. 1939 - Heavy after shocks destroy some of Chile. 1939 - Adolf Hitler addresses the Reichstag, saying that if Jews lead the world into war, it would cause the destruction of Jews in Europe. 1940 - Benjamin Britten's "Lesson Illuminations" premieres in London. 1940 - Birth of David Johnson composer. 1940 - Cor Jongert wins 6th Dutch 11 Cities Skating Race. 1940 - Hassett's second 122 of the game for Victoria can't stop a New South Wales win. 1941 - Australian troops conquer Derna Libya. 1941 - Birth of Dick Cheney; American politician (Representative-Republican-Wyoming/George Bush's secretary of defense 1989-93/Vice President 2001-2009). 1941 - Birth of Joe Terranoua rocker (Danny and The Juniors). 1942 - Birth of Andres [Dries Holten], Dutch singer (Sandra and Andres). 1942 - Birth of Christopher Howes Crown Estate Second Commissioner. 1942 - Birth of Dave Brown cricketer (Warwicks pace bowler, played 26X for England). 1942 - Birth of Heidi Brühl German actress/singer (Mädels vom Immenhof). 1942 - Birth of Marty Balin Cincinnati Ohio, singer (Jefferson Starship-Miracles). 1942 - Japanese troops land on Ambon. 1942 - Vasily Pavovlich Kalafati composer, dies at age 72. 1943 - Six British Mosquito's daylight bomb Berlin. 1943 - Birth of Davy Johnson; baseball manager (New York Mets). 1943 - Birth of Sandy Deane rocker. 1943 - German assault on French in Tunisia. 1943 - German under officers shot down in Haarlem Netherlands. 1943 - Hitler promotes Friedrich von Paul to General - field marshal. 1943 - Illegal opposition newspaper Loyal begins publishing. 1943 - Adolf Hitler names Karl Dönitz as Grand Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the navy. 1943 - USS Chicago sinks in Pacific Ocean. 1944 - Birth of John Thornton English chocolate factory/multi-millionaire. 1944 - Birth of Lord Westwood. 1944 - Birth of Lynn Harrell New York City, New York, cellist. 1944 - US invades Majuro, Marshall Islands. 1945 - Birth of Michael Dorris; writer. 1945 - Birth of Robert Wittinger; composer. 1945 - German passenger ship Wilhelm Gustloff is struck by three Soviet torpedoes off Danzig. The ship quickly capsizes, with the loss of 5200-5400 of estimated 6100 on board. Worst sea loss ever. 1945 - Gottlieb J Haberlandt, Hungarian/German botanist, dies at age 90. 1945 - In Malta, British and American representatives meet over five days to discuss military strategy, Italy, China, and occupation zones in Germany. 1945 - William Busch, composer, dies at age 43. 1946 - The Austrian government submits to the European Advisory Council its claims of reparations from Germany, totaling US$7.65 billion. 1946 - First issue of American Franklin Roosevelt 10-cent coin. 1946 - Birth of Lord Mackay of Drumadoon; British Queen's Council. 1947 - Birth of Martin Christoph Redel; composer. 1947 - Birth of Steve Marriott; rock guitarist/vocalist (Humble Pie - "Eat It", The Faces). 1947 - Frederick F Blackman, English botanist, dies at age 80. 1948 - (to February 8) The V Olympic Winter Games are held in St. Moritz, Switzerland. 1948 - Birth of Nicholas Broomfield; director/editor (Dark Obsession, Heidi Fleiss). 1948 - Herb Pennock, pitcher (New York Yankees)/general manager (Philadelphia Phillies), dies. 1948 - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, India spiritual and political leader, assassinated by Hindu extremists in New Delhi, at age 78. 1948 - Orville Wright, American aviation pioneer, dies at age 76. 1949 - Birth of William King in Alabama, USA; soul trumpeteer (Commodores - "Easy"). 1950 - NBC premieres the Robert Montgomery Presents 60-minute dramatic anthology TV show. 1950 - Birth of Bruce Howard Lidington; actor (Sword of Valiant, Mosses). 1950 - Birth of Ralph Wilcox in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; actor (Big Eddie, Busting Loose). 1950 - Birth of Silvia Bertolaccini; LPGA golfer. 1951 - Belgium refuses to allow communists to make speeches on radio. 1951 - Birth of Bobby Stokes; footballer. 1951 - Birth of Charles S Dutton in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actor (Alien 3, Crocodile Dundee 2, Roc). 1951 - Birth of Clifford Leon Anderson; rocker (The Cure). 1951 - Birth of Marv Ross; rocker (Quarterflash). 1951 - Birth of Trevor Laughlin; cricketer (Australian all-rounder 1978-79). 1951 - Ferdinand Porsche, German car inventor (Porsche), dies at age 75. 1952 - Lehmer verifies 2^521-1 and 2^607-1 (183 ciphers) Mersenne-prime numbers. 1953 - Louis H N Bosch van Rosenthal, Dutch resistance fighter, dies at age 68. 1954 - Belgium ends trade agreement with USSR. 1954 - Birth of Alides Hidding; singer/guitarist (Time Bandits). 1954 - Italy's Fanfani government resigns. 1955 - Birth of Curtis Strange in Norfolk, Virginia, USA; PGA golfer (1989 US Open). 1955 - Birth of Judith Tarr; American sci-fi author (Isle of Glass, Ars Magica). 1955 - Birth of Michael Thompson; guitarist (Afterburn, Fresh, Sahara, Gridlock'd). 1956 - Elvis Presley records his version of "Blue Suede Shoes". 1956 - Gerrit Mannoury, mathematician/philosopher, dies at age 88. 1956 - Jane Seymour, actress (Young Mr Bobbin), dies at age 56. 1956 - Martin Luther King Jr's home is bombed. 1957 - Birth of William Payne Stewart in Springfield, Missouri, USA; PGA golfer (1983 Walt Disney). 1957 - Grigore Gafencu, Romanian minister of Foreign Affairs (1938-39), dies at age 65. 1957 - US Congress accepts "Eisenhower-doctrine". 1958 - First two-way moving sidewalk in service, Dallas, Texas. 1958 - Baseball announces players and coaches rather than fans pick all stars. 1958 - Birth of Brett Butler in Montgomery, Alabama, USA; comedienne (Grace - Grace Under Fire). 1958 - Birth of Rob van Zandvoort; Dutch rock vocalist/keyboardist (Jack of Hearts). 1958 - Earnest H Heinkel, German airplane builder (WWII), dies at age 70. 1958 - British House of Lords passes bill allowing women in. 1959 - Australia 1-200 first day fourth Test versus England, Adelaide Oval. 1959 - Birth of Jody Watley in Chicago, Illinois, USA; dancer (Solid Gold) / singer ("Looking For a New Love"). 1959 - The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, entitled The Peter Tchaikovsky Story. The show is the first stereophonic broadcast of a television program. In some cities, one channel is transmitted on an AM radio station, the other channel on an FM station. 1960 - Birth of Tony O'Dell in Pasadena, California, USA; actor (Alan Pinkard - Head of the Class). 1960 - US Central Intelligence Agency okays Lockheed to produce a new U-2 aircraft (Oxcart). 1960 - Dutch communist trade union EVC'58 disbands. 1960 - Riot curtails third day's play at Port-Of-Spain, West Indies versus England. 1960 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss. 1960 - US male Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins. 1961 - Birth of Ranjit Madurasinghe; cricketer (three Tests for Sri Lanka 1988-92). 1961 - Bobby Darin is youngest performer to headline a TV special on NBC. 1961 - US President John Kennedy asks for an Alliance for Progress and Peace Corps. 1961 - Lance Gibbs takes hat-trick (Mackay, Grout, Misson) at Adelaide. 1962 - Two members of Flying Wallendas' high-wire act are killed when their 7-person pyramid collapses during a performance in Detroit, Michigan. 1962 - United Nations General Assembly censures Portugal (because of Angola). 1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. 1963 - Francis Poulenc, French composer (Litanies à la Vierge Noire), dies at age 74. 1963 - P F "Plum" Warner, cricketer (England manager during Bodyline tour), dies. 1964 - Berthold Altaner, German church historian, dies at age 80. 1964 - Birth of Cheryl Akemi Toma in Pearl City, Hawaii, USA; Miss Hawaii-America (1990). 1964 - Military coup of General Nguyen Khanh in South Vietnam. 1964 - Ranger 6 launched; makes perfect flight to Moon, but cameras fail. 1965 - State funeral of Winston Churchill. 1965 - Vic Jackson, cricketer (New South Wales/Leicerstershire off-spinner), dies in car. 1966 - -19 degrees F (-28 degrees C) in Corinth, Mississippi (state record). 1966 - -27 degrees F (-33 degrees C) in New Market, Alabama (state record). 1966 - Ard Schenk skates world record 1500m (2:05.2). 1966 - Birth of Danielle Goyette; ice hockey forward (Canada, Olympics-1998). 1966 - Birth of Daphne Ashbrook in Long Beach, California, USA; actress (Liz - Our Family Honor). 1966 - Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 11th string quartet. 1967 - Birth of Bill Leverty in Richmond, Virginia, USA; guitarist (Firehouse - "Love of a Lifetime"). 1967 - Lee Morgan, actor (Dungeons of Harrow, Last Rebel), dies. 1968 - Birth of Bob Nardella; hockey defenseman (Team Italy 1998). 1968 - Birth of Felipe de Borbon, Prince of Asturias, heir to Spanish throne. 1968 - Tsugouharu T Foujita, Japanese/French painter, dies at age 81. 1969 - Allan Welsh Dulles, US diplomat/director (US Central Intelligence Agency 1953-61), dies at age 75. 1969 - The Beatles hold their last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London, England. The 42-minute impromptu free concert is broken up by the police. 1969 - Dominique G Pire, clergyman, (Europe village Nobel Prize 1958), dies at age 58. 1969 - US/Canada ISIS 1 launched to study ionosphere. 1970 - Birth of Edwin de Kruyf/Kruijff; soccer player (FC Utrecht, FC Groningen). 1970 - Birth of Hans Spark; soccer player (RKC). 1970 - Birth of Oleg Khmyl; NHL defenseman (Belarus, Olympics-1998). 1970 - Birth of Scott Levins in Spokane, Washington, USA; NHL right wing (Ottawa Senators). 1970 - Malcolm Keen, English actor (Uncle Chris - Mama), dies at age 82. 1971 - Birth of Brent Moss; WLAF running back (Amsterdam Admirals). 1971 - Birth of Chris Slade; NFL outside linebacker (New England Patriots). 1971 - Birth of Derek Allen; NFL/WLAF offensive linebacker (New York Giants, Rhein Fire). 1971 - Birth of Kevin Knox; WLAF receiver (Rhein Fire). 1971 - Birth of Kimo Von Oelhoffen; NFL defensive tackle (Cincinnati Bengals). 1971 - Birth of Milko Pieren; Dutch soccer player (Sparta). 1971 - Birth of Quentin Neujahr; NFL center (Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns). 1971 - Birth of Takeshi Yamanaka; hockey defenseman (Team Japan 1998). 1971 - Birth of Trent Klatt in Robbinsdale, Minnesota, USA; NHL right wing (Philadelphia Flyers). 1971 - Dennis Lillee takes 5-84 in his first Test bowl, versus England. 1972 - Birth of Burt Thornton; Canadian Football League receiver (Hamilton Tiger Cats). 1972 - Birth of Chris Simon in Wawa, Ontario, Canada; NHL left wing (Colorado Avalanche). 1972 - Birth of Jill McGill in Denver, Colorado, USA; LPGA golfer (1995 British Open-second). 1972 - Bloody Sunday: British soldiers shoot on catholics in Londonderry, 13 die. 1972 - Karel Boleslav Jirak, composer, dies at age 81. 1972 - Pakistan withdraws from the British Commonwealth. 1973 - 26th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 5-4 at New York Rangers. 1973 - Birth of Brad Yamaoka; Canadian Football League running back (BC Lions). 1973 - Birth of Holly Noelle Roehl; Miss Indiana-USA (1996). 1973 - Birth of Jalen Rose; NBA guard (Indiana Pacers). 1973 - Birth of Jimmy Oliver; NFL wide receiver (San Diego Chargers). 1973 - Birth of Sharone Wright; NBA center/forward (Toronto Raptors). 1973 - Near the coast of Michoacan, Mexico, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake occurs. 52 people killed, 390 were injured, 22,000 made homeless. A volcano 80 kilometers north of Colima begins eruption. 1973 - Jack McGowan, actor (On Our Selection), dies at age 54. 1973 - US Jury finds Watergate defendants Liddy and McCord guilty on all counts. 1973 - KISS rock group plays their first show (Coventry Club in Queens, New York). 1974 - Bill Whitty, cricketer (37 wickets versus South Africa 1910-11 series), dies. 1974 - Birth of Christian Bale in Wales; actor (Empire of the Sun, Little Women). 1974 - Birth of Martina Jerant in Windsor, Ontario, Canada; basketball center (Olympics-1996). 1974 - Birth of Robert Rollins; cricketer (big-hitting Essex wicketkeeper-batsman). 1974 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk. 1975 - Boris Blacher, German composer (Purloined Letter), dies at age 72. 1976 - First-class debut of Dav Whatmore, in Johannesburg, South Africa. 1976 - Birth of Florian Keller in Munchen, Germany; hockey player (Team Germany, Rosenheim). 1976 - George Bush becomes 11th director of US Central Intelligence Agency (until 1977). 1976 - Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller, San Francisco Blues Great, dies at age 80. 1976 - Mance Lipscomb, rocker, dies at age 80. 1976 - Percy Tyson "Plum" Lewis, cricketer (pair in only Test for South Africa), dies. 1976 - William E Colby ends term as 10th director of US Central Intelligence Agency. 1977 - 8th (final) part of Roots is most-watched TV entertainment show to date. 1977 - Allan Border scores 36 in his first-class innings (New South Wales versus Queensland). 1978 - Addie Joss and Larry MacPhail elected to Baseball Hall of Fame. 1978 - Birth of Lnd Girchoukevitch; NHL goaltender (Belarus, Olympics-1998). 1978 - Mutual Broadcasting Network begins airing Larry King Show on radio. 1979 - Birth of Diva Zappa, daughter of Frank Zappa. 1979 - Birth of Karen Smith; Australian field hockey midfielder/halfback (Olympics-1996). 1979 - Rhodesia agrees to new constitution. 1980 - Lil Dagover, actress (Destiny, Spiders), dies at age 82. 1980 - Professor Longhair, king of New Orleans music, dies at age 61 (born 1918). 1980 - Birth of Wilmer Valderrama; Venezuelan/Colombian-American comedian. 1981 - Birth of Dimitar Berbatov; Bulgarian national football team captain and Tottenham Hotspur player. 1981 - 8th American Music Awards: Kenny Rogers wins. 1982 - Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner." 1982 - Lightning Hopkins, American musician, dies of cancer at age 69 (born 1912). 1982 - Riccardo Nielsen, composer, dies at age 73. 1982 - Stanley Holloway, comedian (My Fair Lady, Our Man Higgins), dies at age 91. 1982 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners. 1982 - Félix L V L J Labisse, French painter (libidoscaphes), dies at age 76. 1983 - Super Bowl XVII at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California: Washington Redskins beat Miami Dolphins, 27-17; Most Valuable Player: John Riggins, Running Back. 1983 - [Dallas] Mack/McCord Reynolds, sci-fi author (Earth War), dies at age 65. 1983 - Hilbert van Thumb becomes European skating champ. 1983 - Joan Valerie, actress (Pier 13), dies of pneumonia. 1983 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Mazda of Deer Creek Golf Classic. 1984 - Birth of Chad Power, American actor. 1984 - Death of Luke Kelly, Irish folk singer (born 1940). 1985 - Ken Mayers, actor (Robbie Robertson - Space Patrol), dies at age 67. 1986 - Ticker Freeman, pianist (Dinah Shore Show), dies at age 74. 1987 - Angelo Rutherford, actor (Willie - Gentle Ben), dies at age 32. 1987 - Ken Drake, actor (Crime and Punishment USA), dies. 1988 - Cornelia D "Corry" Spark, Dutch cabaret performer, dies at age 85. 1988 - Hansie Cronje gets a pair in second first-class game (OFS versus N Tvl). 1989 - 16th American Music Awards: Randy Travis and George Michael win. 1989 - Five pharoah sculptures from 1470 BC found at temple of Luxor. 1989 - Joel Steinberg found guilty of first degree manslaughter of daughter. 1989 - Last day of first class cricket for Dav Whatmore. 1989 - American Olympic medalist Bruce Kimball is sentenced to 17 years in prison for killing two teenagers in a drunk driving accident. 1989 - Birth of Khleo Thomas, American actor and rapper. 1990 - Birth of Jake Thomas, American actor. 1991 - John McIntire, actor (Virginian, Psycho), dies of emphysema at age 83. 1991 - Death of John Bardeen, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1908). 1992 - Birth of Matthew Werkmeister, Australian actor. 1992 - Space Shuttle STS-42 (Discovery 15) lands. 1993 - 100,000 Europeans demonstrate against fascism and racism. 1993 - 67th Australian Open Women's Tennis: Monica Seles beat Graf (4-6, 6-3, 6-2). 1993 - Birth of Christina Kirkman, American actress. 1993 - Taikichiro Mori, Japanese real estate developer, dies at age 88. 1994 - 68th Australian Open Women's Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (6-0, 6-2). 1994 - 82nd Australian Open Men's Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Todd Martin (7-6, 6-4, 6-4). 1994 - Bahjat Talhouni, Prime Minister of Jordan (1960-62, 1964-65, 1967-69, 1969-70), dies. 1994 - Péter Lékó becomes the youngest chess grand master. 1994 - Byron "Wild Child" Gipson, blues singer, dies at age 64. 1994 - Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (35.76). 1994 - Ernestine "Tiny" Davis, jazz vocalist/trumpeter, dies at age 86. 1994 - Jan L N Schaefer, Dutch undersecretary of Housing (PvdA), dies at age 53. 1994 - Kapil Dev equals Richard Hadlee's world record of 431 Test wickets. 1994 - Death of Pierre Boulle, French author (Executioner) (born 1912). 1994 - In American football's Super Bowl XXVIII, the Dallas Cowboys hand the Buffalo Bills their fourth consecutive Super Bowl loss, 30-13. Most Valuable Player: Emmitt Smith, Running Back for the Dallas Cowboys. 1995 - 22nd American Music Awards: Boyz II Men and Ace of Base win. 1995 - Belgium's TV channel 2 in Flanders goes on the air. 1995 - Car bomb explodes in Algiers, 42 killed, 296 injured. 1995 - George H Poyser, English soccer player (Manchester City), dies at age 84. 1995 - George Richard James, saxophonist, dies at age 88. 1995 - Gerald M Durrell, British zoologist/author (Mockery Bird)/television presenter, dies at age 70 (born 1925). 1995 - Kevin Eubanks officially becomes band leader of American TV's The Tonight Show. 1996 - Comet Hyakutake is discovered by Japanese amateur astronomer Yuji Hyakutake. 1996 - Bob Thiele, record producer, dies at age 73. 1996 - Guy Doleman, actor (Deadly Bees, Idol, Thunderball), dies at age 72. 1996 - Irish National Liberation Army leader Gino Gallagher is killed in an internal feud, while in line for his unemployment benefits. 1997 - Death of Nicholas Mallett, TV director. 1998 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Hollywood Pictures film Deep Rising to theaters in the USA. 1998 - All-Star Florida Marlins' catcher Darren Daulton, retires. 1998 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Indianapolis IN on WNAP 93.1 FM. 1998 - Paul Simon's "The Capeman" premieres. 1998 - Ricky Sanderson, who stabbed a 16-year old girl in North Carolina, executed at age 38. 2000 - The Saint Louis Rams win the NFL Championship for the first time since 1951, defeating the Tennessee Titans 23-16 in Super Bowl XXXIV at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia. 2000 - Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes off the coast of Côte d'Ivoire into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 169. 2001 - Death of Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor (born 1911). 2001 - Death of Johnnie Johnson, English pilot (born 1915). 2003 - The leaders of Britain, Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania and the Spain release a statement, The Letter of the Eight, demonstrating support for the United States' plans to invade Iraq. 2005 - Birth of Prince Hashem bin Al Abdullah II. 2005 - The first free Parliamentary elections in Iraq since 1958 take place. 2005 - A Royal Air Force C-130 Hercules transport plane crashes in Iraq, killing ten British servicemen. 2006 - Death of Coretta Scott King, American civil rights activist and wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. (born 1927). 2006 - The Chicago Cubs and Jerry Hairston Jr. agree to a one-year, $2.3 million deal. 2007 - Death of Sidney Sheldon, American author and screenwriter (born 1917). 2007 - Microsoft releases the Windows Vista operating system for personal computers. 2007 - The New York Yankees agree to help establish baseball academies in China. 2009 - Moderate Islamist leader Sheikh Sharif Ahmed is elected Somalia's new president by a secret ballot of members of parliament. 2009 - Ingemar Johansson, heavyweight champion (silver medal 1952 Olympics, heavyweight champ 1959, Associated Press athlete of the year, Sports Illustrated sportsman of the year), dies in Sweden at age 76 from complications of pneumonia. 2009 - Death of Teddy Mayer, McLaren Formula 1 boss, at age 73 of complications from Parkinson's Disease, in London, England. 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