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). 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. 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. 1858 - William Wells Brown published first Black drama, "Leap to Freedom". 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 - US Navy's first ironclad warship (Monitor) 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 New Hyde Park New York, 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 vs 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 vs 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 vs 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 Magnus Adem Malan South African minister of Defense (1980-). 1930 - Vladimir Mayakovsky's "Banya" premieres in Leningrad. 1931 - Birth of Gene Hackman California; actor (Bonnie and Clyde, Under Fire, Superman). 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 (Representative-Republican-Wyoming/George Bush's secretary of defense 1989-93/Vice President 2001-). 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 ship "Wilhelm Gustloff" torpedoed off Danzig by Soviet sub-c 7,700 die. 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 Franklin Roosevelt dime. 1946 - Birth of Lord Mackay of Drumadoon British QC. 1947 - Birth of Martin Christoph Redel composer. 1947 - Birth of Steve Marriott rock guitarist/vocalist (Humble Pie-Eat It, Faces). 1947 - Frederick F Blackman English botanist, dies at age 80. 1948 - (to February 8) The 5th Olympic Winter Games are held in St. Moritz, Switzerland. 1948 - Birth of Earl of Huntingdon. 1948 - Birth of Nicholas Broomfield director/editor (Dark Obsession, Heidi Fleiss). 1948 - Herb Pennock pitcher (New York Yankees)/general manager (Philadelphia Phillies), dies. 1948 - Mahatma Gandhi, India spiritual and political leader, assassinated by Hindu extremists in New Delhi, at age 78. 1948 - Orville Wright US aviation pioneer, dies at age 76. 1949 - Birth of William King Alabama, 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 Milwaukee Wisconsin; 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 Baltimore Maryland; actor (Alien 3, Crocodile Dundee 2, Roc). 1951 - Birth of Clifford Leon Anderson rocker (Cure). 1951 - Birth of Marv Ross rocker (Quarterflash). 1951 - Birth of Phil Collins England, singer/drummer (Genesis-Against All Odds). 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 #. 1952 - Paul Creston's 4th Symphony, premieres. 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 Norfolk Virginia, PGA golfer (1989 US Open). 1955 - Birth of Judith Tarr US, 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 bombed. 1957 - Birth of William Payne Stewart Springfield Missouri, 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 vs 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 vs 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. 1968 - Vietcong launch Tet-offensive on US embassy in Saigon. 1969 - Allan Welsh Dulles, US diplomat/director (US Central Intelligence Agency 1953-61), dies at age 75. 1969 - The Beatles perform their last gig together, a 42-minute free concert on the roof of Apple headquarters. 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, vs 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 - 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 vs 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 vs 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 - 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 vs 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 - 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 - 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 10 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. 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