January 30 in History
What happened on January 30 in history?
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on january 30 in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened on january 30 in history.
?>1980
The first-ever Chinese Olympic team arrives in New York for the Winter Games at Lake Placid.
1976
The U.S. Supreme Court bans spending limits in campaigns, equating funds with freedom of speech.
1972
British troops shoot dead 14 Irish civilians in Derry, Ireland. The day is forever remembered in Ireland as ‘Bloody Sunday’.
1964
The Ranger spacecraft, equipped with six TV cameras, is launched to the moon from Cape Canaveral.
1953
President Dwight Eisenhower announces that he will pull the Seventh Fleet out of Formosa to permit the Nationalists to attack Communist China.
1949
In India, 100,000 people pray at the site of Gandhi’s assassination on the first anniversary of his death.
1945
The Allies launch a drive on the Siegfried line in Germany.
1943
Field Marshal Friedrich von Paulus surrenders himself and his staff to Red Army troops in Stalingrad.
1936
Governor Harold Hoffman orders a new inquiry into the Lindbergh kidnapping.
1933
Adolf Hitler is named Chancellor by President Paul Hindenburg.
1931
The United States awards civil government to the Virgin Islands.
1912
The British House of Lords opposes the House of Commons by rejecting home rule for Ireland.
1901
Women Prohibitionists smash 12 saloons in Kansas.
1862
The USS Monitor is launched at Greenpoint, Long Island.
1844
Richard Theodore Greener becomes the first African American to graduate from Harvard University.
1649
Charles I of England is beheaded at Whitehall by the executioner Richard Brandon.