January 30

Today's Events

  • 1487
    Bell chimes invented
  • 1649
    King Charles I of Great Britain executed by Parliament
  • 1774
    Capt Cook reaches 71ø 10' S 1820 km from S pole (record)
  • 1847
    Yerba Buena renamed SF
  • 1854
    1st election in Washington Territory; 1 682 votes cast
  • 1862
    US Navy's 1st ironclad warship "Monitor" launched
  • 1889
    John Herschel uses camera obscura to photograph 48-inch telescope
  • 1894
    US flag fired on in Rio; prompt satisfaction exacted by Adm Benham
  • 1917
    1st jazz record in US cut
  • 1922
    World Law Day
  • 1933
    Adolf Hitler named German Chancellor
  • 1948
    Mahatma Gandhi assassinated in New Delhi
  • 1958
    1st 2-way moving sidewalk in service Dallas Texas
  • 1969
    US/Canada ISIS 1 launched to study ionosphere
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