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What happened in history on this day: January 30?
On January 30 in ...
- 1862 - The first American ironclad warship, the USS Monitor, is launched.
- 1895 - With the US Treasury gold reserve at $22 million, about 11 days from bankruptcy, President Grover Cleveland makes a deal with financier J.P. Morgan, to sell a US bond issue at 3.75 percent interest to the Rothschilds and others in London, with Morgan being given a free hand to run the country for a month.
- 1922 - The US Mint releases 1921 Peace dollars to circulation.
- 1928 - First radio telephone connection between Netherlands and US.
- 1934 - By the Gold Reserve Act, all gold collected passes to the Federal Reserve, making gold an unredeemable store against Federal Reserve Notes.
- 1943 - USS Chicago sinks in Pacific Ocean.
- 1944 - US invades Majuro, Marshall Islands.
- 1945 - In Malta, British and American representatives meet over five days to discuss military strategy, Italy, China, and occupation zones in Germany.
- 1946 - The US Mint releases the Roosevelt dime to circulation.
- 1956 - Martin Luther King Jr's home is bombed.
- 1957 - US Congress accepts "Eisenhower-doctrine".
- 1958 - First two-way moving sidewalk in service, Dallas, Texas.
- 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 - US Central Intelligence Agency okays Lockheed to produce a new U-2 aircraft (Oxcart).
- 1961 - US President John Kennedy asks for an Alliance for Progress and Peace Corps.
- 1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1964 - Ranger 6 launched; makes perfect flight to Moon, but cameras fail.
- 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).
- 1969 - US/Canada ISIS 1 launched to study ionosphere.
- 1973 - US Jury finds Watergate defendants Liddy and McCord guilty on all counts.
- 1976 - William E Colby ends term as 10th director of US Central Intelligence Agency.
- 1976 - George Bush becomes 11th director of US Central Intelligence Agency (until 1977).
- 1977 - 8th (final) part of Roots is most-watched TV entertainment show to date.
- 1978 - Mutual Broadcasting Network begins airing Larry King Show on radio.
- 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."
- 1989 - 16th American Music Awards: Randy Travis and George Michael win.
- 1989 - American Olympic medalist Bruce Kimball is sentenced to 17 years in prison for killing two teenagers in a drunk driving accident.
- 1995 - 22nd American Music Awards: Boyz II Men and Ace of Base win.
- 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.
- 2007 - Microsoft releases the Windows Vista operating system for personal computers.
Births on January 30
- 1909 - Birth of Saul David Alinsky in Chicago, Illinois, USA; radical writer (John L Lewis).
- 1911 - Birth of Hugh Marlowe in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Ellery Queen).
- 1911 - Birth of Roy Eldridge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; jazz trumpeter (Gene Krupa, Artie Shaw).
- 1914 - Birth of David Wayne in Traverse City, Michigan, USA; actor (The Andromeda Strain, Adam's Rib).
- 1918 - Birth of David Opatoshu in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Bonino, Secret Empire, Masada).
- 1921 - Birth of Bernie Leighton in West Haven, Connecticut, USA; orchestra leader (Chance of a Lifetime).
- 1922 - Birth of Dick Martin in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor/comedian (Laugh-In, Carbon Copy).
- 1925 - Birth of Dorothy Malone in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (At Gunpoint, Night and Day, Peyton Place).
- 1926 - Birth of Ruth Brown in Portsmouth, Virginia, USA; actress (Leona - Hello Larry, Checking In).
- 1930 - Birth of Gene Hackman in California, USA; actor (Bonnie and Clyde, Under Fire, Superman).
- 1934 - Birth of Tammy Grimes in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Can't Stop the Music).
- 1935 - Birth of Richard Brautigan in Tacoma, Washington, USA; novelist/poet (Trout Fishing...).
- 1942 - Birth of Marty Balin in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; singer (Jefferson Starship - "Miracles").
- 1949 - Birth of William King in Alabama, USA; soul trumpeteer (Commodores - "Easy").
- 1950 - Birth of Ralph Wilcox in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; actor (Big Eddie, Busting Loose).
- 1951 - Birth of Charles S Dutton in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actor (Alien 3, Crocodile Dundee 2, Roc).
- 1955 - Birth of Curtis Strange in Norfolk, Virginia, USA; PGA golfer (1989 US Open).
- 1957 - Birth of William Payne Stewart in Springfield, Missouri, USA; PGA golfer (1983 Walt Disney).
- 1958 - Birth of Brett Butler in Montgomery, Alabama, USA; comedienne (Grace - Grace Under Fire).
- 1959 - Birth of Jody Watley in Chicago, Illinois, USA; dancer (Solid Gold) / singer ("Looking For a New Love").
- 1960 - Birth of Tony O'Dell in Pasadena, California, USA; actor (Alan Pinkard - Head of the Class).
- 1964 - Birth of Cheryl Akemi Toma in Pearl City, Hawaii, USA; Miss Hawaii-America (1990).
- 1966 - Birth of Daphne Ashbrook in Long Beach, California, USA; actress (Liz - Our Family Honor).
- 1967 - Birth of Bill Leverty in Richmond, Virginia, USA; guitarist (Firehouse - "Love of a Lifetime").
- 1970 - Birth of Scott Levins in Spokane, Washington, USA; NHL right wing (Ottawa Senators).
- 1971 - Birth of Trent Klatt in Robbinsdale, Minnesota, USA; NHL right wing (Philadelphia Flyers).
- 1972 - Birth of Jill McGill in Denver, Colorado, USA; LPGA golfer (1995 British Open-second).
- 1973 - Birth of Holly Noelle Roehl; Miss Indiana-USA (1996).
- 1979 - Birth of Diva Zappa, daughter of Frank Zappa.
- 1980 - Birth of Wilmer Valderrama; Venezuelan/Colombian-American comedian.
- 1984 - Birth of Chad Power, American actor.
- 1989 - Birth of Khleo Thomas, American actor and rapper.
- 1990 - Birth of Jake Thomas, American actor.
- 1993 - Birth of Christina Kirkman, American actress.
Deaths on January 30
- 1948 - Orville Wright, American aviation pioneer, dies at age 76.
- 1969 - Allan Welsh Dulles, US diplomat/director (US Central Intelligence Agency 1953-61), dies at age 75.
- 1976 - Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller, San Francisco Blues Great, dies at age 80.
- 1980 - Professor Longhair, king of New Orleans music, dies at age 61 (born 1918).
- 1982 - Lightning Hopkins, American musician, dies of cancer at age 69 (born 1912).
- 1991 - Death of John Bardeen, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1908).
- 1998 - Ricky Sanderson, who stabbed a 16-year old girl in North Carolina, executed at age 38.
- 2006 - Death of Coretta Scott King, American civil rights activist and wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. (born 1927).
- 2007 - Death of Sidney Sheldon, American author and screenwriter (born 1917).
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