30TH
JANUARY
FEAST DAY OF
"ST MARTINA; ST BATHILDIS; ST
ADELELMUS OR ALEAUME; ST ALDEGUNDIS; ST BARSIMAEUS; & ST HYACINTHA MARISCOTTI." |
| 30TH |
1487 |
BELL CHIMES INVENTED. |
| 30TH |
1606 |
GUY FAWKES CONSPIRATORS, HUNG, DRAWN,
AND QUARTERED IN ENGLAND. |
| 30TH |
1647 |
SCOTS AGREE TO SELL KING "CHARLES I" TO ENGLISH
PARLIAMENT FOR  400. |
| 30TH |
1649 |
THE COMMONWEALTH OF ENGLAND WAS
ESTABLISHED UPON THE EXECUTION OF "CHARLES I." |
| 30TH |
1790 |
THE FIRST PURPOSE BUILT LIFEBOAT ‘ORIGINAL’
WAS LAUNCHED BY "MR. GREATHEAD" ON THE RIVER TYNE, IN ENGLAND. |
| 30TH |
1800 |
THE U.S. POPULATION IS 5,308,483 OF
WHICH 18.9% ARE BLACK. |
| 30TH |
1854 |
THE FIRST "COBB & CO" COACH LEAVES MELBOURNE
FOR BENDIGO, VICTORIA. |
| 30TH |
1883 |
THE ENGLISH CRICKET TEAM IS PRESENTED
WITH ASHES OF A BAIL AFTER THE SYDNEY TEST MATCH. |
| 30TH |
1889 |
THE CROWN PRINCE OF AUSTRIA, "RUDOLPH" & HIS 17
YEAR OLD MISTRESS, "BARONESS MARIE VETSERA" WERE FOUND SHOT DEAD IN HIS HUNTING
LODGE AT MAYERLING, VIENNA. |
| 30TH |
1894 |
PNEUMATIC HAMMER PATENTED BY
"CHARLES KING" OF DETROIT. |
| 30TH |
1895 |
QUEENSLAND SURVEYOR, "CARSTEN BORCHGREVINK", IS THE
FIRST PERSON TO SET FOOT ON THE ANTARCTIC CONTINENT. |
| 30TH |
1933 |
ADOLPH HITLER WAS APPOINTED CHANCELLOR
OF GERMANY. |
| 30TH |
1939 |
"HITLER" CALLS FOR THE EXTERMINATION OF JEWS. |
| 30TH |
1943 |
USS ‘CHICAGO’ SINKS IN
THE PACIFIC OCEAN. |
| 30TH |
1945 |
"DUKE OF GLOUCESTER" BECOMES AUSTRALIA’S FIRST
ROYAL GOVERNOR GENERAL. |
| 30TH |
1945 |
THE GERMAN SHIP, WILHELM
GUSTLOFF’ IS TORPEDOED, 4,800 ARE KILLED. |
| 30TH |
1948 |
"MAHATMA GHANDI," INDIAN POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS
LEADER WAS ASSASSINATED. |
| 30TH |
1948 |
THE 5TH WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES OPEN IN ST
MORITZ, SWITZERLAND. |
| 30TH |
1957 |
DANISH ARCHITECT, "JOERN UTZON", HAS WON 5,000
pounds FOR HIS DESIGN OF THE NEW SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE. |
| 30TH |
1958 |
"YVES SAINT LAURENT" AGED 22,
HELD HIS FIRST MAJOR FASHION SHOW IN PARIS. |
| 30TH |
1962 |
TWO MEMBERS OF THE "FLYING WALLENDAS" HIGH WIRE ACT
ARE KILLED WHEN THEIR 7-PERSON PYRAMID COLLAPSED DURING A PERFORMANCE IN DETROIT. |
| 30TH |
1965 |
"SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL" IS
LAID TO REST AFTER ALMOST A WEEK OF NATIONAL MORNING. |
| 30TH |
1966 |
"PRINCE CHARLES" ARRIVES IN AUSTRALIA TO ATTEND
GEELONG GRAMMAR’S TIMBERTOP SCHOOL. |
| 30TH |
1969 |
"BEATLES" PERFORM THEIR LAST
GIG TOGETHER, A FREE CONCERT ON THE ROOF OF APPLE. |
| 30TH |
1973 |
AT THE COVENTRY CLUB IN QUEENS, NEW YORK, THE MUSIC GROUP,
"KISS" PLAY THEIR FIRST CONCERT. |
| 30TH |
1995 |
"LED ZEPPELIN" RECEIVED THE
"INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS AWARD" AT THE "AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS."
THE ONLY PREVIOUS ARTISTS TO WIN THE SPECIAL HONOR WERE "MICHAEL JACKSON" &
"ROD STEWART." |
| 30TH |
2000 |
SERIAL ANIMAL LIBERATION PROTESTER, "PETER HORE,"
INTERUPTS THE FORD, AUSTRALIAN MENS TENNIS FINAL BETWEEN "ANDRE AGASSI" &
"YEVGENY KAFELNIKOV" IN MELBOURNE. |
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