January 30

Sunday 30, 2005:

Amid violence and threats to boycott the results, Iraq holds an election for its National Assembly, the country's first free election since 1953.

Thursday 30, 2003:

Belgium legally recognizes same-sex marriage.

Wednesday 30, 2002:

Slobodan Milo?evi? accuses the United Nations war crimes tribunal of an "evil and hostile attack" against him.

Sunday 30, 2000:

In a dramatic finish to Super Bowl XXXIV, the St. Louis Rams defeat the Tennessee Titans, 23-16.

Saturday 30, 1999:

A 7-year old boy dies of choking on a Pokémon Power Bouncer ball toy.

Tuesday 30, 1996:

Suspected leader of the Irish National Liberation Army Gino Gallagher is killed while in line for his unemployment benefit.

Monday 30, 1995:

Workers from the National Institutes of Health announce the success of clinical trials testing the first preventive treatment for sickle-cell disease.

Sunday 30, 1994:

The Dallas Cowboys win their fourth Super Bowl title, 30-13 over the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXVIII.

Monday 30, 1989:

The American embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan closes.

Sunday 30, 1983:

Super Bowl XVII: The Washington Redskins defeat the Miami Dolphins, 27-17, thus winning their first NFL championship since 1942.

Sunday 30, 1972:

1980 - Australian Sitcom Kingswood Country starts on ATN-7.

Thursday 30, 1969:

The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records. The impromptu concert was broken up by the police.

Tuesday 30, 1968:

Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive begins when Viet Cong forces launch series of a surprise attacks in South Vietnam.

Thursday 30, 1964:

Ranger 6 is launched by NASA. Its mission is to carry television cameras and to crash-land on the moon.

Tuesday 30, 1962:

Two of the high-wire Flying Wallendas are killed when their famous seven-person pyramid collapses during a performance in Detroit, Michigan.

Friday 30, 1948:

1948 Winter Olympics open in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Tuesday 30, 1945:

deadliest maritime disaster in known history killing roughly 9,000.

Sunday 30, 1944:

United States troops invade Majuro, Marshall Islands.

Monday 30, 1933:

The first of 2,956 episodes of The Lone Ranger radio series airs on station WXYZ in Detroit, Michigan.

Friday 30, 1925:

Government of Turkey throws Patriarch Constantine VI out of Istanbul.

Thursday 30, 1913:

House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill.

Monday 30, 1911:

The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.

Tuesday 30, 1900:

United Kingdom forces fighting Boers in South Africa ask for reinforcements.

Wednesday 30, 1889:

Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, was found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in Mayerling. How they died remains a mystery.

Thursday 30, 1862:

The first American ironclad warship, the USS Monitor is launched.

Saturday 30, 1847:

Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco.

Friday 30, 1835:

A mentally ill man named Richard Lawrence attempts to assassinate President Andrew Jackson in the United States Capitol -- the first assassination attempt against a President. Both of Lawrence's pistols misfire, and Jackson proceeds to beat his would-be assassin with his cane.

Sunday 30, 1820:

Edward Bransfield lands on the Antarctic mainland.

Saturday 30, 1790:

The first boat specialized as a lifeboat is tested on the River Tyne.

Sunday 30, 1661:

1661 -Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England is formally executed- after having been dead for two years.

Saturday 30, 1649:

King Charles I of England is beheaded.

Thursday 30, 1648:

The Treaty of Münster is signed, ending the Eighty Years' War between the Netherlands and Spain.

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