NationStates Jolt Archive

Today In History

Johnny Wadd
30-01-2005, 14:48
All of the following events occured on this day in history. If you have others, please add on.


Jan 30 1649

Oliver Cromwell beheads the British monarch King Charles I, at Whitehall.

Jan 30 1835

Andrew Jackson is the subject of the first recorded assassination attempt on a U.S. president. After a man fires shots at him, Jackson beat the shit out of his would-be assassin.

Jan 30 1945

The largest maritime disaster in history leaves 7700 dead after a Soviet submarine torpedoes the Nazi ship Wilhelm Gustoff.

Jan 30 1948

Mohandas K. Gandhi assassinated by Hindu extremist Nathuram Godse.

Jan 30 1962

Two of the Flying Wallendas die when their human pyramid of seven people collapses in Detroit.

Jan 30 1968

North Vietnam launches the Tet Offensive, in which they suffer a defeat and 46,000 dead, but shocks the complacent American television viewer who had been led to believe the war was won.

Jan 30 1972

British troops kill 13 unarmed marchers in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. This incident becomes known as "Bloody Sunday" and marks the beginning of a new extended round of violence.

Jan 30 1973

G. Gordon Liddy found guilty of Watergate charges.
Pepe Dominguez
30-01-2005, 14:52
2005: Iraq votes for the first time in 50 years, joining Afghanistan, which voted for the first time in 5,000 years. Ted Kennedy hangs himself. Ah, one can dream. ;)
Anarchist Workers
30-01-2005, 14:53
Jan 30th 1820: Edward Bransfield of the Royal Navy discovered Antartica.
Super-power
30-01-2005, 14:54
Jan 30 1933 - Adolf Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor of Germany. :mp5:
Johnny Wadd
30-01-2005, 14:56
Jan 30 1958 Jonathan Waddisky (age 12) deflowered by Aunt (36).
Irish Nat Liberation
30-01-2005, 16:04
jan 30- 1969 Beatles last public appearance
Zeppistan
30-01-2005, 16:23
Jan 30, 1979, the civilian government of Iran announced it had decided to allow Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who'd been living in exile in France, to return.

Jan 30, 1981, an estimated 2 million New Yorkers turned out for a ticker-tape parade honoring the freed American hostages from Iran.
Culex
30-01-2005, 16:32
Jan. 30. 1959

The Danish passenger-cargo vessel Hans Hedtoft, returning from a maiden voyage, struck an iceberg off Cape Farewell and vanished with all 55 passengers and 40 crews members.
The Lightning Star
30-01-2005, 16:37
Jan 30, 1971: It snowed somewhere.
Bostopia
30-01-2005, 16:46
30th Jan 1965 - The state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill.
Nadkor
30-01-2005, 17:05
not a good day in history...