Historical events on January 30

JANUARY 30, 2020

The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 pandemic to be a public health emergency of international concern.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations which coordinates responses to international public health issues and Read More

JANUARY 30, 2000

Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Ivory Coast shortly after takeoff, killing 169 on board.

Kenya Airways Flight 431 was an international scheduled Abidjan–Lagos–Nairobi passenger service, operated by Kenyan national airline Kenya Airways. On 30 January 2000, Read More

JANUARY 30, 1835

Richard Lawrence became the first person to attempt to assassinate a sitting US president when he failed to kill Andrew Jackson at the US Capitol (assassination attempt pictured) and was subdued by the crowd.

Richard Lawrence was an English-born American house painter who was the first known person to attempt the assassination of a sitting president Read More

JANUARY 30, 1948

Nathuram Godse fatally shot Mahatma Gandhi, the political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement, at Birla House in Delhi.

Nathuram Vinayak Godse was an Indian Hindu nationalist and political activist who was the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi. He shot Gandhi in Read More

JANUARY 30, 1287

Wareru created the Hanthawaddy Kingdom in today's Lower Burma and declared himself king following the collapse of the Pagan Empire.

Wareru was the founder of the Martaban Kingdom, located in present-day Myanmar (Burma). By using both diplomatic and military skills, he successfully Read More

JANUARY 30, 1979

Varig Flight 967 disappeared shortly after takeoff from Tokyo's Narita International Airport en route to Rio de Janeiro.

Varig Flight 967 was an international cargo flight from Narita International Airport in Japan to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport in Brazil, Read More

JANUARY 30, 1018

Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Bolesław I, the Piast ruler of Poland, signed the Peace of Bautzen to end the German–Polish War.

Henry II, also known as Saint Henry, Obl. S. B., was Holy Roman Emperor from 1014. He died without an heir in Read More

JANUARY 30, 1972

The Troubles: On Bloody Sunday, members of the British Parachute Regiment shot 26 civil-rights protesters in Derry, Northern Ireland, killing at least 13 people.

The Troubles were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998. Also Read More

JANUARY 30, 1661

Two years after his death, Oliver Cromwell's remains were exhumed for a posthumous execution and his head was placed on a spike above Westminster Hall in London, where it remained until 1685.

Oliver Cromwell was an English statesman, politician, and soldier, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in British history. He Read More

JANUARY 30, 2008

The Trump International Hotel and Tower in downtown Chicago opened for business, eleven months before construction would finish.

The Trump International Hotel and Tower is a skyscraper condo-hotel in downtown Chicago, Illinois. The building, named for Donald Trump, was designed Read More

JANUARY 30, 1964

In a bloodless coup, Nguyễn Khánh overthrew Dương Văn Minh's military junta in South Vietnam, less than three months after Minh's own coup.

Nguyễn Khánh was a South Vietnamese military dictator and Army of the Republic of Vietnam general who served in various capacities as Read More

JANUARY 30, 1968

Vietnam War: Forces of the Viet Cong and the Vietnamese People's Army launched the Tet Offensive to strike military and civilian command and control centers throughout South Vietnam.

The Vietnam War was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam and their allies. Read More

JANUARY 30, 1649

King Charles I, who was defeated in both the First and the Second English Civil Wars, was beheaded for high treason in front of the Banqueting House in London.

Charles I was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.

JANUARY 30, 1945

World War II: Allied forces liberated more than 500 prisoners of war (pictured) from a Japanese POW camp near Cabanatuan in the Philippines.

World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all Read More

JANUARY 30, 1939

In a speech to the Reichstag, Adolf Hitler threatened the "annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe".

On 30 January 1939, Adolf Hitler, dictator of Nazi Germany, gave a speech in the Kroll Opera House to the Reichstag delegates, Read More

JANUARY 30, 1607

Low-lying areas flooded around the coasts of the Bristol Channel in southwest England and south Wales, resulting in around 2,000 deaths.

The Bristol Channel floods of 30 January 1607 drowned many people and destroyed a large amount of farmland and livestock during a Read More

JANUARY 30, 1862

The United States Navy launched USS Monitor (pictured), the first American ironclad warship.

The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most Read More

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