January 30
1649 - King Charles I of England was beheaded on charges of treason.
1911 - James White, an intellectually disabled young Black man who had been convicted of rape for having sex with a 14-year-old white girl when he was 16, was publicly hanged in Bell County, Kentucky.
1933 - Adolf Hitler was named chancellor of Germany.
1945 - During World War II, a Soviet submarine torpedoed the German ship MV Wilhelm Gustloff in the Baltic Sea, killing 9,000, most of them war refugees; roughly 1,000 people survived.
1948 - Indian political and spiritual leader Mohandas K. Gandhi, 78, was shot and killed in New Delhi by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist.
1968 - North Vietnamese forces launched attacks against the South Vietnamese, beginning the Tet Offensive.
1969 - The Beatles staged an impromptu concert atop Apple headquarters in London that would be their last public performance.
1972 - British troops opened fire on civil rights marchers in Northern Ireland, sparking the "Bloody Sunday" massacre.
1979 - The Iranian civilian government announced that the exiled Ayatollah Kohmeini would be allowed to return.
1993 - Los Angeles inaugurated its Metro Red Line, the city's first modern subway.
2005 - Iraqis voted in their country's first free election in a half-century; President George W. Bush called the balloting a resounding success.
2006 - Coretta Scott King, widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., died in Rosarito Beach, Mexico, at age 78.
2017 - President Donald Trump fired Acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates after she publicly questioned the constitutionality of his controversial refugee and immigration ban and refused to defend it in court.
2020 - Health officials reported the first known case in which the new coronavirus was spread from one person to another in the United States.
Birthdays
28 - Hailey Reese (singer)
29 - Danielle Campbell (actress)
34 - Jake Thomas (actor)
34 - Eiza Gonzalez (actress)
35 - Kylie Bunbury (actress)
37 - Becky Lynch (professional wrestler)
38 - Mary Hollis Inboden (actress)
44 - Wilmer Valderrama (actor)
50 - Olivia Colman (actress)
50 - Christian Bale (actor)
52 - Tammy Cochran (singer)
58 - Wayne Wilderson (actor)
65 - Jody Watley (singer)
66 - Brett Butler (actress/comedian)
68 - Ann Dowd (actress)
73 - Charles S. Dutton (actor)
73 - Phil Collins (musician)
86 - Norma Jean (singer)
87 - Jeanne Pruett (singer)
87 - Vanessa Redgrave (actress)
94 - Gene Hackman (actor)
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Today in Sports History - January 30
1920 - Joe Malone (Quebec Nordiques) scored seven goals against the Toronto St. Patricks in a 10-6 win.
1958 - MLB Commissioner Ford Frick announces that players and coaches, rather than fans, will vote on selections for the All-Star Game; vote returns to the fans in 1970.
1978 - Addie Joss and Larry MacPhail are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1983 - The Washington Redskins defeated the Miami Dolphins 27-17 to win Super Bowl XVII.
1994 - The Dallas Cowboys defeated the Buffalo Bills 30-13 to win Super Bowl XXVIII.
1994 - Dan Jansen of the United States set a world record of 35.76 when he became the first to skate 500 meters in less than 36 seconds.
1996 - Future Hall of Famer Magic Johnson comes out of a five-year retirement to help the Los Angeles Lakers to a 128-118 win over the Golden State Warriors with a 19 point, 8 rebound, and 10 assist performance.
2000 - The New York Mets announced that country music star Garth Brooks would be joining the team during spring training.
2000 - John Rocker (Atlanta Braves) was suspended from major league baseball for disparaging foreigners, homosexuals and minorities in an interview published by Sports Illustrated.
2000 - The St. Louis Rams defeat the Tennessee Titans 23-16 to win Super Bowl XXXIV.
2002 - Karl Malone of the Utah Jazz becomes just the second player in NBA history to score 34,000 career points, joining Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387).
2018 - Houston Rockets forward James Harden records the highest scoring triple-double in NBA history with 60 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists in a 114-107 win over the Orlando Magic.
1649 - King Charles I of England was beheaded on charges of treason.
1911 - James White, an intellectually disabled young Black man who had been convicted of rape for having sex with a 14-year-old white girl when he was 16, was publicly hanged in Bell County, Kentucky.
1933 - Adolf Hitler was named chancellor of Germany.
1945 - During World War II, a Soviet submarine torpedoed the German ship MV Wilhelm Gustloff in the Baltic Sea, killing 9,000, most of them war refugees; roughly 1,000 people survived.
1948 - Indian political and spiritual leader Mohandas K. Gandhi, 78, was shot and killed in New Delhi by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist.
1968 - North Vietnamese forces launched attacks against the South Vietnamese, beginning the Tet Offensive.
1969 - The Beatles staged an impromptu concert atop Apple headquarters in London that would be their last public performance.
1972 - British troops opened fire on civil rights marchers in Northern Ireland, sparking the "Bloody Sunday" massacre.
1979 - The Iranian civilian government announced that the exiled Ayatollah Kohmeini would be allowed to return.
1993 - Los Angeles inaugurated its Metro Red Line, the city's first modern subway.
2005 - Iraqis voted in their country's first free election in a half-century; President George W. Bush called the balloting a resounding success.
2006 - Coretta Scott King, widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., died in Rosarito Beach, Mexico, at age 78.
2017 - President Donald Trump fired Acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates after she publicly questioned the constitutionality of his controversial refugee and immigration ban and refused to defend it in court.
2020 - Health officials reported the first known case in which the new coronavirus was spread from one person to another in the United States.
Birthdays
28 - Hailey Reese (singer)
29 - Danielle Campbell (actress)
34 - Jake Thomas (actor)
34 - Eiza Gonzalez (actress)
35 - Kylie Bunbury (actress)
37 - Becky Lynch (professional wrestler)
38 - Mary Hollis Inboden (actress)
44 - Wilmer Valderrama (actor)
50 - Olivia Colman (actress)
50 - Christian Bale (actor)
52 - Tammy Cochran (singer)
58 - Wayne Wilderson (actor)
65 - Jody Watley (singer)
66 - Brett Butler (actress/comedian)
68 - Ann Dowd (actress)
73 - Charles S. Dutton (actor)
73 - Phil Collins (musician)
86 - Norma Jean (singer)
87 - Jeanne Pruett (singer)
87 - Vanessa Redgrave (actress)
94 - Gene Hackman (actor)
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Today in Sports History - January 30
1920 - Joe Malone (Quebec Nordiques) scored seven goals against the Toronto St. Patricks in a 10-6 win.
1958 - MLB Commissioner Ford Frick announces that players and coaches, rather than fans, will vote on selections for the All-Star Game; vote returns to the fans in 1970.
1978 - Addie Joss and Larry MacPhail are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1983 - The Washington Redskins defeated the Miami Dolphins 27-17 to win Super Bowl XVII.
1994 - The Dallas Cowboys defeated the Buffalo Bills 30-13 to win Super Bowl XXVIII.
1994 - Dan Jansen of the United States set a world record of 35.76 when he became the first to skate 500 meters in less than 36 seconds.
1996 - Future Hall of Famer Magic Johnson comes out of a five-year retirement to help the Los Angeles Lakers to a 128-118 win over the Golden State Warriors with a 19 point, 8 rebound, and 10 assist performance.
2000 - The New York Mets announced that country music star Garth Brooks would be joining the team during spring training.
2000 - John Rocker (Atlanta Braves) was suspended from major league baseball for disparaging foreigners, homosexuals and minorities in an interview published by Sports Illustrated.
2000 - The St. Louis Rams defeat the Tennessee Titans 23-16 to win Super Bowl XXXIV.
2002 - Karl Malone of the Utah Jazz becomes just the second player in NBA history to score 34,000 career points, joining Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387).
2018 - Houston Rockets forward James Harden records the highest scoring triple-double in NBA history with 60 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists in a 114-107 win over the Orlando Magic.
