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What Happened On January 30

Q: What happened on January 30?

1835: In the first assassination attempt against a President of the United States, Richard Lawrence attempts to shoot president Andrew Jackson, but fails and is subdued by a crowd, including several congressmen as well as Jackson himself. 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. 1969: The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police. 1862: The United States Navy launched USS Monitor (pictured), the first American ironclad warship. 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. 1862: American Civil War: The first American ironclad warship, the USS Monitor is launched. 1858: The first Hallé concert is given in Manchester, England, marking the official founding of The Hallé orchestra as a full-time, professional orchestra. 1826: The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world's first modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the northwest coast of Wales, is opened. 2013: The Korea Aerospace Research Institute launched Naro-1, South Korea's first carrier rocket and their first launch vehicle to achieve Earth orbit. 1979: Varig Flight 967 disappeared shortly after takeoff from Tokyo's Narita International Airport en route to Rio de Janeiro.

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1835 Weird
In the first assassination attempt against a President of the United States, Richard Lawrence attempts to shoot president Andrew Jackson, but fails and is subdued by a crowd, including several congressmen as well as Jackson himself.
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1835 First ever
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.
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1969 Oddly true
The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1862 First ever
The United States Navy launched USS Monitor (pictured), the first American ironclad warship.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1649 First ever
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.
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1862 First ever
American Civil War: The first American ironclad warship, the USS Monitor is launched.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1858 First ever
The first Hallé concert is given in Manchester, England, marking the official founding of The Hallé orchestra as a full-time, professional orchestra.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1826 First ever
The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world's first modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the northwest coast of Wales, is opened.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
2013 First ever
The Korea Aerospace Research Institute launched Naro-1, South Korea's first carrier rocket and their first launch vehicle to achieve Earth orbit.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1979 Oddly true
Varig Flight 967 disappeared shortly after takeoff from Tokyo's Narita International Airport en route to Rio de Janeiro.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Observed today

2020The World Health Organization declares the COVID-19 pandemic to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Wikipedia →
2013Naro-1 becomes the first carrier rocket launched by South Korea. Wikipedia →
2007Microsoft Corporation releases Windows Vista, a major release of the operating system Microsoft Windows and the NT based kernel. Wikipedia →
2006The Goleta postal facility shootings occur, killing seven people before the perpetrator took her own life. Wikipedia →
2000Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Ivory Coast, killing 169. Wikipedia →
1995Hydroxycarbamide becomes the first approved preventive treatment for sickle cell disease. Wikipedia →
1989The American embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan is closed. Wikipedia →
1982Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner". Wikipedia →
1979A Varig Boeing 707-323C freighter, flown by the same commander as Flight 820, disappears over the Pacific Ocean 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo. Wikipedia →
1975The Monitor National Marine Sanctuary is established as the first United States National Marine Sanctuary. Wikipedia →
1975Turkish Airlines Flight 345 crashes into the Sea of Marmara near Istanbul Yeşilköy Airport, killing 42. Wikipedia →
1974Pan Am Flight 806 crashes near Pago Pago International Airport in American Samoa, killing 97. Wikipedia →
1972The Troubles: Bloody Sunday: British paratroopers open fire on anti-internment marchers in Derry, Northern Ireland, killing 13 people; another person later dies of injuries sustained. Wikipedia →
1972Pakistan leaves the Commonwealth of Nations in protest of its recognition of breakaway Bangladesh. Wikipedia →
1969The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police. Wikipedia →
1968Vietnam War: Tet Offensive launch by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army against South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies. Wikipedia →
1964In a bloodless coup, General Nguyễn Khánh overthrows General Dương Văn Minh's military junta in South Vietnam. Wikipedia →
1960The African National Party is founded in Chad, through the merger of traditionalist parties. Wikipedia →
1959The forces of the Sultanate of Muscat occupy the last strongholds of the Imamate of Oman, Saiq and Shuraijah, marking the end of Jebel Akhdar War in Oman. Wikipedia →
1959MS Hans Hedtoft, specifically designed to operate in icebound seas, strikes an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sinks, killing all 95 aboard. Wikipedia →
1956In the United States, Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King Jr.'s home is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery bus boycott. Wikipedia →
1948British South American Airways' Tudor IV Star Tiger disappears over the Bermuda Triangle. Wikipedia →
1948Following the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in his home compound, India's prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, broadcasts to the nation, saying "The light has gone out of our lives". The date of the assassination becomes observed as "Martyrs' Day" in India. Wikipedia →
1945World War II: The Wilhelm Gustloff, overfilled with German refugees, sinks in the Baltic Sea after being torpedoed by a Soviet submarine, killing approximately 9,500 people. Wikipedia →
1945World War II: Raid at Cabanatuan: One hundred and twenty-six American Rangers and Filipino resistance fighters liberate over 500 Allied prisoners from the Japanese-controlled Cabanatuan POW camp. Wikipedia →
1944World War II: The Battle of Cisterna, part of Operation Shingle, begins in central Italy. Wikipedia →
1942World War II: Japanese forces invade the island of Ambon in the Dutch East Indies. Some 300 captured Allied troops are killed after the surrender. One-quarter of the remaining POWs remain alive at the end of the war. Wikipedia →
1939During a speech in the Reichstag, Adolf Hitler makes a prediction about the end of the Jewish race in Europe if another world war were to occur. Wikipedia →
1933Adolf Hitler's rise to power: Hitler takes office as the Chancellor of Germany. Wikipedia →
1930The Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union orders the confiscation of lands belonging to the Kulaks in a campaign of Dekulakization, resulting in the executions and forced deportations of millions. Wikipedia →
1925The Government of Turkey expels Patriarch Constantine VI from Istanbul. Wikipedia →
1920Japanese carmaker Mazda is founded, initially as a cork-producing company. Wikipedia →
1911The destroyer USS Terry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy 16 kilometres (10 miles) from Havana, Cuba. Wikipedia →
1908Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month. Wikipedia →
1902The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London. Wikipedia →
1889Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling. Wikipedia →
1862American Civil War: The first American ironclad warship, the USS Monitor is launched. Wikipedia →
1858The first Hallé concert is given in Manchester, England, marking the official founding of The Hallé orchestra as a full-time, professional orchestra. Wikipedia →
1847Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco, California. Wikipedia →
1835In the first assassination attempt against a President of the United States, Richard Lawrence attempts to shoot president Andrew Jackson, but fails and is subdued by a crowd, including several congressmen as well as Jackson himself. Wikipedia →
1826The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world's first modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the northwest coast of Wales, is opened. Wikipedia →
1820Edward Bransfield sights the Trinity Peninsula and claims the discovery of Antarctica. Wikipedia →
1806The original Lower Trenton Bridge (also called the Trenton Makes the World Takes Bridge), which spans the Delaware River between Morrisville, Pennsylvania and Trenton, New Jersey, is opened. Wikipedia →
1789Tây Sơn forces emerge victorious against Qing armies and liberate the capital Thăng Long. Wikipedia →
1667The Truce of Andrusovo is signed, ending the Russian-Polish War of 1654-1667. Wikipedia →
1661Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, is ritually executed more than two years after his death, on the 12th anniversary of the execution of the monarch he himself deposed. Wikipedia →
1649Charles I of England is executed in Whitehall, London. Wikipedia →
1648Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster and Osnabrück is signed, ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain. Wikipedia →
1607An estimated 200 square miles (51,800 ha) along the coasts of the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary in England are destroyed by massive flooding, resulting in an estimated 2,000 deaths. Wikipedia →
1287King Wareru founds the Hanthawaddy kingdom, and proclaims independence from the Pagan Kingdom. Wikipedia →
1018Poland and the Holy Roman Empire conclude the Peace of Bautzen. Wikipedia →

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