Today in History for January 1930

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 26 of 26

1st - Earl Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to 2nd lieutenant
1st - Jurgens & Van den Berg merge with Lever Brothers to form Unilever
5th - Mao Tse-tung writes "A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire"
6th - 1st diesel engine automobile trip (in a Packard sedan) completed
6th - Bradman scores 452* for NSW against Qld, 377 mins, 49 fours
7th - Edwin Justus Mayer's "Children of Darkness," premieres in NYC
9th - Boston Bruins wins then NHL record 14th straight game
10th - Commencement of NZ's 1st Test, v England Christchurch
10th - Maurice Allom takes Test hat-trick England v NZ Christchurch
10th - Mordovian Autonomous Region in RSFSR constituted
12th - NHL's Boston Bruins win then-record 14th consecutive game
13th - "Mickey Mouse" comic strip 1st appears
15th - George Headley scores century on debut v England (made 176)
18th - -27°F (-33°C), Watts, Oklahoma (state record)
18th - Shostakovitch' opera "The Nose," premieres in Leningrad
20th - 1st radio broadcast of "Lone Ranger" (WXYZ-Detroit)
22nd - -35°F (-37°C), Mount Carroll, Illinois (state record)
23rd - Clyde Tombaugh photographs planet Pluto
23rd - George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Va established
Chinese Prime Minister Mao Tse-Tung 23rd - WIS-AM (now WOMG) in Columbia SC begins radio transmissions
24th - J E Mills scores 117 on Test Cricket debut, NZ v England, Wellington
24th - Stewie Dempster scores New Zealand's 1st Test century
26th - Cleveland's Terminal Tower opens (52 stories)
30th - Vladimir Mayakovsky's "Banya," premieres in Leningrad
30th - The world's first radiosonde is launched in Pavlovsk, USSR.
31st - 1st US glider flight from a dirigible, Lakehurst, NJ

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 58 of 58

1st - Gaafar Muhammad Nimeiry, premier/president (Sudan)
1st - Ty Hardin, NYC, actor (Riptide, Bronco)
1st - Werner Heiden, composer
1st - Frederick Wiseman, Boston, Massachusetts, documentary filmmaker
2nd - Julius LaRosa, Bkln NY, singer (fired by Arthur Godfrey on the air)
3rd - Eddie Egan, Bronx NYC, actor (Joe Forrester)
3rd - Robert Loggia, Staten Island, actor (Officer & a Gentleman, THE Cat)
3rd - Marcel Dubé, Quebec playwright
4th - Don Shula, winningest NFL coach (Miami Dolphins)
4th - Iain Cuthbertson, British actor (Guilty, Scandal, Rep, Danger UXB)
4th - Sorrell Booke, Buffalo NY, actor (Bye Bye Braverman, Black Like Me)
5th - Edward Galven Givens Jr, Quanah Texas, Major USAF/astronaut
5th - Frederick Charles Tillis, composer
5th - Richard Hayes, Passaic NJ, singer/emcee (Name That Tune)
6th - Denis Pitts, journalist
6th - Vic Tayback, Bkln NY, actor (Mel-Alice, Khan, Portrait of a Stripper)
8th - Doreen Wilber, US, archer (Olympic-gold-1972)
10th - Byron "Wild Child" Gipson, blues singer
10th - Roy Edward Disney, American film executive and CEO of Disney
11th - Ron Mulock, Australian politician
12th - Glenn Yarborough, singer (Limeliters-Honey & Wine, Jubilee)
12th - Jennifer P Johnston, Irish author (Fool's sanctuary)
13th - Frances Sternhagen, Wash DC, actress (Outland, Starting Over)
13th - Liz Anderson, rocker
13th - Roman Ciesiewicz, artist/graphic designer
14th - Edgar Sergeyi Hovhanesyan, composer
14th - Ernest Just, Black biologist, served as VP of American Zoologists
15th - Eddie Graham, American professional wrestler (d. 1985)
16th - Norman Podhoretz, Brooklyn NY, author/editor (NY Post)
16th - Clarence Ray Allen, American murderer (d. 2006)
17th - Bill Benyon, English large landowner/Conservative Lower house leader
17th - Robert Ceely, composer
17th - Eddie LeBaron, American football player
19th - John Waite, cricket wicket-keeper (great South African)
19th - Tippi Hedren, American actress
Astronaut Edwin Aldrin Jr (20th) 20th - Edwin Aldrin Jr, Montclair NJ, USAF/astro (Gem 12, Ap 11)
21st - Valentin Ignatyevich Filatyev, Russia, cosmonaut
23rd - Derek Walcott, St Lucia, poet/writer (Omeros, Nobel 1992)
23rd - Ken Errair, rocker (Four Freshmen)
23rd - William Reid Pogue, Okemah Oklahoma, Colonel USAF/astronaut (Skylab 4)
24th - Bernard Matthews, English turkey farmer/multi-millionaire
25th - Tanya Savicheva, Russian diarist (d. 1944)
26th - A N Solomons, chairman (Singer & Friedlander)
26th - Anne Macfarlane, Master (Court of Protection)
26th - Harry "Buddy" Melges Jr, Wisc, yachter (Oly-gold/bronze-1964, 72)
27th - Bobby "Blue" Bland, Rosemark TN, blues singer (Call on the Drummer)
27th - Esteban Edward Torres, (Rep-D-CA, 1983- )
27th - Roger Sims, British MP
28th - David Morris, British MEP
28th - Luis de Pablo, composer
29th - John Junkin, actor/writer (A Hard Day's Night)
29th - Derek Bailey, English guitar virtuoso (d. 2005)
30th - Magnus Adem Malan, South African minister of Defense (1980- )
Actor Gene Hackman (30th) 30th - Gene Hackman, San Bernardino California, actor (Bonnie & Clyde, Under Fire, Superman)
30th - Sandy Amorós, Cuban baseball player (d. 1992)
30th - Samuel J. Byck, American attempted assassin of Richard Nixon (d. 1974)
31st - Lynn Carlin, LA California, actress (Joan Hunter-James at 15)
31st - Joakim Bonnier, Swedish racecar driver (d. 1972)

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

8th - Belgium Princess Marie-Jose marries Italian's crown prince Umberto

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 4 of 4

9th - Edward W Buck, Dutch/US editor (Ladies Home Journal), dies at 66
13th - C-E Auguste Rateau, French inventor (R-steam turbine), dies at 66
27th - Jean Hure, composer, dies at 52
28th - Clarence Skelton Wimble, cricket (score pair in Test for S Af), dies

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