This Day in History
30 Jan 1018
The Holy Roman Empire and Poland conclude the Peace of Bautzen
30 Jan 1349
Gunther of Schwarzburg chosen German anti-king
30 Jan 1467
Battle at Velke Kostolany Hung king Mtys Corvinus beats Bratrici
30 Jan 1522
Duke of Albany takes captured French back to Scotland
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Shots fired in the House of Representatives
In the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol President Andrew Jackson the seventh president of the United States survives the first attempt against the life of a...
Burma supply route cleared
A vital supply route linking India to China through Burma is finally cleared for Allied military transports on this day in 1945. The first convoy of 133 trucks ...
Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland
In Londonderry Northern Ireland 13 unarmed civil rights demonstrators are shot dead by British Army paratroopers in an event that becomes known as Bloo...
Japan’s Mazda founded
On this day in 1920 Jujiro Matsuda (1875-1952) forms Toyo Cork Kogyo a business that makes cork in Hiroshima Japan just over a decade later the company pro...
Gandhi assassinated
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi the political and spiritual leader of the Indian independence movement is assassinated in New Delhi by a Hindu fanatic.Born the son...
Tet Offensive begins
At dawn on the first day of the Tet holiday truce Viet Cong forcessupported by large numbers of North Vietnamese troopslaunch the largest and b...
Operation Dewey Canyon II begins
Operation Dewey Canyon II begins as the initial phase of Lam Son 719 the South Vietnamese invasion of Laos that would commence on February 8. The purpose of th...
Dan Jansen skates world-record 500 meters
On this day in 1994 the American speed skater Dan Jansen sets a new world record of 35.76 at the World Sprint Championships in Calgary Alberta Canada.Born in...
FDR is born
On this day in 1882 future President Franklin Delano Roosevelt is born. Roosevelt grew up the only child in an upper middle-class family in Hyde Park New York...
Andrew Jackson narrowly escapes assassination
On this day in 1835 Andrew Jackson becomes the first American president to experience an assassination attempt. Richard Lawrence an unemployed house painter ...
The Lone Ranger debuts on Detroit radio
With the stirring notes of the William Tell Overture and a shout of Hi-yo Silver Away The Lone Ranger debuts on Detroits WXYZ radio st...
Sidney Bechet’s first record
On this day in 1923 jazz pioneer Sidney Bechet cuts his first record featuring Wild Cat Blues and Kansas City Blues.Bechet was bor...
Michael Dorris is born
On this day Native American novelist Michael Dorris is born in Louisville Kentucky.Dorris met his wife Louise Erdrich at a poetry reading at Dartmouth wher...
Gene Hackman born
Gene Hackman one of Hollywoods most prolific and acclaimed actors for four decades is born on this day in 1930 in San Bernardino California.At the a...
Plane crashes off Ivory Coast
A Kenya Airways Airbus A-310 crashes after takeoff into the Atlantic Ocean off the Ivory Coast on this day in 2000. Because the passengers did not have enough t...
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