January 30 in History

Historical Events on January 30

1018 Poland and the Holy Roman Empire conclude the Peace of Bautzen.

1858 The first Hallé concert is given in Manchester, England, marking the official founding of The Hallé orchestra as a full-time, professional orchestra.

1908 Indian 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.

1925 The Government of Turkey expels Patriarch Constantine VI from Istanbul.

1942 World War II: Battle of Ambon. Japanese forces invade the island of Ambon in the Dutch East Indies. Some 300 captured Allied troops are massacred at Laha airfield. Three-fourths of remaining POWs did not survive at the end of the war, including 250 men who were shipped to Hainan Island in South China Sea and never returned.

1956 African-American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.'s home is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

1968 Vietnam War: Tet Offensive launch by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army against South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies.

1969 The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police.

2003 The Kingdom of Belgium officially recognizes same-sex marriages.

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Famous Birthdays on January 30

1882 Franklin D. Roosevelt

1913 Alfrēds Riekstiņš

1941 Dick Cheney

1962 Abdullah II of Jordan

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Famous Deaths on January 30

1649 Charles I of England

1948 Mahatma Gandhi

1948 Wright brothers

2006 Coretta Scott King

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