Page 7: Historical Events In January - 30

1948  Mahatma Gandhi, India's political and spiritual leader, assassinated in New Delhi   

1950  "Robert Montgomery Presents" dramatic anthology premieres on NBC TV.   

1951  Belgium refuses to allow communists to make speeches on radio.   

1951  Ferdinand Porsche, German car inventor (Porsche), dies at 75   

1953  Louis H N Bosch van Rosenthal, Dutch resistance fighter, dies at 68   

1954  Belgium ends trade agreement with USSR.   

1954  In Liverpool, Nova Scotia a freak winter tornado touches down near Liverpool.   

1954  Italy's Fanfani government steps down   

1956  Elvis Presley records his version of "Blue Suede Shoes".   

1956  Martin Luther King Jr's home bombed   

1956  Gerrit Mannoury, mathematician/philosopher, dies at 88.   

1957  US Congress accepts "Eisenhower-doctrine"   

1957  Grigore Gafencu, Romanian min of Foreign Affairs (1938-39), dies at 65.   

1958  House of Lords passes bill allowing women in.   

1958  The inaugural 2-way moving sidewalk in service, Dallas TX.   

1958  Earnest H Heinkel, German airplane builder (WW II), dies at 70.   

1959  Australia 1-200 inaugural day 4th Test vs England, Adelaide Oval.   

1960  CIA allows Lockheed to produce a new U-2 aircraft (Oxcart) lookout Mr. Powers   

1960  Dutch communist trade union EVC'58 disbands   

1960  Riot curtails third day's play at Port-Of-Spain West Indies vs England.   

1960  US female Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss   

1960  US male Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins.   

1961  Bobby Darin is youngest performer to headline a TV special on NBC   

1961  JFK asks for an Alliance for Progress and Peace Corps.   

1962  2 members of Flying Wallendas' high-wire act killed when their 7-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit.   

1962  Two members of the Flying Wallendas family of high-wire performers are killed when their human pyramid collapses during a performance in Detroit, Michigan.   

1962  UN General Assembly censures Portugal (because of Angola).   

1962  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.   

1963  P F "Plum" Warner, cricketer (England mgr during Bodyline tour), dies.   

1964  Military coup of General Nguyen Khanh in South Vietnam.   

1964  NASA launches the unmanned probe Ranger Six, designed to crash-land on the lunar surface.   

1964  Ranger 6 launched; makes perfect flight to Moon, but cameras fail.   

1964  Berthold Altaner, German church historian, dies at 80   

1965  "The Name Game" by Shirley Ellis hits #3   

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0133  Marcus severus didius julianus: Roman emperor   

1505  Thomas tallis: English composer   

1563  Franciscus gomarus: [francois gomaer], dutch theologist/opera singer   

1566  Alessandro piccinini: Composer   

1615  Thomas rolfe: American colonial settler and only child of pocahontas and john rolfe   

1616  William sancroft: Archbishop (canterbury)   

1624  Arnold geulincx: South netherland, philosopher (about virtue)   

1628  George villiers: 2nd duke of buckingham england   

1030  William v: Duke of aquitaine (b. 969)   

1156  Herman van horn: Bishop of utrecht (1151/52-56),   

1181  Death of Emperor takakura of japan: Emperor takakura of japan (b. 1161)   

1384  Louis ii of flanders: Louis ii of flanders (b. 1330)   

1393  Death of Aimery poitiers: French nobleman, burned at royal ball   

1574  Damião de góis: Portuguese philosopher (b. 1502)   

1584  Death of Jonker wigbold van ewsum: Mister of nienoord,   

1606  Everard digby: English conspirator (b. 1578)