30 Januar

The **30t o Januar** is the 30t day o the year in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 335 days ti come (336 in lowp years).

## Events

* 1649 - Execution o Charles I, Keeng o Scots.
* 1826 - The Menai Suspension Brig, connectin mainland Wales an the Isle o Anglesey, opens.
* 1933 - Adolf Hitler comes tae pouer in Germany, wi Franz von Papen as Vice Chancellor.
* 1945 - The ship *Wilhelm Gustloff*, mainly wi German refugees on baird, is sunk bi a Soviet torpedo in the Baltic Sea, killin 9,500 fowk.
* 1948 - Assassination o Mahatma Gandhi bi Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist.
* 1948 - The Winter Olympic Gemmes in St. Moritz, Swisserland, stairt.
* 1964 - The Ranger 6 probe launches tae the Muin.
* 1965 - The funeral o Winston Churchill taks place in Lunnon.
* 1972 - Bloody Sunday: Breetish paratroopers open fire on unarmed civilians in Derry, Northren Ireland, killin 14.
* 1972 - Pakistan withdraws frae the Commonweel o Nations.
* 2000 - Air Kenyae Flicht 431 crashes intae the Atlantic Ocean off Ivory Coast, killin 169 fowk.
* 2003 - Belgium recognises same-sex marriages.
* 2005 - Iraq holds elections.
* 2020 - COVID-19 pandemic: The Warld Heal Organization declares the ootbrak o the novel coronavirus a matter o "internaitional concern".

## Births

* 133 - Didius Julianus, Roman Emperor (d. 193)
* 1736 - James Watt, Scots ingineer (d. 1819)
* 1851 - Henry Ogg Forbes, Scots splorer, ornithologist an botanist (d. 1932)
* 1882 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd Preses o the Unitit States (d. 1945)
* 1890 - Andy Cunningham, Scots fitbawer (d. 1973)
* 1894 - Boris III o Bulgarie (d. 1943)
* 1899 - Max Theiler, Sooth African-American virologist (d. 1972)
* 1915 - John Profumo, Inglis politeecian (d. 2006)
* 1925 - Douglas Engelbart, American inventor (d. 2013)
* 1927 - Olof Palme, Prime meenister o Swaden (d. 1986)
* 1929 - Isamu Akasaki, Japanese pheesicist
* 1930 - Gene Hackman, American actor
* 1937 - Vanessa Redgrave, Inglis actress
* 1937 - Boris Spassky, Roushie chess player
* 1938 - Islam Karimov, Preses o Uzbekistan (d. 2016)
* 1941 − Dick Cheney, 46t Vice Preses o the Unitit States
* 1951 - Phil Collins, Inglis sangster
* 1962 - Abdullah II o Jordan
* 1968 - Felipe VI o Spain
* 1970 - Fiona Dolman, Scots actress
* 1974 - Christian Bale, Inglis actor
* 1974 - Olivia Colman, Inglis actress
* 1981 - Dimitar Berbatov, Bulgarian fitbawer
* 1981 - Peter Crouch, Inglis fitbawer
* 1987 - Arda Turan, Turkish fitbawer
* 1989 - Kaaze, Swadish muisicker, DJ an record producer
* 2000 - Benee, New Zealandian sangster

## Daiths
* 1649 - Charles I, Keeng o Scots (b. 1600)
* 1730 - Peter II o Roushie (b. 1715)
* 1805 - John Robison, Scots pheesicist (b. 1739)
* 1853 - David Boyle, Laird Boyle, Scots juidge (b. 1772)
* 1897 - George Hay-Drummond, 12t Yerl o Kinnoull, Scots peer an cricketer (b. 1827)
* 1908 - James Bell Pettigrew, Scots naituralist an aviation pioneer (b. 1834)
* 1948 - Mahatma Gandhi, Indian activist (b. 1869)
* 1948 - Orville Wright, American aviation pioneer (b. 1871)
* 1951 - Ferdinand Porsche, Austrick-German automotive ingineer (b. 1875)
* 1961 - John Duncan Fergusson, Scots airtist an sculptor (b. 1874)
* 1969 - Dominique Pire, Belgian friar (b. 1910)
* 1982 - Stanley Holloway, Inglis actor (b. 1892)
* 1991 - John Bardeen, American pheesicist (b. 1908)
* 2006 - Coretta Scott King, American activist (b. 1927)
* 2011 - John Barry, Inglis componer (b. 1933)
* 2015 - Zhelyu Zhelev, Preses o Bulgarie (b. 1935)
* 2015 - Carl Djerassi, Austrick-American chemist (b. 1923)
*2021 - Sophie (Sophie Xeon), Scots muisicker, DJ, sangster an sangwriter (b. 1986)

## Halidays
* Mairtyrs' Day (Indie)
* Schuil Day o Non-violence an Peace (Spain)