On This Day: January 30, 2023
Birthdays
1882 Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Former (32nd) American President1913 Percy Thrower, Popular gardener and broadcaster
1915 John Profumo, Former Secretary of State for War
1920 Patrick Heron, Artist
1931 Gene Hackman, American stage and 'Oscar' winning screen actor
1937 Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion
1937 Vanessa Redgrave, Stage and screen actress
Events
1649 King Charles I was executed, having been found guilty of treason1888 The author and artist Edward Lear died in San Remo, Italy
1933 Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany
1961 The first contraceptive pills went on sale in Britain
1965 Sir Winston Churchill, former PM, was given a state funeral
1972 In Ireland, British paratroopers believing they were under attack killed 13 people. This became known as 'Bloody Sunday'
1979 Rhodesian whites voted to transfer to majority rule
1988 A microlight aircraft landed near Sydney, Australia, to create a record time of 55 days since leaving London