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January 30

1901 Women Prohibitionists smash 12 saloons in Kansas.

1933 Adolf Hitler is named Chancellor by President Paul Hindenburg.

1964 The Ranger spacecraft, equipped with six TV cameras, is launched to the moon from Cape Canaveral.

1973 Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Peter Criss, and Ace Frehley change their band’s name from Wicked Lester to perform as Kiss for the first time. A few months later they'll add their iconic makeup, and the rest will be Kisstory

1976 The U.S. Supreme Court bans spending limits in campaigns, equating funds with freedom of speech.

1980 The first-ever Chinese Olympic team arrives in New York for the Winter Games at Lake Placid.

1996 Future Basketball Hall of Famer Magic Johnson comes out of a 5 year retirement; helps LA Lakers to 128-118 win over Golden State at the Great Western Forum with 19 points, 8 rebounds & 10 assists

2020 The World Health Organization declares COVID-19 a Public Health Emergency of International Concern at a meeting in Geneva

2023 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claims that Russia has begun its "big revenge" with assaults around Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine after a couple months of stalemate


Born on January 30

1882 Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States.

1974Christian Bale (49th Birthday) British actor (Batman Begins, American Psycho, The Machinist), born in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales

1980 Wilmer Valderrama, American actor (That 70s Show -"Fez"), born in Miami, Florida

JOTD

Call a girl beautiful 1000 times and she wont think twice..

Call a girl fat once and she’ll always remember.
Because elephants never forget