445 Historic Events for January 30
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| 1858 |
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Charles Hall‚ founds Hall‚ Orchestra in Manchester
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| 1858 |
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William Wells Brown published 1st Black drama, "Leap to Freedom"
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| 1860 |
Death |
Francesco Antonio Norberto Pinto, composer, dies at 44
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| 1861 |
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Charles Martin Tornow Loeffler, Mulhouse Alsace, composer
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| 1862 |
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US Navy's 1st ironclad warship (Monitor) launched
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| 1862 |
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Walter Johannes Damrosch, composer
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| 1865 |
Birth |
Samuel Pl'h Naber, Dutch rear-admiral/librarian
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| 1866 |
Birth |
Gelett Burgess, author (Purple Cow)
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| 1871 |
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Wilfred Lucas, actor (Pardon Us, Chump at Oxford)
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| 1871 |
Birth |
Seymour Hicks, St Helier Jersey, actor-manager (Scrooge)
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| 1873 |
Birth |
Rose Melville, actress (Sis)
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| 1877 |
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Storm flood ravages Dutch coastal provinces
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| 1879 |
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French President MacMahon resigns
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| 1881 |
Death |
Jaak Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer, dies at 58
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| 1882 |
Birth |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, New Hyde Park NY, 32nd Pres (D) (1933-1945)
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| 1883 |
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England team presented with ashes of a bail after Sydney Test
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| 1885 |
Birth |
John Henry Towers, aviator/naval hero
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| 1888 |
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Harry Moses 297 not out for NSW against Victoria
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| 1888 |
Death |
Asa Gray, US botanist (Flora of North America), dies at 77
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| 1889 |
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Victoria beat NSW after following on (NSW all out 63 needed 76)
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| 1889 |
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John Herschel uses camera obscura to photograph 48" (120cm) telescope
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| 1890 |
Death |
Karl Merz, composer, dies at 53
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| 1892 |
Birth |
Charles Trowbridge Haubiel, composer
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| 1892 |
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Bobby Abel carries his bat for 132* for England in SCG Test
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| 1892 |
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Capt Lugard occupies Uganda's King Mwanga's hide out
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