| 1844 |
|
Richard
Theodore Greener becomes the first African American to graduate
from Harvard University. |
| 1862 |
|
The
USS Monitor is launched at Greenpoint, Long Island. |
| 1901 |
|
Women
Prohibitionists smash 12 saloons in Kansas. |
| 1931 |
|
The
United States awards civil government to the Virgin Islands. |
| 1936 |
|
Governor
Harold Hoffman orders a new inquiry into the Lindbergh
kidnapping. |
| 1945 |
|
The
Allies launch a drive on the Siegfried line in Germany. Army
Surgeon at the Bulge. |
| 1953 |
|
President
Dwight Eisenhower announces that he will pull the Seventh Fleet
out of Formosa to permit the Nationalists to attack Communist
China. |
| 1964 |
|
The
Ranger spacecraft, equipped with six TV cameras, is
launched to the moon from Cape Canaveral. |
| 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. |
Born on January 30 |
| 1882 |
|
Franklin
D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States. |
| 1885 |
|
John
Henry Towers, American naval aviation pioneer. |
| 1912 |
|
Barbara
Tuchman, U.S. historian (The Guns of August). |
