On This Day- January 30
(The Jeducation is Free)
1649- King Charles I is dethroned and de-domed...executed by guillotine
1793- First fist fight in US Congress
1845- 1st assassination attempt on a US President (A. Jackson)
1862- Ironclad (USS Monitor) is launched...birth of the modern navy
1882- Franklin Delano Roosevelt is born (later becomes longest serving US President)
1883- Cash register is patented
1931- Gene Hackman is born
1933- Adolf Hitler elected Chancellor of Germany
1933- Lone Ranger debuts on radio in Detroit, MI
1940- Robert Stroud (Birdman of Alcatraz) transferred to The Rock from USP Leavenworth
1943- Gen. Paulus promoted to Field Marshall by Hitler, surrenders at Stalingrad following day and changes the course of WWII
1945- Willhelm Guslev torpedoed as it flees Russian offensive with refugees, killing 9,300 souls. Worst shipping disaster in history
1945- Orville Wright dies
1946- Roosevelt Dime issued
1948- Gandhi assassinated by Hindu extremists
1962- Flying Wallendas fall while performing "The Seven" in Detroit, worst high wire accident in history.
1968- Tet Offensive begins in Vietnam, changes course of the war
1969- Last live performance of The Beatles..."Get Back" last song played
1971- Jed Thomas Dunham arrives on his due date at 8:03pm in Atlanta, Georgia (Sat. Night)
1971- UCLA begins 88 game winning streak (basketball)
1972- "Sunday Bloody Sunday", 13 Roman Catholics killed by British troops in N. Ireland
1973- KISS performs live for the first time
1979- Ayotollah Khomeni returns to Iran after exile in France
1987- Nikki Sixx writes lyrics to greatest Rock 'n Roll song ever; "Wild Side"
1988- Jed wipes out while skiing in France, belts himself in face with ski and breaks 2 teeth
1990- Stevie Ray Vaughn's last solo acoustic performance
1991- First ground battle of Gulf War One begins as Iraqi troops attack Khafji
1994- Kevin McHale's jersey (#32) retired by Boston Celtics
2000- 4th greatest Superbowl ever played (after 3 Patriots victories) between Rams and Titans
2001- Last male survivor of RMS Titanic dies
2008- Kansas State Wildcats beat Kansas Jayhawks in Manhappanin' for 1st time since 1983
2010- 39th Annual Jed New Year...14,245 Days Alive and a Full Moon (507th)
2010- "Epic Ain't Easy" is released (my first book)
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