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|    Today in History for 30th January 2023    |
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      From: today.in.history.|.onthisday.com@bbs.alt119.net              Historical Events              1818 - John Keats composes his sonnet "When I Have Fears"              1933 - Australian Championships Women's Tennis, Melbourne: Joan Hartigan       Bathurst beats Coral McInnes Buttsworth 6-4, 6-3              1956 - Australian Championships Women's Tennis: Mary Carter Reitano beats       fellow Australian Thelma Coyne Long 3-6, 6-2, 9-7 for her 1st Australian       singles title              1977 - 8th (final) part of "Roots" is most-watched US entertainment show ever       (100 million)              1982 - WBC super welterweight champion Wilfred Benitez of Puerto Rico defeats       boxing legend Roberto Durán of Panama in a 15-round unanimous decision at       Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas              1982 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners              More Historical Events ¯       Famous Birthdays              1911 - Roy Eldridge, American jazz trumpet player (Gene Krupa, Artie Shaw),       born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1989)              1912 - Barbara Tuchman, American historian and author (Pulitzer, Guns of       August), born in New York (d. 1989)              1938 - Marlies van Alcmaer [Smal], Dutch actress and director (Bridge too Far)              1944 - Lynn Harrell, American cellist, born in New York City, New York (d.       2020)              1951 - Trevor Laughlin, Australian cricketer (Australian all-rounder 1978-79),       born in Nyah West, Australia              1994 - Amelia Dimoldenberg, English comedian and journalist (Chicken Shop       Date), born in London, England              More Famous Birthdays ¯       Famous Deaths              1649 - Charles I, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1625-49), beheaded       for treason by Parliament at 48              1703 - Kiva Yoshinaka, Japanese retainer for the Shogun, murdered in the       revenge of the 47 rÅ       nin              1867 - Emperor KÅ       mei of Japan (b. 1831)              1945 - William Busch, British composer, dies at 43              1956 - Jane Seymour [Marjorie S Fitz-patrick], Canadian-American actress (Tom,       Dick and Harry, Young Mr Bobbin), dies at 62              1963 - Francis Poulenc, French pianist and composer (Concert champêtre; Les       Biches), dies of a heart attack at 64              More Famous Deaths ¯              https://www.onthisday.com/day/january/30              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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