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   Today in History | OnThisDay.com to All   
   Today in History for 30th January 2023   
   30 Jan 23 04:25:14   
   
   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   
      
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