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Anniversaries on: January 30, 2010
Birthdays: | | 1882 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Former (32nd) American President | | 1913 | Percy Thrower, Popular gardener and broadcaster | | 1915 | John Profumo, Former Secretary of State for War | | 1920 | Patrick Heron, Artist | | 1931 | Gene Hackman, American stage and 'Oscar' winning screen actor | | 1937 | Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion | | 1937 | Vanessa Redgrave, Stage and screen actress |
Events:| 1649 | King Charles I was executed, having been found guilty of treason | | 1888 | The author and artist Edward Lear died in San Remo, Italy | | 1933 | Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany | | 1961 | The first contraceptive pills went on sale in Britain | | 1965 | Sir Winston Churchill, former PM, was given a state funeral | | 1972 | In Ireland, British paratroopers believing they were under attack killed 13 people. This became known as 'Bloody Sunday' | | 1979 | Rhodesian whites voted to transfer to majority rule | | 1988 | A microlight aircraft landed near Sydney, Australia, to create a record time of 55 days since leaving London |
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