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What happened in history on this day: January 30?
On January 30 in ...
- 1950 - NBC premieres the Robert Montgomery Presents 60-minute dramatic anthology TV show.
- 1959 - The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, entitled The Peter Tchaikovsky Story. The show is the first stereophonic broadcast of a television program. In some cities, one channel is transmitted on an AM radio station, the other channel on an FM station.
- 1977 - The eighth (and final) part of the mini-series Roots becomes the most-watched US TV entertainment show to date.
- 1995 - Belgium's TV channel 2 in Flanders goes on the air.
- 1995 - Kevin Eubanks officially becomes band leader of American TV's The Tonight Show.
Births on January 30
- 1871 - Birth of Seymour Hicks in Saint Helier, Jersey; actor-manager (Scrooge).
- 1871 - Birth of Wilfred Lucas; actor (Pardon Us, Chump at Oxford).
- 1873 - Birth of Rose Melville; actress (Sis).
- 1900 - Birth of Martita Hunt in Argentina; actress (Man in Grey, Becket).
- 1900 - Birth of Sandy Powell in Rotherham, England; costume designer (Rob Roy).
- 1909 - Birth of Richard Hearne in Norwich, England; actor (Captain Horatio Hornblower).
- 1911 - Birth of Hugh Marlowe in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Ellery Queen).
- 1914 - Birth of David Wayne in Traverse City, Michigan, USA; actor (The Andromeda Strain, Adam's Rib, Batman TV show, Dallas, House Calls, St. Elsewhere, Ellery Queen, Matt Houston, Disneyland).
- 1914 - Birth of John Ireland in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; actor (Rawhide, Gunfight at the OK Corral).
- 1915 - Birth of Dorothy Dell; actor (Little Miss Marker, Wharf Angel).
- 1918 - Birth of David Opatoshu in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Bonino, Secret Empire, Masada).
- 1922 - Birth of Dick Martin in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor/comedian (Laugh-In, Carbon Copy).
- 1925 - Birth of Dorothy Malone in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (At Gunpoint, Night and Day, Peyton Place).
- 1926 - Birth of Ruth Brown in Portsmouth, Virginia, USA; actress (Leona - Hello Larry, Checking In).
- 1930 - Birth of Gene Hackman in California, USA; actor (Bonnie and Clyde, Under Fire, Superman).
- 1934 - Birth of Tammy Grimes in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Can't Stop the Music).
- 1937 - Birth of Vanessa Redgrave in London, England; actress (Blow-Up, Julia, Orient Express).
- 1938 - Birth of Marlies van Alcmaer [Smal]; Dutch actress/director (A Bridge too Far).
- 1942 - Birth of Heidi Brühl; German actress/singer (Mädels vom Immenhof).
- 1948 - Birth of Nicholas Broomfield; director/editor (Dark Obsession, Heidi Fleiss).
- 1950 - Birth of Bruce Howard Lidington; actor (Sword of Valiant, Mosses).
- 1950 - Birth of Ralph Wilcox in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; actor (Big Eddie, Busting Loose).
- 1951 - Birth of Charles S Dutton in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actor (Alien 3, Crocodile Dundee 2, Roc).
- 1960 - Birth of Tony O'Dell in Pasadena, California, USA; actor (Alan Pinkard - Head of the Class).
- 1965 - Birth of Julie McCullough in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA; actress (Growing Pains).
- 1966 - Birth of Daphne Ashbrook in Long Beach, California, USA; actress (Liz - Our Family Honor).
- 1974 - Birth of Christian Bale in Wales; actor (Empire of the Sun, Little Women).
Deaths on January 30
- 1956 - Jane Seymour, actress (Young Mr Bobbin), dies at age 56.
- 1967 - Lee Morgan, actor (Dungeons of Harrow, Last Rebel), dies.
- 1970 - Malcolm Keen, English actor (Uncle Chris - Mama), dies at age 82.
- 1973 - Jack McGowan, actor (On Our Selection), dies at age 54.
- 1980 - Lil Dagover, actress (Destiny, Spiders), dies at age 82.
- 1982 - Stanley Holloway, comedian (My Fair Lady, Our Man Higgins), dies at age 91.
- 1983 - Joan Valerie, actress (Pier 13), dies of pneumonia.
- 1985 - Ken Mayers, actor (Robbie Robertson - Space Patrol), dies at age 67.
- 1986 - Ticker Freeman, pianist (Dinah Shore Show), dies at age 74.
- 1987 - Angelo Rutherford, actor (Willie - Gentle Ben), dies at age 32.
- 1987 - Ken Drake, actor (Crime and Punishment USA), dies.
- 1995 - Gerald M Durrell, British zoologist/author (Mockery Bird)/television presenter, dies at age 70 (born 1925).
- 1996 - Guy Doleman, actor (Deadly Bees, Idol, Thunderball), dies at age 72.
- 2007 - Death of Sidney Sheldon at age 89 of complications from pneumonia; author/producer (Patty Duke Show TV show, I Dream of Jeannie, Hart to Hart, Master of the Game, If Tomorrow Comes, Bloodline, The Other Side of Midnight, Windmills of the Gods).
- 2022 - Death of Chelsie Kryst at age 30 of suicide in New York City, New York USA; model (Miss USA 2019), lawyer, correspondent (Extra TV show).
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