Friday 30th of January 1835

68-year-old 7th President of the United States Andrew Jackson aka Old Hickory escapes the first ever assassination attempt on a sitting president when 35-year-old unemployed house painter from England Richard Lawrence his two pistols both misfire in United States Capitol, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.

Historians believe the humid weather contributed to the double misfiring. Lawrence was restrained and legend says that Jackson attacked Lawrence with his cane. Others present, including David Crockett, restrained and disarmed Lawrence.

Saturday 30th of January 1847

Wife of Edgar Allan Poe Virginia Eliza Clemm dies of tuberculosis at the age of 25 in Edgar Allan Poe Cottage, Kingsbridge Road, New York, Bronx, New York, United States.

Tuesday 30th of January 1849

7th President of France Félix François Faure is born in Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis, Paris, Xe, Île-de-France, France.

Monday 30th of January 1882

32nd President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt is born in 4097 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, New York, United States.

Wednesday 30th of January 1889

12-year-old Juliette Deitsch is overdosed with chloroform by sex killer Etienne Deschamps aka The Magnetic Doctor in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

Deschamps maintained that he had powers of the occult and told a friend of his that he was close to being able to use these powers to identify the whereabouts of some lost treasure. All he needed was a 12 year old virgin. His friend Jules Deitsch agreed to allow his own 12-year-old daughter Juliette to help him. Over a period of six months the girl attended these sessions where she would be hypnotised. What in fact happened was that Deschamps would use chlorform to induce unconciousness and then sexually assault Juliette.

Wednesday 30th of January 1889

Crown Prince of Austria Rudolf von Österreich-Ungarn commits suicide by a shot through the head at the age of 31 in Jagdschloss Mayerling, Mayerling, Niederösterreich, Austria.

Rudolf first shot his 17-year-old lover baroness Mary Vetsera and then took his own life. There is no question that the depression-prone Rudolf and Mary had a suicide-pact because his father wanted them to end their affair.

Monday 30th of January 1905

50-year-old Bigamist and multiple murderer Johann Otto Hoch aka The Bluebeard Murderer is arrested in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Hoch is indicted for bigamy with the alleged number of wives to be twenty-nine.

Saturday 30th of January 1915

Standartenführer der Waffen-SS Joachim Peiper aka Jochen is born in Berlin, Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany.

Sunday 30th of January 1927

26th Prime Minister of Sweden Olof Sven Joachim Palme is born in Stockholm, Östermalm, Södermanland, Sweden.

Thursday 30th of January 1930

Actor Gene Eugene Allen Hackman is born in San Bernardino, California, United States.

Thursday 30th of January 1930

Vorstandssprecher der Deutschen Bank Alfred Herrhausen is born in Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

Thursday 30th of January 1930

Tire salesman and would-be assassin Samuel Joseph Byck known for attempting to assassinate President Richard Nixon is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Monday 30th of January 1933

44-year-old Führer and Reichskanzler of Germany Adolf Hitler is appointed as Reichskanzler in Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Saturday 30th of January 1937

Actress and political activist Vanessa Redgrave is born in London, Greenwich, Greater London, United Kingdom.

Tuesday 30th of January 1945

Triple murderer James Emery Paster aka Skip is born in Hamilton, Ohio, United States.

Wednesday 30th of January 1946

Executioner Carl Franz Friedrich Gröpler aka Der Rote Richter dies of unknown causes at the age of 78 in Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.

During his career as an executioner Gröpler executed 144 people, by the axe and the Guillotine.

Thursday 30th of January 1947

Musician Steve Stephen Peter Marriott known from the Small Faces is born in East Ham Hospital, Shrewsbury Road, London, Forest Gate, Greater London, United Kingdom.

Friday 30th of January 1948

Aviation pioneer Orville Wright dies of a heart attack at the age of 77 in Dayton, Ohio, United States.

Friday 30th of January 1948

Indian nationalist leader Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi aka The Apostle of Non-violence is assassinated by 38-year-old extremist Hindu Nathuram Godse at the age of 79 in Birla House, New Delhi, Delhi, India.

Gandhi was on his way to address a prayer meeting when his assassin fired three bullets from a Beretta 9mm 1934 semi-automatic pistol into his chest at point-blank range.

Tuesday 30th of January 1951

Automobile designer and manufacturer Ferdinand Porsche dies of a stroke at the age of 76 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Tuesday 30th of January 1951

Musician Phil Philip David Charles Collins is born in Chiswick, West London, United Kingdom.

Friday 30th of January 1953

Murderer Albert W. Karnes is executed by the gas chamber at the age of 24 in Oregon State Penitentiary, Salem, Oregon, United States.

Thursday 30th of January 1969

The Beatles play their last public concert on the roof of their record company in Apple Corps Ltd, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

In a 42-minute set the Beatles played nine takes of five songs before the Metropolitan Police Service forced them to stop.

Saturday 30th of January 1971

16-year-old Donald Wayne Waldrop is raped, tortured and strangled by serial killer Dean Corll aka The Candyman in .

Donald was lured with his brother Jerry on their way to visit a bowling alley by David Brooks into Corll's apartment.

Saturday 30th of January 1971

14-year-old Jerry Lynn Waldrop is raped, tortured and strangled by serial killer Dean Corll aka The Candyman in 3200 Mangum Road, Houston, Texas, United States.

Jerry was lured with his brother Donald on their way to visit a bowling alley by David Brooks into Corll's apartment.

Sunday 30th of January 1972

37-year-old Serial killer Joseph Kallinger aka The Shoemaker is arrested and charged with child abuse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Sunday 30th of January 1972

26 civil rights protesters and bystanders are shot by soldiers of the British Army during the Bloody Sunday events in Londonderry, Bogside, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

Thirteen males, seven of whom were teenagers, died immediately or soon after.

Wednesday 30th of January 1974

97 die in Pan American World Airways Boeing 707-321B Flight 806 crash in Tafuna Airport, Pago Pago, American Samoa, United States.

There were four survivors.

Sunday 30th of January 1977

27-year-old Christine Freund is shot dead by serial killer David Berkowitz aka Son of Sam in New York, Queens, New York, United States.

Freund and her 30-year-old lover John Diel were sitting in Diel's car preparing to drive to a dance hall after having seen the movie Rocky. Three gunshots penetrated the car at about 12:40 a.m. In a panic Diel drove away for help. He suffered minor superficial injuries but Freund died several hours later at the hospital.

Wednesday 30th of January 1980

20-year-old Mary Carol Maher is stabbed and choked to death by serial killer Gerald Stano aka Blind Fury in Daytona, Florida, United States.

Wednesday 30th of January 1985

Cop killer James David Raulerson is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 35 in Florida State Prison, 23916 NW 83rd Ave., Raiford, Florida, United States.

Friday 30th of January 1987

Murderer Ramon Pedro Hernandez is executed by lethal injection at the age of 45 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

Hernandez' last meal request was for beef tacos, beef enchiladas, jalapeno peppers, salad onion, hot sauce, shredded cheese and coffee.

Saturday 30th of January 1993

Over 140 die in passenger train plunge into a river in Darajani, Makueni, Kenya.

The bridge on the main rail line from the Indian Ocean resort of Mombasa to Kisumu had been eroded by the raging flash floods and collapsed under the weight of the train.

Sunday 30th of January 1994

Writer Pierre François-Marie-Louis Boulle known for Planet of the Apes dies of natural causes at the age of 82 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

Tuesday 30th of January 1996

Marusina, her two sons and a 32-year-old visitor named Zagranichniy are shot dead by 37-year-old Serial killer Anatoly Yuriyovych Onoprienko aka The Terminator aka Citizen O in Fastova, Kievskaya Oblast, Ukraine.

Friday 30th of January 1998

Murderer Ricky Lee Sanderson is executed by the gas chamber at the age of 39 in Raleigh State Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States.

Sanderson said "Thank you Jesus, I'm going home'' as he waited patiently for his death.

Saturday 30th of January 1999

My daily ferry ride across the river coming from Taling Chan to my studio in Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand.

Wednesday 30th of January 2002

Double murderer Windell Broussard is executed by lethal injection at the age of 42 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

Broussard's last meal request was for smothered chicken and rice, pinto bens with salt pork, corn, homemade rolls and pecan pie. His last words were "I just want everyone to know this here is a tragedy. What happened to Dianna, Corey, and what is happening to me, is a tragedy. Here I am Lord, I have come to do your will."

Thursday 30th of January 2003

Murderer Granville Riddle is executed by lethal injection at the age of 34 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

Riddle's last meal request was for steak, baked potato, cherry cheesecake, salad, blue cheese dressing, rolls, Coke, coffee, strawberries, and oranges. His last words were "I would like to say to the world, I have always been a nice person. I have never been mean-hearted or cruel. I wish everybody well." On 9 October 1988 Riddle entered 39-year-old Ronnie Hood Bennett's home and used a tire iron to strike Bennett on the head at least 15 times, imbedding the tire iron into Bennett's skull and causing his death.

Monday 30th of January 2006

Start of the trial against 57-year-old Serial killer Robert William 'Willie' Pickton aka The Pig Farmer Killer in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.

Pickton pleaded not guilty to 27 charges of first-degree murder. In 2007 Pickton confessed to forty-nine murders to an undercover police officer posing as a cellmate.

Tuesday 30th of January 2007

Double murderer Christopher Jay Swift is executed by lethal injection at the age of 32 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

Swift's last meal request was for a medium-well done steak with sauce, a salad with ranch dressing, cheddar cheese and bacon bits, a baked potato with sour cream, two slices of apple pie, three large rolls, two Cokes and a cup of coffee.

Wednesday 30th of January 2019

The California Board of Prison Terms denies parole to 70-year-old Manson Family member Leslie Louise Van Houten aka Lulu in California Institution for Women, Chino, California, United States.

In June 2019 Governor Gavin Newsom overruled the parole board's recommendation, claiming that Van Houten was still a "danger to society" and that she had "potential for future violence".

Thursday 30th of January 2025

Singer-songwriter Marianne Evelyn Faithfull dies of natural causes at the age of 79 in London, Greater London, United Kingdom.