WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2013

Today is Wednesday, January 30, the 30th day of 2013. There are 335 days left in the year.

1077 ― Pope Gregory VII pardons German emperor Henry IV

1487 ― Bell chimes invented

1818 ― Keats composes his sonnet, ``When I Have Fears"

1917 ― First jazz record recorded (Dark Town Strutters Ball)

1925 ― Turkish government throws out Constantine VI of Constantinople

1939 ― Hitler calls for the extermination of Jews

1956 ― Martin Luther King Jr.'s home bombed

1968 ― Vietcong launch Tet offensive on U.S. embassy in Saigon

1969 ― Beatles perform their last gig together, a 42-minute free concert on the roof of Apple HQs

1981 ― 8th American Music Award; Kenny Rogers wins

1994 ― Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (35.76)