TUESDAY, Jan. 30, 2024

On this day...

1853-Emperor Napoleon III marries Eugénie Maria de Montijo y de Guzman

1937-2nd of Stalin's purge trials; Pyatakov & 16 others sentenced to death

1944-U.S. invades Majuro, Marshall Islands

1954-Belgium ends trade agreement with USSR

1958 1st 2-way moving sidewalk in service, Dallas TX

1958-House of Lords passes bill allowing women in

1960-CIA oks Lockheed to produce a new U-2 aircraft (Oxcart)

1961-JFK asks for an Alliance for Progress & Peace Corps

1962-U.N. General Assembly censures Portugal (because of Angola)

1965-State funeral of Winston Churchill

1968-Vietcong launch Tet-offensive on US embassy in Saigon

1969-U.S./Canada ISIS 1 launched to study ionosphere

1973-Jury finds Watergate defendants Liddy & McCord guilty on all counts

1974-USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk USSR

1977-8th (final) part of "Roots" is most-watched entertainment show ever

1979-Rhodesia agrees to new constitution

1983-Hilbert van Thumb becomes European skating champ

1989-Olympian, Bruce Kimball, is sentenced to 17 years in prison for killing 2 teenagers in a drunk driving accident

1989-5 pharoah sculptures from 1470 BC found at temple of Luxor

1993-100,000n Europeans demonstrate against fascism & racism

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

1995-Car bomb explodes in Algiers, 42 killed/296 injured