This Day in History, Jan. 30 th On this date in 1974, President Richard Nixon delivered what would be his last State of the Union address; Nixon pledged to rein in rising prices without the harsh medicine of recession and establish a national health care plan that every American could afford. Today is Thursday, Jan. 30, the 30th day of 2014. There are 335 days left in the year. Todays Highlight in History: On Jan. 30, 1964, the United States launched Ranger 6, an unmanned spacecraft carrying television cameras that crash-landed on the moon, but failed to send back images. On this date: ▪In 1649, Englands King Charles I was executed for treason. ▪In 1862, the ironclad USS Monitor was launched from the Continental Iron Works in Greenpoint, N.Y., during the Civil War. ▪In 1882, the 32nd president of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was born in Hyde Park, N.Y. ▪In 1933, Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany. The first episode of the Lone Ranger radio program was broadcast on station WXYZ in Detroit. ▪In 1948, Indian political and spiritual leader Mohandas K. Gandhi, 78, was shot and killed in New Delhi by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist. (Godse and a co-conspirator were later executed.) ▪In 1962, two members of The Flying Wallendas high-wire act were killed when their seven-person pyramid collapsed during a performance at the State Fair Coliseum in Detroit. ▪In 1968, the Tet Offensive began during the Vietnam War as Communist forces launched surprise attacks against South Vietnamese provincial capitals. ▪In 1972, 13 Roman Catholic civil rights marchers were shot to death by British soldiers in Northern Ireland on what became known as Bloody Sunday. ▪In 1981, an estimated 2 million New Yorkers turned out for a ticker-tape parade honoring the freed American hostages from Iran. ▪In 1993, Los Angeles inaugurated its Metro Red Line, the citys first modern subway. Ten years ago: NASAs Mars rover Opportunity spied hints of a mineral that typically forms in water — a finding that could mean the dry and dusty Red Planet was once wetter and more hospitable to life. Todays Birthdays: Actress Dorothy Malone is 89. Actress Tammy Grimes is 80. Actress Vanessa Redgrave is 77. Chess grandmaster Boris Spassky is 77. Country singer Jeanne Pruett is 77. Country singer Norma Jean is 76. Rock singer Marty Balin is 72. Singer Phil Collins is 63. Singer Jody Watley is 55. Country singer Tammy Cochran is 42. Actor Christian Bale is 40.
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