Today in History - History - January 30th

1943Hitler promotes Friedrich von Paul to Field Marshal

1983Pat Bradley wins LPGA Mazda of Deer Creek Golf Classic

1077Pope Gregory VII pardons German emperor Henry IV

1661Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England is ritually executed after having been dead for two years.

1961JFK asks for an Alliance for Progress & Peace Corps

19818th American Music Award: Barbra Streisand & Kenny Rogers win

1934Hitler proclamation on German unified states

1980Edward Albee's "Lady from Dubuque," premieres in NYC

1928Bradman scores 134 not out (225 mins, 13 fours) NSW v Vic

1933Adolf Hitler named German Chancellor, forms government with Von Papen

1949Peter Agre, American biologist, Nobel laureate

1905Emilio G. Segrè, Tivoli, Italian physicist and Nobel laureate (discovered the elements technetium, astatine and the sub-atomic antiparticle antiproton)

1930Gene Hackman, San Bernardino California, actor (Bonnie & Clyde, Under Fire, Superman)

1882Franklin Roosevelt, New Hyde Park NY, 32nd US President (1933-1945), (d. 1945)

1957William Payne Stewart, Springfield Missouri, PGA golfer (1983 Walt Disney)

1941Dick Cheney, Lincoln, Nebraska, 46th US Vice President

1934Actor and comedian Lou Costello marries burlesque dancer Anne Battler

1985NFL Quarterback Dan Marino (23) weds Claire Veazey at St. Regis Roman Catholic Church in Pennsylvania

1836Betsy Ross [Elizabeth Griscom], seamstress widely credited with making the first American flag (b. 1752)

1649Charles I, King of Great Britain (1625-49), beheaded for treason

2007Sidney Sheldon, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1917)

1948Mahatma Gandhi, India's political and spiritual leader, assassinated in New Delhi by Hindu extremists

1991John Bardeen, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1908)

1948Orville Wright, US aviation pioneer, dies at 76