January 30 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for January 30
In the headlines today:

2007	Microsoft begins sales of its Windows Vista software operating system to consumers.
1998	The US and Japan sign a pact allowing Americans to fly to Japan and other Asian destinations from more US cities.
1994	The Buffalo Bills suffer their fourth straight Super Bowl loss, as they are defeated by the Dallas Cowboys, 30-13, in Super Bowl XXVIII.
1989	Former defense attorney Joel Steinberg is convicted in New York of first-degree manslaughter in the death of his daughter, Lisa, aged 6.
1979	Iran announces that Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini is returning, ending his exile in France.
1972	British soldiers shoot and kill 13 Roman Catholic civil rights marchers in Northern Ireland. This inspired the U2 song Sunday, Bloody Sunday.
1968	Communist forces launch a series of surprise attacks against South Vietnamese targets on the first day of the Tet Offensive.
1964	NASA launches the unmanned probe Ranger Six, designed to crash-land on the lunar surface.
1962	Two members of the Flying Wallendas family of high-wire performers are killed when their human pyramid collapses during a performance in Detroit, MI.
1933	The first episode of The Lone Ranger radio show is broadcast on Detroit station WXYZ. "Hi yo, Silver, away!"
1933	Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany.
1948	Mahatma Gandhi, Indian political and spiritual leader, is assassinated by a Hindu extremist.
1649	King Charles I of England is beheaded.