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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_30" title="January 30">January 30</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyrs%27_Day_(India)" title="Martyrs' Day (India)">Martyrs' Day</a></b> in India (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948" title="1948">1948</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1607" title="1607">1607</a> – Low-lying places around the coasts of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Channel" title="Bristol Channel">Bristol Channel</a> of Britain <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1607_Bristol_Channel_floods" title="1607 Bristol Channel floods">were flooded</a></b>, resulting in an estimated 2,000 deaths.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1835" title="1835">1835</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lawrence_(failed_assassin)" title="Richard Lawrence (failed assassin)">Richard Lawrence</a></b> became the first person to attempt to assassinate a sitting US president when he failed to kill <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson" title="Andrew Jackson">Andrew Jackson</a> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Capitol" title="United States Capitol">US Capitol</a> and was subdued by the crowd.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939" title="1939">1939</a> – In <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_January_1939_Reichstag_speech" title="30 January 1939 Reichstag speech">a speech to the Reichstag</a></b>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a> threatened the "<b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler%27s_prophecy" title="Hitler's prophecy">annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe</a></b>".</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972" title="1972">1972</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troubles" title="The Troubles">The Troubles</a>: On <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Sunday_(1972)" title="Bloody Sunday (1972)">Bloody Sunday</a></b>, members of the British <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parachute_Regiment_(United_Kingdom)" title="Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)">Parachute Regiment</a> shot 26 civil-rights protesters in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derry" title="Derry">Derry</a>, Northern Ireland, killing at least 13 people.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_More_(died_1600)" title="William More (died 1600)">William More</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1520); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_of_the_Cross" title="Angela of the Cross">Angela of the Cross</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1846); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_II_of_Jordan" title="Abdullah II of Jordan">Abdullah II of Jordan</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1962)</p>
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