Today in History for 30th January 2018:
Historical Events
1889 – Victoria beat NSW after following on (NSW all out 63 needed 76)
1941 – Australian troops conquer Derna, Libya
1945 – “Wilhelm Gustloff” torpedoed off Danzig by Soviet sub-c 9,400 die
1959 – Australia 1-200 1st day 4th Test v England, Adelaide Oval
1968 – Bobby Goldsboro records his biggest hit, “Honey”
1979 – Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) agrees to new constitution
Famous Birthdays
1720 – Charles De Geer, Swedish industrialist and entomologist, born in Finspång, Sweden (d. 1778)
1861 – Charles Martin Tornow Loeffler, French composer, born in Mulhouse, France (d. 1935)
1871 – Wilfred Lucas, Canadian actor (Pardon Us, Chump at Oxford), born in Ontario, Canada (d. 1940)
1899 – Max Theiler, South African and American virologist who developed vaccine for Yellow Fever (Nobel Prize 1951), born in Pretoria (d. 1972)
1926 – Lizbeth Webb, Reading, UK, soprano, (d. 2013)
1973 – Jimmy Oliver, NFL wide receiver (San Diego Chargers)
Famous Deaths
1942 – Vasily Pavovlich Kalafati, composer, dies at 72
1945 – William Busch, composer, dies at 43
1973 – Jack MacGowran, Irish actor (King Lear, The Quiet Man, The Exorcist), dies of influenza at 54
1974 – Bill Whitty, Australian cricketer (left-arm bowler 1909-12), dies at 87
1994 – Jan L N Schaefer, Dutch undersecretary of Housing (PvdA), dies at 53
2012 – Frederick Treves, English actor, dies at 86