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This is a list of selected January 30 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Blurb Reason
1820Edward Bransfield of the Royal Navy landed on the mainland of Antarctica. needs more footnotes and Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen reaching Antarctica also available on SA Jan 27
1826 – The Menai Suspension Bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales, one of the world's first modern suspension bridges, opened. lots of CN tags (5)
1847 – The town of Yerba Buena in Mexican California was renamed San Francisco (pictured). lots of CN tags and a refimprove section
1858 – Founded by pianist and conductor Charles Hallé, the orchestra the Hallé held their first concert in Manchester. recentism section
1889 – Archduke Rudolf, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, was found dead in a suicide pact with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in Mayerling. Rudolf: trivial pop culture; Mayerling: refimprove
1900 – The day before he was to be sworn in as Governor of Kentucky, William Goebel was mortally wounded by an assailant, making him the only U.S. state governor to be assassinated while in office. citation needed tag, and book sources lack page numbers
1959 – On the return leg of her maiden voyage, the "unsinkable" Danish ocean liner Hans Hedtoft hit an iceberg and sank with the loss of all 95 passengers and crew. Claim tagged as dubious
1945World War II: In one of the largest losses of life in a single sinking in maritime history, the Soviet submarine S-13 sank the Wilhelm Gustloff carrying German soldiers and refugees evacuating from East Prussia, killing at least 9,400 people. unreferenced section
1982Richard Skrenta's "Elk Cloner" became the first known computer virus found "in the wild". It infected Apple II computers via floppy disk. refimprove section
Balthild |d|680 date is probably not the date of her death; see [1]

Eligible

January 30: Martyrs' Day in India (1948); Fred Korematsu Day in some states in the United States

Former Cabanatuan POWs in celebration
Former Cabanatuan POWs in celebration
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