In History – Kenny Rogers wins numerous AMA’s

TODAY IN HISTORY - January 30th:

1815 - Burned US Library of Congress reestablished withThomas Jefferson's 6500 volumes
1948 - Mahatma Gandhi assassinated
1965 - State funeral of Sir Winston Churchill at St Paul's Cathedral, London - largest state funeral ever
1981 - 8th American Music Award: Kenny Rogers wins Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist (beating Billy Joel & Bob Seger).  Also country awards for Favorite Country Male Artist, Favorite Country Album "The Gambler" & Favorite Country Single "Coward Of The County"

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1882 - Franklin Roosevelt, New Hyde Park NY, 32nd US President (1933-1945), (d. 1945)
1922 - Dick Martin, actor/comedian (Laugh-In, Carbon Copy), born in Detroit, Michigan
1974 - Christian Bale, Wales, actor (Empire of the Sun, Little Women)

GOODBYE TO:

1836 - Betsy Ross [Elizabeth Griscom], seamstress widely credited with making the first American flag (b. 1752)
1948 - Orville Wright, US aviation pioneer, dies at 76
1951 - Ferdinand Porsche, German car inventor (Porsche), dies at 75
2006 - Coretta Scott King, American activist and wife of Martin Luther King Jr. (b. 1927)
2007 - Sidney Sheldon, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1917)

To see more historical events that happened this date, visit www.historyorb.com

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