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Berlin (dpa) - The current calendar sheet for January 30, 2021:
4th calendar week, 30th day of the year
335 days until the end of the year
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Aquarius
Name day: Adelgund, Martina, Serena, Thiathild
HISTORICAL DATA
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2020 - In order to contain the epidemic with the novel coronavirus, the World Health Organization in Geneva declares a “health emergency of international concern”.
Infections have been found in around 20 countries.
2019 - At a press conference, the police and the public prosecutor's office report on thousands of abuse of victims between the ages of 4 and 13 on a campsite in Lügde (North Rhine-Westphalia).
2016 - The German tennis player Angelique Kerber wins the Australian Open against the world number one Serena Williams from the USA.
The last German winner at a Grand Slam tournament was Steffi Graf at the 1999 French Open.
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2013 - South Korea celebrates its acceptance into the Club of Space Nations.
After two failed attempts, the country successfully shoots a satellite into space.
2003 - The so-called «shoe bomber» is sentenced to life imprisonment in the USA.
Richard Reid was prevented at the last minute from detonating an explosive device hidden in a shoe on a flight from Paris to Miami in December 2001.
2001 - The Federal Government is the first constitutional body to apply to the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe to ban the right-wing extremist NPD.
1996 - The federal government adopts an «action program for investments and jobs».
It provides for a tax reform in three stages as well as cuts in unemployment benefits, health cures and early retirement.
1931 - The feature film “Lights of the Big City” by and with Charlie Chaplin has its world premiere in Los Angeles.
1649 - King Charles I of England is executed for tyranny and instigating a civil war.
BIRTHDAYS
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1981 - Dimitar Berbatow (40), Bulgarian football player (Bayer Leverkusen 2001-2006, Manchester United 2008-2012)
1951 - Phil Collins (70), British singer ("In The Air Tonight"), songwriter and actor, singer and drummer for the group Genesis (1970-1996)
1941 - Richard Cheney, 80, American politician, Vice President 2001-2009
1901 - Rudolf Caracciola, German racing driver, most successful German Grand Prix racing driver before World War II, d. 1959
1781 - Adelbert von Chamisso, German naturalist and writer ("Peter Schlemihl's miraculous story"), d. 1838
DAYS OF DEATH
2006 - Coretta King, American civil rights activist, wife of Martin Luther King, born in 1927
1951 - Ferdinand Porsche, German automobile designer, developer of the “VW Beetle” and founder of the Porsche sports car dynasty, born in 1875
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