On January 30th in History Part V
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January 30th in 1995 - The U.N. Security Council authorized the deployment of a 6,000-member U.N. peacekeeping contingent to assume security responsibilities in Haiti from U.S. forces.
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January 30th in 1995 - Researchers from the U.S. National Institutes of Health announced that clinical trials had demonstrated the effectiveness of the first preventative treatment for sickle cell anaemia.
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January 30th in 1996 - Gino Gallagher, the reputed leader of the Irish National Liberation Army, was shot and killed as he queued for his unemployment benefit.
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January 30th in 1997 - A New Jersey judge ruled that the unborn child of a female prisoner must have legal representation. He denied the prisoner bail reduction to enable her to leave the jail and obtain an abortion.
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January 30th in 2002 - Slobodan Milosevic accused the U.N. war crimes tribunal of an "evil and hostile attack" against him. Milosevic was defending his actions during the Balkan wars.
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January 30th in 2002 - Japan's last coal mine was closed. The closures were due to high production costs and cheap imports.
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January 30th in 2005 - In Iraq, the first free Parliamentary elections since 1958 took place.
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