January 30, 2017

On January 30th in History Part II


On January 30th in History Part II

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On January 30th in 1847 - The town of Yerba Buena was renamed San Francisco.

On January 30th in 1862 - The U.S. Navy's first ironclad warship, the "Monitor", was launched.

On January 30th in 1889 - Rudolph, crown prince of Austria, and his 17-year-old mistress, Baroness Marie Vetsera, were found shot in his hunting lodge at Mayerling, near Vienna.

On January 30th in 1894 - C.B. King received a patent for the pneumatic hammer.

On January 30th in 1900 - The British fighting the Boers in South Africa ask for a larger army.

On January 30th in 1910 - Work began on the first board-track automobile speedway. The track was built in Playa del Ray, CA.


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