What happend on 30th January

29.01
31.01
2005

Amid violence and threats to boycott the results, Iraq holds an election for its National Assembly, the country's first free election since 1953.

2003

Belgium legally recognizes same-sex marriage.

2002

Slobodan Milošević accuses the United Nations war crimes tribunal of an "evil and hostile attack" against him.

2000

In a dramatic finish to Super Bowl XXXIV, the St. Louis Rams defeat the Tennessee Titans, 23-16.

2000

Off the Ivory Coast, Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 169.

1999

A 7-year old boy dies of choking on a Pokémon Power Bouncer ball toy.

1996

Suspected leader of the Irish National Liberation Army Gino Gallagher is killed while in line for his unemployment benefit.

1995

Workers from the National Institutes of Health announce the success of clinical trials testing the first preventive treatment for sickle-cell disease.

1994

Péter Lékó becomes the youngest grand master in chess.

1994

The Dallas Cowboys win their fourth Super Bowl title, 30-13 over the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXVIII.