| January 30, 1561 |
Having failed to create an overland route between present-day Pensacola and Port Royal, SC, Tristane de Luna is relieved of duty and ordered to report to King Phillip II of Spain
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Tristan de Luna |
| January 30, 1733 |
After a storm forces them to land in South Carolina, colonists once again set sail for Oglethorpe's site.
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James Oglethorpe |
| January 30, 1783 |
First issue of the Gazette of the State of Georgia is published |
| January 30, 1788 |
The Georgia assembly gives Governor Handley the power to call a convention to rewrite its state constitution to fit with the new Federal system. |
| January 30, 1809 |
John Milledge elected President pro tem of the Senate. |
| January 30, 1829 |
Alfred Cumming born, Augusta, Georgia
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| January 30, 1882 |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is born, Hyde Park, New York |
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| January 30, 1956 |
A bomb is tossed onto the porch of Martin Luther King's home. No one is injured as a result of the explosion.
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Martin Luther King
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| January 30, 1994 |
Super Bowl XXVIII is held at the Georgia Dome, Atlanta where the Dallas Cowboys defeat the Buffalo Bills, 30 to 13.
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The Georgia Dome |
| January 30, 2000 |
The Ice Bowl, as the Super Bowl was called by local residents, is played in Atlanta at the Georgia Dome after an ice storm knocks out power and results in a 47 car pile-up on Interstate 20 west of the city. In the game the St. Louis Rams beat the Tennessee Titans, 23-16
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The Georgia Dome |
| January 30, 2001 |
A new flag flies of the Georgia capitol for the first time in 45 years.
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| January 30, 2006 |
Coretta Scott King, wife of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, dies from complications that resulted from an earlier stroke. She was 78 |
| January 30, 2006 |
Arguments begin in former Atlanta mayor Bill Campbell's corruption trial |
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Mayor Bill Campbell indicted |
