January
30
National
Cleanliness Day
A State-wide
Cleanliness day is observed in January 30th in all the villages
of Maharashtra under a “Total Sanitation Campaign” for creating
awareness among the people of rural areas to lead a healthy
life by way of cleanliness.
We should also care about our Natural Environment in a wider
view. We must try to keep clean our natural areas and surroundings
for better future of next generation and survival of natural
systems!
January
30 : Martyr’s Day
Martyrs'
Day is an annual observance held on January 30th in India to
honour those recognized as martyrs for the nation.
The date
was chosen as it marks the 1948 assassination of Mohandas Gandhi.[1]
On Martyr’s Day, the president, the vice president, the prime
minister, the defence minister, and the three Service Chiefs
gather at the samadhi at Raj Ghat memorial and lay wreaths decorated
with multi-colour flowers. The armed forces personnel blow bugles
sounding the Last Post. The inter-services contingent reverse
arms as a mark of respect. A two-minute silence in memory of
the Father of the Nation and other martyrs is observed throughout
the country at 11 a.m. Participants hold all-religion prayers
held and sing tributary bhajans
January
30 : World Leprosy Day
World Leprosy
Day is observed internationally on January 31 or its nearest
Sunday to increase the public awareness of the Leprosy or Hansen's
Disease. This day was chosen in commemoration of the death of
Gandhi, the leader of India who understood the importance of
leprosy. Leprosy is one of the oldest recorded diseases in the
world. It is an infectious chronic disease that targets the
nervous system, especially the nerves in the cooler parts of
the body - the hands, feet, and face
Events
January 30
1790 – The
first boat specializing as a lifeboat is tested on the River
Tyne.
1820 – Edward Bransfield sights the Trinity Peninsula and claims
the discovery of Antarctica.
1847 – Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco.
1933 – Adolf Hitler is sworn in as Chancellor of Germany.
1945 – World War II: The Wilhelm Gustloff, overfilled with refugees,
sinks in the Baltic Sea after being torpedoed by a Soviet submarine,
leading to the deadliest known maritime disaster, killing approximately
9,400 people.
1959 – MS Hans Hedtoft, said to be the safest ship afloat and
"unsinkable" like the RMS Titanic, struck an iceberg
on her maiden voyage and sank, killing all 95 aboard.
1979 – A Varig 707-323C freighter, flown by the same commander
as Flight 820, disappears over the Pacific Ocean 30 minutes
after taking off from Tokyo.
1995 – Workers from the National Institutes of Health announce
the success of clinical trials testing the first preventive
treatment for sickle-cell disease.
2000 – Off the coast of Ivory Coast, Kenya Airways Flight 431
crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 169.
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