On This Day: 30 Jan

Misty (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #01 (04 Feb 1978).
Hotspur and Crunch (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #?? (02 Feb 1980).

First Appearances:

Moonchild in Misty #01 (04 Feb 1978).
Miss T in Misty #01 (04 Feb 1978).
Misty in Misty #01 (04 Feb 1978).
The Sentinels in Misty #01 (04 Feb 1978).

Births:

George Denholm Armour (1864); Giorgio De Gaspari (1927)

Deaths:

Basil Blackaller (1958)

Notable Events:

Win, Lose or Draw began on ITV in 1990, with Malky McCormick as the resident cartoonist.
Knockabout Comics were cleared of all obscenity charges at Ubridge Magistrates Court in 1996, and awarded legal costs of £6,000. My Trouble With Women by Robert Crumb, Twisted Sisters II and Zap Comix #07 and #01 were declared "not obscene" by three magistrates after an eight hour hearing.
The first episode of original television series My Hero broadcast on BBC One in 2000.
Here's Johnny, a documentary about John Hicklenton's battle with MS, began screening at the Science Museum in 2008.