This day in history

Today is Monday, Jan. 30, the 30th day of 2017. There are 335 days left in the year.

Birthdays: Director Michael Anderson is 97. Producer-director Harold Prince is 89. Actor Gene Hackman is 87. Actress Vanessa Redgrave is 80. Chess grandmaster Boris Spassky is 80. Former vice president Dick Cheney is 76. Rock singer Marty Balin is 75. Singer-drummer Phil Collins is 66. Actor Charles S. Dutton is 66. Golf Hall of Famer Curtis Strange is 62. Actress Brett Butler is 59. Singer Jody Watley is 58. Actor-filmmaker Dexter Scott King is 56. The King of Jordan, Abdullah II, is 55. The King of Spain, Felipe VI, is 49. Actor Christian Bale is 43. Actress Olivia Colman is 43.

In 1649, England’s King Charles I was executed for treason.

In 1882, the 32nd president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was born in Hyde Park, N.Y.

In 1933, Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany. The first episode of the ‘‘Lone Ranger’’ radio show was broadcast on station WXYZ in Detroit.

In 1948, Indian political and spiritual leader Mohandas K. Gandhi, 78, was shot and killed in New Delhi by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist.

In 1962, two members of ‘‘The Flying Wallendas’’ high-wire act were killed when their seven-person pyramid collapsed during a show at the State Fair Coliseum in Detroit.

In 1968, the Tet Offensive began during the Vietnam War as Communist forces launched surprise attacks against South Vietnamese provincial capitals.

In 1969, The Beatles staged an impromptu concert atop Apple headquarters in London; it was the group’s last public performance.

In 1972, 13 Catholic rights marchers were shot to death by British soldiers in Northern Ireland on what became known as ‘‘Bloody Sunday.’’

Last year, a boat of Syrians attempting the short journey from Turkey to Greece capsized, drowning at least 37 people to drown, including several babies.