


On Jan. 30, 1948, Indian political and spiritual leader Mohandas K. Gandhi, 78, was shot and killed in New Delhi by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist.
On this date
1933: Adolf Hitler was named chancellor of Germany.
1945: During World War II, a Soviet submarine torpedoed the German ship MV Wilhelm Gustloff in the Baltic Sea, killing over 9,000, most of them war refugees; roughly 1,000 people survived.
1968: The Tet Offensive began during the Vietnam War as Communist forces launched surprise attacks against South Vietnamese towns and cities.
1969: The Beatles staged an unannounced concert atop Apple headquarters in London that would be their last public performance.
1972: Thirteen Catholic civil rights marchers were shot and killed by British soldiers in Northern Ireland on what became known as “Bloody Sunday.”
2017: President Donald Trump fired Acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates after she publicly questioned the constitutionality of his controversial refugee and immigration ban and refused to defend it in court.
2020: Health officials reported the first known case in which the new coronavirus was spread from one person to another in the United States.
Today’s birthdays
Actor Gene Hackman is 95. Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney is 84. Musician Phil Collins is 74. Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Mike Johnson is 53. Actor Christian Bale is 51. Actor Olivia Colman is 51.