Today is Friday, January 30th, the 30th of 2026. There are only 335 days left in the year.
This day in history:
On January 30, 1972, 13 Catholic civil rights protesters were shot and killed by British troops in Northern Ireland on what became known as “Bloody Sunday.”
Also on this date:
In 1649, King Charles I of England was executed for high treason.
In 1835, in the first known attempt to assassinate a US president, an unemployed house painter attempted to assassinate President Andrew Jackson, but both of the assailant’s pistols misfired and he was captured as Jackson managed to escape safely.
In 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany.
In 1945, during World War II, a Soviet submarine torpedoed the German ship MV Wilhelm Gustloff in the Baltic Sea, killing more than 9,000 people, most of them war refugees; about 1,000 people survived.
In 1948, India’s political and spiritual leader Mohandas K. Gandhi, 78, was shot and killed in New Delhi by Nathuram Godse (neh-too-RAHM’ gahd-SAY’), a Hindu extremist.
In 1968, the Tet Offensive began during the Vietnam War when Communist forces launched surprise attacks against cities in South Vietnam.
In 1969, The Beatles gave an impromptu concert atop Apple’s London headquarters in what would be their final public appearance.
In 2017, President Donald Trump fired Acting US Attorney General Sally Yates after she publicly questioned the constitutionality of the refugee and immigration ban and refused to defend it in court.
In 2020, health officials reported the first known case of the novel coronavirus spreading from one person to another in the United States.
Today’s birthday:
- Actor Vanessa Redgrave is 89 years old.
- Musician Phil Collins is 75 years old.
- Actor Charles S. Dutton (“Roc”) is 75 years old.
- Golf Hall of Famer Curtis Strange is 71 years old.
- Actor Ann Dowd (“The Handmaid’s Tale”) is 70 years old.
- Comedian Brett Butler (″Grace Under Fire”) is 68 years old.
- Singer Jody Watley is 67 years old.
- US House Speaker Mike Johnson is 54 years old.
- Actor Christian Bale is 52 years old.
- Actor Olivia Colman is 52 years old.
- Actor Wilmer Valderrama (“That 70s Show”) is 46 years old.
- Rapper-musician Kid Cudi is 42 years old.
- Pop singer Tyla is 24 years old.
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