On This Day in History January 30, 2020

Historical Events 1661  Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England is ritually executed after having been dead for two years 1815  Burned US Library of Congress re-established with Thomas Jefferson's 6,500 volumes 1902  Britain and Japan sign a treaty after months of negotiating which commits each country to supporting an independent China and Korea, although it acknowledges Japan's 'special interest' in Korea 1933  President Paul von Hindenburg appoints Adolf Hitler as Reich Chancellor of Germany who forms a government with Franz von Papen 1939  Adolf Hitler threatens Jews during his speech to the German Reichstag (Parliament) 1948  Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by Hindu extremist Nathuram Godse 1965  State Funeral of Winston Churchill at St Paul's Cathedral in London. Then world's largest ever state funeral. 1972  Bloody Sunday: 27 unarmed civilians are shot (14 are killed) by the British Army during a civil rights march in Derry, Northern Ireland; this is the highest death toll from a single shooting incident during 'the Troubles' More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Emilio G. Segrè (1905 - 1989) Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945) Gene Hackman 90th Birthday Livia (58 BC) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Charles I (1600 - 1649) Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948) More Famous Deaths