On This Day in History
January 30
Historical Events
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
1948 Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated in the garden of the New Delhi home he is visiting by Hindu extremist Nathuram Godse
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1965 State funeral for Winston Churchill at St Paul's Cathedral in London; at the time, the 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; the highest death toll from a single shooting incident during 'The Troubles'
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Famous Birthdays
Also Gene Hackman (95) and Peter Agre (76)
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Famous Deaths
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Lovesick Prince in Suicide Pact
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Two lovers, a pact, then tragedy. But what really happened at Mayerling in 1889 remains a mystery despite 130 years of rumor, speculation – and three movies.
| "I am going calmly to my death" |
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