"On Jan. 30, 1972, 13 Catholic civil rights marchers were shot and killed by British soldiers in Northern Ireland on what became known as Bloody Sunday. Also on this date: In 1649, England's King Charles I was executed for high treason. In 1835, in the first-known attempt to assassinate a U.S. president, an unemployed house painter tried to kill President Andrew Jackson, but both of the attacker's pistols misfired and he was tackled as Jackson was safely hustled away."
"In 1945, during World War II, a Soviet submarine torpedoed the German ship MV Wilhelm Gustloff in the Baltic Sea, killing over 9,000 people, most of them war refugees; roughly 1,000 people survived. In 1948, Indian 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 as Communist forces launched surprise attacks against South Vietnamese towns and cities."
Jan. 30, 2026 is the 30th day of the year with 335 days remaining. The date is associated with major historical events: Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland (1972); the 1649 execution of King Charles I; an 1835 failed assassination attempt on President Andrew Jackson; Adolf Hitler becoming German chancellor in 1933; the 1945 sinking of MV Wilhelm Gustloff; Gandhi's 1948 assassination; the 1968 Tet Offensive; The Beatles' 1969 rooftop concert; the 2017 firing of Acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates; and the first documented U.S. person-to-person spread of the novel coronavirus in 2020. The date also marks birthdays of numerous public figures.
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