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On This Day in HistorySunday, January 30th
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On Jan. 30, 1948, Indian political and spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi was murdered by a Hindu extremist. (Go to article.)On Jan. 30 , 1882Franklin DelanoRoosevelt , the 32nd president of the United States , was born. Followinghis death on April 12 , 1945hisobituary appeared in The Times.(Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
Editorial Cartoon of the Day

On January 30, 1858Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about law and order. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)

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1649England's King Charles I was beheaded.
1882Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States, was born in Hyde Park, N.Y.
1883James Ritty and John Birch received a U.S. patent for the first cash register.
1933The first episode of the "Lone Ranger" was broadcast on radio station WXYZ in Detroit.
1933Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany.
1968The Tet offensive began as Communist forces launched surprise attacks against South Vietnamese provincial capitals.
1969The Beatles performed as a group for the last time in public in a 45-minute gig on the roof of their Apple Records headquarters in London during the filming of "Let it Be."
1972Thirteen Roman Catholic civil rights marchers were shot to death by British soldiers in Northern Ireland on what became known as "Bloody Sunday."
2003Richard Reid, a British citizen and al-Qaida follower, was sentenced to life in prison by a federal judge in Boston for trying to blow up a trans-Atlantic jetliner with explosives hidden in his shoes.
2005Iraqis voted in their country's first free election in a half-century.
2006Coretta Scott King, the widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., died at age 78.
2007Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system went on sale.

Current Birthdays
Phil Collins turns 60 years old today.

AP Photo/Peter Kramer Rock singer-musician Phil Collins (Genesis) turns 60 years old today.

86Dorothy Malone
Actress
83Harold Prince
Producer, director
81Gene Hackman
Actor
77Tammy Grimes
Actress
74Vanessa Redgrave
Actress
69Marty Balin
Rock singer (Jefferson Airplane/Starship)
60Charles S. Dutton
Actor
53Brett Butler
Actress, comedian ("Grace Under Fire")
52Jody Watley
R&B singer
49King Abdullah II
King of Jordan
37Christian Bale
Actor ("The Dark Knight," "Batman Begins")
31Wilmer Valderrama
Actor ("That '70s Show")
Historic Birthdays
Franklin Roosevelt
 
1/30/1882 - 4/12/1945
America's 32nd President 

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59George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
1/30/1628 - 4/16/1687
English politician

60Bernardo Bellotto
1/30/1720 - 10/17/1780
Italian "Vedute" painter

70Philip Henry Stanhope
1/30/1805 - 12/24/1875
English politician/historian

54Samuel Armstrong
1/30/1839 - 5/11/1893
American founder of Hampton Institute

58Felix Faure
1/30/1841 - 2/16/1899
6th President of French Republic

64Edward Martyn
1/30/1859 - 12/5/1923
Irish dramatist

88Walter Damrosch
1/30/1862 - 12/22/1950
Prussian-bn.American conductor

78Roy Eldridge
1/30/1911 - 2/26/1989
American musician

77Barbara Tuchman
1/30/1912 - 2/6/1989
American author/historian

87Livia Drusilla
1/30/58BC - //AD 29
Political wife of Emperor Augustus

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