30 January It happened today…….

 

1649  King Charles I of England is beheaded.

1931  Birth  of American actor Gene Hackman.

1933  Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany.

1948  Mahatma Gandhi assassinated.

1948  Death of the aviation pioneer Orville Wright.

1961  The contraceptive pill goes on sale in Great Britain.

 

 

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