Berlin, Germany. Major historical and current-affairs events recorded on January 30 include political appointments, assassinations, legal convictions, referendums, aviation incidents, elections, and notable deaths.
Political developments in Germany
In 1933, German President Paul von Hindenburg appointed Adolf Hitler chancellor. On the same date in 1937, Hitler told the Reichstag that Germany was withdrawing its signature from the Versailles Treaty.
Assassination in India
In 1948, Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian nationalist non-violent movement against British rule, was assassinated by a Hindu extremist.
Watergate convictions in the United States
In 1973, Gordon Liddy and James McCord were convicted of burglary, wiretapping and attempted bugging of the Democratic Party’s headquarters at the Watergate building in Washington.
Referendum in what is now Zimbabwe
In 1979, white Rhodesians voted in a referendum in favour of a new constitution aimed at black majority rule in what is now Zimbabwe.
Australian Open court incident
In 2000, a protester ran onto centre court at the men’s final of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne.
Kenya airways Flight 431 crash
In 2000, Kenya airways Flight 431 crashed off the coast of Ivory Coast.
Sentencing of Richard Reid
In 2003, Richard Reid, a British-born follower of Osama bin Laden, was sentenced to life in prison for trying to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight with explosives stuffed in his shoes.
Iraq’s multi-party election
In 2005, up to 8 million Iraqis cast ballots in the country’s first multi-party election in half a century, braving bombs and mortar attacks by insurgents.
Death of Coretta Scott King
In 2006, Coretta Scott King, who came to the forefront of the fight for racial equality in America after her husband Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered in 1968, died.
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