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Today is Day 30 of 2024
1649 
Charles I of
England is beheaded by Oliver Cromwell's
Roundheads
The
Anglican church celebrates King Charles
the Martyr on this day.
1661
Oliver Cromwell is
ritually executed two years after his death on the anniversary of the
execution of the monarch he himself deposed.
After his body was
hanged, Cromwell's
head was severed from his body and placed on a wooden spike on a
20-foot pole, and raised above Westminster Hall.
1835
An
unsuccessful assassination attempt against President Andrew Jackson was
made in the United States Capitol by an insane house painter named
Richard Lawrence.
1882
Thirty-Second President of the US, Franklin Delano
Roosevelt born in Hyde Park, New York.
1912
Historian and
author Barbara
W. Tuchman (The Guns of
August) born in New York City.
1925
Computer
scientist Douglas
Engelbart born in Portland, Oregon.
He is best known for his
work on human-computer interaction which developed into the computer
mouse.
1930
Actor and
author Gene
Hackman (The
Conversation) born in San Bernadino, California.
1933 
Author Richard
Brautigan (Trout Fishing
in America) born in Tacoma, Washington.
Adolf Hitler is sworn
in as Chancellor of Germany.
This is the beginning of the
disastrous Third
Reich.
1945
The Wilhelm
Gustloff, filled with German refugees, sinks in the Baltic Sea after
being torpedoed by a Soviet submarine.
Approximately 9,500 people
were killed becoming deadliest known maritime disaster.
1948
Indian
leader and proponent of civil disobedience, Mahatma
Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi by Hindu fanatic Nathuram
Godse.
V Winter
Olympics open in St Mortiz, Switzerland.
1968
The Tet Offensive begins
when forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army mounted surprise
attacks throughout South Vietnam.
1969
The
Beatles perform an
impromptu concert on the roof of Apple Records in
London.
1983
Super Bowl XVII -
Washington Redskins beat the Miami Dolphins 27-17 in the Rose Bowl in
Pasadena.
1994 
Super Bowl
XXVIII - Dallas Cowboys beat the Buffalo Bills 30-13 in the Georgia
Dome in Atlanta.
2000 
Super Bowl XXXIV
- St. Louis Rams beat the Tennessee Titans 23-16 in the Georgia Dome in
Atlanta.
Square One
Ranch
Photo of the Day
Sunset at Square One Ranch January 30, 2016
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Photo available Here
This Day at the New Yorker
Proverb:
"Let go, or be dragged." Zen Proverb
