MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · January 30

THE DAY IN HISTORY · JANUARY 30

January 30 in history

1933

Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany by men who believe they can control him. Within eighteen months, no institution can.

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1948 — Birla House — Gandhi is killed

30 Jan 1948 — Walking to prayer, Gandhi is shot three times by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu nationalist who judged him too generous to Pakistan. “The light has gone out of our lives,” Nehru tells the country the assassin claimed to defend. Remember him.

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1968 — The Tet Offensive

30 Jan 1968 — The NLF attacks 100 cities at once — the Saigon embassy compound, and Hue, held for 26 brutal days. A military defeat for Hanoi; on American television, the end of “light at the end of the tunnel.”

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