History on 30th of Jan

 

• 1649: King Charles I of England was executed during the English Civil War, marking a significant event in the history of the British monarchy.

                                                    

• 1889: The Archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, a group of islands off the coast of Brazil, was officially incorporated into the country.

• 1933: Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg, marking a crucial moment in the rise of Nazi power.

• 1948: Indian political leader Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi by a Hindu nationalist.

• 1969: The Beatles' last public performance took place on the rooftop of the Apple Corps building in London. It was an impromptu concert and would be their final live appearance together.

• 1972: Bloody Sunday: In Northern Ireland, British paratroopers opened fire on a civil rights march in Derry, killing 14 people.

• 1982: Richard Skrenta, a high school student, wrote the first computer virus, which was a self-replicating program called "Elk Cloner" that infected Apple II computers

• 2003: The Kingdom of Belgium officially recognized same-sex marriage.