THIS DAY IN HISTORY

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1948 -GANDHI ASSASSINATED IN NEW DELHI
Mohandas Gandhi, the world’s chief advocate of non-violence, is assassinated in New Delhi by a terrorist sponsored by a right-wing Hindu militia group. The murder came only 10 days after a failed attempt on Gandhi’s life. Thirty-nine-year-old Nathuram Godse shot the great Indian leader.

2000-PLANE CRASHES OFF IVORY COAST
A Kenya Airways Airbus A-310 crashes after takeoff into the Atlantic Ocean off the Ivory Coast on this day in 2000. Because the passengers did not have enough time to put on life jackets, only 10 people out of the 179 on board survived. Kenya Airways Flight 431 left Nairobi, Kenya.

1649- KING CHARLES I EXECUTED FOR TREASON
In London, King Charles I is beheaded for treason on January 30, 1649.Charles ascended to the English throne in 1625 following the death of his father, King James I. In the first year of his reign, Charles offended his Protestant subjects by marrying Henrietta Maria, a Catholic French princess.

1835 - SHOTS FIRED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
In the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol, President Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, survives the first attempt against the life of a U.S. president. During a funeral service honoring the late Representative Warren R. Davis of South Carolina.

314- St Silvester I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
876 - Charles becomes king of Italy
1504- By treaty of Lyons, French cede Naples to Ferdinand of Aragon
1531 - King Ferdinand of Austria and King John Zapolya of Hungary offically recognise each other
1578 - Battle of Gembloers (Gembloux); Dutch and English forces overcome the Spanish
1596 - Catholic League disbanded
1609 - Wisselbank of Amsterdam established
1627 - Spanish government goes bankrupt
1675 - Cornelia/Dina Olfaarts found not guilty of witchcraft
1679 - Jean-Baptiste Lully's opera "Bellerophon" premieres in Paris
1696 - Revolt by undertakers after funeral reforms (Amsterdam)
1747 - The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital, London
1779 - Charles Messier adds M57 (Ring Nebula in Lyra) to his catalog
1804 - British vice-admiral William Blighs fleet reaches Curacao
1814 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas becomes Supreme Director of Argentina.
1817 - Franz Grillparzer's "Die Ahnfrau" premieres in Vienna
1846 - After the Milwaukee Bridge War, Juneautown and Kilbourntown unified as the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1849 - Corn Laws abolished in Britain