Historical Events on January 30

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Here are some historical events that happened on January 30:

1649: King Charles I of England was beheaded during the English Civil War.

1882: Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States, was born in Hyde Park, New York.

1933: Adolf Hitler was appointed as Chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg.

1948: Indian political and spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi.

1969: The Beatles' last public performance took place on the rooftop of the Apple Corps building in London.

1972: British soldiers shot and killed 13 unarmed civil rights protesters in Derry, Northern Ireland, an event known as Bloody Sunday.

1982: Richard Skrenta wrote the first PC virus code, known as Elk Cloner, which spread to Apple II systems through infected floppy disks.

2003: The Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon re-entry into Earth's atmosphere, leading to the deaths of all seven crew members.

These are just a few examples, and there are certainly many more events that occurred on January 30 throughout history.