TODAY IN HISTORY

JANUARY 30, 1948

Mohandas Gandhi, who became a world leader through nonviolence, is shot by a Hindu assassin. The Mahatma (“great soul”) was 78.

1969: The Beatles perform in public for the last time on Apple Records’ roof. The concert is shot for the documentary Let It Be.

1972: “Bloody Sunday.” Thirteen Roman Catholic protesters are killed by British soldiers in Northern Ireland.