JANUARY 30
1972:Thirteen people are killed in Derry, Northern Ireland, when British paratroopers open fire on a group of unarmed Catholic demonstrators. The day will become known as Bloody Sunday.
1948: Indian spiritual and nonviolent resistance leader Mohandas K. Gandhi is assassinated on the way to a prayer session in New Delhi by Nathuram Vinayak Godse, a Hindu extremist angered by Gandhi’s attempts to promote tolerance between Hindus and Muslims in India.
1969: Accompanied by Billy Preston on the keyboard, the Beatles perform their last concert together, playing for 42 minutes on the roof of the Apple Corps building in London. The unannounced lunchtime performance will be featured as the climax of the film Let It Be.
1948: Indian spiritual and nonviolent resistance leader Mohandas K. Gandhi is assassinated on the way to a prayer session in New Delhi by Nathuram Vinayak Godse, a Hindu extremist angered by Gandhi’s attempts to promote tolerance between Hindus and Muslims in India.
1969: Accompanied by Billy Preston on the keyboard, the Beatles perform their last concert together, playing for 42 minutes on the roof of the Apple Corps building in London. The unannounced lunchtime performance will be featured as the climax of the film Let It Be.
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