JANUARY THIRTIETH TWO-THOUSAND-TEN

Today in history...(horrible, horrible things...and then one great one!)

1649
King Charles I is beheaded.

1835
The first assassination attempt against a U.S. President.
(Richard Lawrence tried to shoot Andrew Jackson)

1841
A fire destroys two-thirds of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.

1933
Adolf Hitler is sworn in as Chancellor of Germany.

1941
Dick Cheney is born.

1948
Mohandas Gandhi is assassinated.

1956
Martin Luther King Jr's home is bombed.

1968
The Tet Offensive in South Vietnam begins.

1969
The last public performance of The Beatles.
(On the roof of Apple Records in London)

1972
Bloody Sunday.
(the killing of 14 unarmed Irish protesters in Northern Ireland by British troops)

1976
George H.W. Bush becomes the 11th director of the CIA.

1982
The first PC virus code is written by Richard Skrenta.

1989
The American embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan closes.

2007
Royal Super Speed is born, causing widespread joy throughout Western civilization...

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