1948
"Father of the Nation" shot by extremist
Gandhi was assassinated.
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1649
King Charles I of England was beheaded.
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1933
Adolf Hitler was named Chancellor of Germany.
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1968
North Vietnamese forces launched attacks against the South Vietnamese, beginning the Tet offensive.
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1972
British troops opened fire on civil rights marchers in Northern Ireland, sparking the "Bloody Sunday" massacre.
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1979
The Iranian civilian government announced that the exiled Ayatollah Khomeini would be allowed to return.
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