1972
Bloody Sunday
Great Britain
1969
The Beatles gave their last public performance, on the roof of Apple Studios in London
Great Britain
1968
Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive began .
Viet Nam
1958
Death of Ernst Heinkel, German aviation engineer .
Germany
1958
French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent held his first major show in Paris, aged 22.
France
1948
Death of Mahatma Gandhi, Indian political and spiritual leader, assassinated by a Hindu extremist.
India
1948
Death of Orville Wright, American aviation pioneer .
United States
1934
Death of Frank Doubleday, American publisher
United States
1933
Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany .
Germany
1859
Birth of Edward Martyn, Irish dramatist and political activist, co-founderof the Irish Literary Theatre, first President of Sinn Féin
Ireland
1826
Telford's Menai Straits Bridge opened – considered the world's first modern suspension bridge
Great Britain
1649
Charles I beheaded
Great Britain