Today’s Ephemeris: What Happened on January 30 | …

In January 30 ephemeris These events that happened on a day like today in Argentina and around the world stand out.

● 1872. Victim of the bullet received in the back the day before, Felicitas Guerrero dies. I was 25 years old. She was the widow of Martín Gregorio de Álzaga (who was 32 years older than her), with whom she had two children, who died prematurely. After being widowed, she became engaged to Samuel Sáenz Valiente. On January 29, Enrique Ocampo, a former suitor, called on her to marry him. She wanted to run away and the man shot her, after which he committed suicide (this is what the judge called him), although it is stated that he was killed by a brother and a cousin of Felicitas. The event shocked Buenos Aires society. In place of the death of the lady of high society, the Church of Santa Felicitas was erected, in the district of Barracas.

● 1933. Adolf Hitler comes to power in Germany. An alliance of right-wing forces allows the Nazi leader to take over as chancellor. Conservative politician Franz von Papen is the architect of the agreement to form a government, in which National Socialism barely manages to place two ministers apart from Hitler. However, Hitler will consolidate his project from January 30, a little over nine years after the failed Munich coup.

● 1937. Birth of Vanessa Redgrave. She is part of a family of actors: daughter of Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, and sister of Lynn and Corin Redgrave. Mother, in turn, of actresses Joely and Natasha Richardson (the latter married to Liam Neeson, who died in 2009). She has been seen in movies like Explode, Isadora, Mary, Queen of Scots, Julia (for which he won the Oscar), Bostonians Yes The Howard Mansion. In Argentina he filmed A wall of silence. He also stood out for his strong political commitment to left-wing causes. He expressed his solidarity with the Palestinians, repudiated the Falklands war and denounced George W. Bush for setting up a concentration camp in Guantánamo.

● 1948. Nathuram Godse, 37, assassinates Mahatma Gandhi. The man approached India’s independence leader during an evening prayer and shot him three times. Gandhi was 78 years old. Godse belonged to a nationalist group that blamed Gandhi for the partition of the country after independence from the British, when Muslims also made Pakistan an independent country. He was hanged with another conspirator.

● 1951. Phil Collins was born in England. He rose to fame as a drummer for Genesis in the early 1970s. This band, led by Peter Gabriel, was one of the peaks of progressive rock. After the departures of Gabriel and guitarist Steve Hackett, Collins oriented Genesis as a more pop music-oriented trio. In addition, he started a successful solo career. He won an Oscar for the song “You Will Be In My Heart”, from the film. Tarzan.

● 1968. As part of the Vietnamese New Year (Tet) celebrations, North Vietnam launched an offensive against North American troops, who managed to repel the attacks. The Tet offensive ends in a military defeat, but causes a deep shock in the United States. The American population, already disgusted with the war in Southeast Asia, is watching how a country much more backward, and which seemed close to surrender, is capable of such a show of force. Some 4,000 American soldiers were killed in the Vietcong attacks.

● 1969. The Beatles make their last presentation. Almost two and a half years after playing in San Francisco in August 1966, in a show that marked their retirement from the stage, the Liverpool group offers an impromptu concert in London on the Apple terrace, at the end of the album and film. Never mind. They play five songs (they repeat “Get Back” at the end, so in total there are six songs) in what results in their final performance.

● 1972. Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland. In the city of Londonderry, a march is called for women’s rights and against the arrest of suspected members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA). About 15,000 people attend. A group of demonstrators threw stones at the English soldiers, who responded with shrapnel. 14 people die. The massacre is an important step in the escalation of violence. On the basis of these events, the IRA will intensify its action. It was not until 2010 that the British government admitted that the victims were unarmed and admitted responsibility on Bloody Sunday.