January 30 in history: • 1661 – Two years after his death, Oliver Cromwell's remains were exhumed for a posthumous execution and his head was placed on a spike above Westminster Hall in London, where it remained until 1685. → go there • 1948 – Mahatma Gandhi (pictured), the political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement, was fatally shot by Nathuram Godse at Birla House in Delhi. → go there • 1968 – Vietnam War: Forces of the Viet Cong and the Vietnamese People's Army launched the Tet Offensive to strike military and civilian command and control centers throughout South Vietnam. → go there • 1979 – Varig Flight 967 disappeared shortly after takeoff from Tokyo's Narita International Airport en route to Rio de Janeiro. → go there • 2013 – The Korea Aerospace Research Institute launched Naro-1, South Korea's first carrier rocket and their first launch vehicle to achieve Earth orbit. → go there Died 1606: Everard Digby Wiki link Born 1846: Angela of the Cross Wiki link Born 1901: Rudolf Caracciola Wiki link Died 1991: John Bardeen Wiki link Pictured: Mahatma Gandhi.