January 30th
1933 - Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany.
1944 - John Thornton, famous for his chocolates, is born.
1958 - Yves Saint Laurent holds his first fashion show at the age of 22.
1972 - In Londonderry, Northern Ireland, 13 civilian are shot by British troops during riots. It becomes known as Bloody Sunday.
1999 - Johnny Depp is arrested after a scuffle with photographers outside a London restaurant.
2004 - Cannibal Armin Meiwes is sentenced to eight and a half years in prison for killing and eating a man, with his agreement. The two men met over the internet and planned it together.
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