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Today’s Highlight in History:
On Jan. 30, 1948, Indian political and spiritual leader Mohandas K. Gandhi, 78, was shot and killed in New Delhi by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist. (Godse and a co-conspirator were later executed.)
On this date:
In 1862, the ironclad USS Monitor was launched from the Continental Iron Works in Greenpoint, N.Y., during the Civil War.
In 1933, Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany.
In 1948, aviation pioneer Orville Wright, 76, died in Dayton.
In 1968, the Tet Offensive began during the Vietnam War as Communist forces launched surprise attacks against South Vietnamese towns and cities; although the Communists were beaten back, the offensive was seen as a major setback for the U.S. and its allies.
Todayâs Highlight in History:
On Jan. 31, 1865, the U.S. House of Representatives joined the Senate in passing the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution abolishing slavery, sending it to states for ratification. (The amendment was adopted in December 1865.)
On Jan. 31:
In 1863, during the Civil War, the First South Carolina Volunteers, an all-Black Union regiment composed of many escaped slaves, was mustered into federal service at Beaufort, South Carolina.
In 1919, baseball Hall-of-Famer Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Ga.
In 1929, revolutionary Leon Trotsky and his family were expelled from the Soviet Union.
In 1945, Pvt. Eddie Slovik, 24, became the first U.S. soldier since the Civil War to be executed for desertion as he was shot by an American firing squad in France.
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January 25, 2021 GMT
BOCA RATON, Fla., Jan. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The international PR firm, TransMedia Group, announced on Feb 1 it will celebrate its 40th year in business serving clients worldwide, including “Ma Bell,” which once was its client during one of the most tumultuous restructurings in U.S. corporate history.
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