On this day :

1948 Gandhi assassinated, 1781 Maryland finally ratifies Articles of Confederation, 1920 Japans Mazda founded, 1816 Nathaniel Banks born, 1968 Tet Offensive shakes Cold War confidence, 1948 Gandhi sssassinated in New Delhi, 2000 Plane crashes off Ivory Coast, 1649 King Charles I executed for treason, 1835 Shots fired in the House of Representatives, 1945 Burma supply route cleared, 1972 Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland, 1930 Gene Hackman born, 1945 Michael Dorris is born, 1923 Sidney Bechets first record, 1933 The Lone Ranger debuts on Detroit radio, 1835 Andrew Jackson narrowly escapes assassination, 1882 FDR is born, 1994 Dan Jansen skates worldrecord 500 meters, 1968 Tet Offensive begins, 1971 Operation Dewey Canyon II begins, 1933 Adolf Hitler is named chancellor of Germany, 1943 RAF launches massive daytime raid on Berlin,