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On this day: January 30

POSTED: 10:26 PM PST Jan 28, 2013 UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Jan 29, 2013

An assassin's misfires spare President Andrew Jackson, "The Lone Ranger" debuts on radio, Gandhi is assassinated, The Beatles hit the roof for one last gig, and the first computer virus is written, all on this day.

OTD January 30 - Library of Congress — 2 / 31

White House Historical Association

1815: The U.S. Congress re-establishes the Library of Congress, which was burned by the British during the War of 1812, by agreeing to pay former President Thomas Jefferson $23,940 for his personal collection of 6,487 books.

OTD January 30 - King Charles I

OTD January 30 - Library of Congress

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OTD January 30 - Lone Ranger

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OTD January 30 - Gandhi

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OTD January 30 - Martin Luther King Jr

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OTD January 30 - Coretta Scott King

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