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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 - Vanessa Redgrave — 13 / 31

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1937: Actress Vanessa Redgrave, known for her theatrical work as well as movies such as "Mary, Queen of Scots," "Isadora," "Julia," "Howards End" and "Atonement," is born in London, England. She's seen here with her daughter, fellow actress Joely Richardson.

OTD January 30 - King Charles I

OTD January 30 - Library of Congress

OTD January 30 - Jackson assassination attempt

OTD January 30 - Betsy Ross

OTD January 30 - San Francisco

OTD January 30 - USS Monitor

OTD January 30 - FDR

OTD January 30 - Dick Martin

OTD January 30 - Gene Hackman

OTD January 30 - City Lights

OTD January 30 - Adolf Hitler

OTD January 30 - Lone Ranger

OTD January 30 - Vanessa Redgrave

OTD January 30 - Dick Cheney

OTD January 30 - Gandhi

OTD January 30 - Orville Wright

OTD January 30 - Ferdinand Porsche

OTD January 30 - Phil Collins

OTD January 30 - Martin Luther King Jr

OTD January 30 - Payne Stewart

OTD January 30 - Hans Hedtoft

OTD January 30 - Tet Offensive

OTD January 30 - The Beatles

OTD January 30 - Tapestry

OTD January 30 - Bloody Sunday

OTD January 30 - Kiss

OTD January 30 - Christian Bale

OTD January 30 - Roots

OTD January 30 - Elk Cloner virus

OTD January 30 - Richard Reid

OTD January 30 - Coretta Scott King

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