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.
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1941: Dick Cheney, who was the 46th vice president of the United States from 2001 to 2009 under President George W. Bush, is born in Lincoln, Neb. Cheney also served as President Gerald Ford's White House chief of staff before being elected to the U.S. House representing Wyoming in 1979. He was also secretary of defense under President George H.W. Bush from 1989 to 1993.
