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.
U.S. Navy
1862: The first American ironclad warship, the USS Monitor, is launched. The Monitor would become famous for its battle with the CSS Virginia during the Civil War, the first-ever battle fought between two ironclads, before foundering while under tow during a storm off the coast of Cape Hatteras, N.C., on Dec. 31, 1862.
