Today in History
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1982 The first computer virus is released “into the wild”
Elk Cloner was created as a joke by 15-year-old Richard Skrenta.
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1972 On “Bloody Sunday”, British troops kill 13 unarmed protesters
It was one of the most significant events of the Northern Ireland conflict.
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1969 The Beatles give their last public performance
The concert was played on the rooftop of the Apple Corps building at 3 Savile Row in London.
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1945 9,400 people die in the deadliest maritime disaster in history
The “Wilhelm Gustloff” was sunk by a Soviet submarine during World War II.
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1933 Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
The “Machtergreifung” signaled the end of the Weimar Republic and the beginning of the Third Reich.
Births On This Day, January 30
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1951 Phil Collins
English singer-songwriter, producer, actor
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1941 Dick Cheney
American politician, 46th Vice President of the United States
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1937 Vanessa Redgrave
English actress
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1882 Franklin D. Roosevelt
American politician, 32nd President of the United States
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1852 Ion Luca Caragiale
Romanian playwright, poet
Deaths On This Day, January 30
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2001 Johnnie Johnson
English pilot
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1963 Francis Poulenc
French composer
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1951 Ferdinand Porsche
Austrian/German engineer, businessman, founded Porsche
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1948 Orville Wright
American aviation pioneer
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1649 Charles I of England
