On this day.....

Here are a few facts about January 30

• On this day in 1982 the first computer virus was released“into the wild”.
  Elk Cloner was created by 15-year-old named Richard Skrenta. It was done as a joke

• In 1945, about 9,400 people died in what's recorded as deadliest maritime disaster in history
  The “Wilhelm Gustloff” was sunk by a Soviet submarine during World War II.

• In 1933 Adolf Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany
  The “Machtergreifung” marked the end of the Weimar Republic and the beginning of the “Third Reich”.