1930 Event USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) floated out to become a national shrine 1917 Birthday Raymond Burr, BC Canada, actor, Perry Mason, Ironsides, Godzilla 1902 Birthday Esther Ralston, Bar Harbor ME, American Venus/actress, Old Ironsides 1863 Event Confederate sub David damages Union ship Ironsides 1830 Event Oliver Wendell Holmes publishes "Old Ironsides" 1830 Event Oliver Wendell Holmes writes "Old Ironsides" 1809 Birthday Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Cambridge, Massachusetts, physician/author, Old Ironsides 1797 Event U.S. Navy frigate Constitution, Old Ironsides, launched in Boston 1797 Event U.S. frigate Constitution (Old Ironsides) launched in Boston 1016 Death Edmund II, Ironsides, King of Saxons (1016), dies at 27
