WillDekkard
03-30-2010, 03:22 AM
Hear are some notable events that happened on This Date in History
- March 30th
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* 240 BC 1st recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
* 1282 The people of Sicily rebel against the Angevin king Charles I, in what becomes known as the Sicilian Vespers.
* 1296 Edward I sacks Berwick-upon-Tweed, during armed conflict between Scotland and England.
* 1814 Napoleonic Wars: Sixth Coalition forces march into Paris.
* 1814 Murat issues the Rimini Declaration which would later inspire Italian Unification.
* 1822 Florida Territory created in the United States.
* 1842 Anesthesia is used for the first time in an operation by Dr. Crawford Long.
* 1844 One of the most important battles of the Dominican War of Independence from Haiti takes place near the city of Santiago de los Caballeros.
* 1855 Origins of the American Civil War: Bleeding Kansas "Border Ruffians" from Missouri invade Kansas and force election of a pro-slavery legislature.
* 1856 The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Crimean War.
* 1858 Hymen Lipman patents a pencil with an attached eraser.
* 1863 Danish prince Wilhelm Georg is chosen as King George of Greece.
* 1867 Alaska is purchased for $7.2 million, about 2 cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward. The media call this Seward's Folly.
* 1870 Texas is readmitted to the Union following Reconstruction.
* 1885 The Battle for Kushka triggers the Pandjeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the British Empire and Russian Empire.
* 1909 The Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan and Queens.
* 1910 The Mississippi Legislature founds The University of Southern Mississippi.
* 1912 Sultan Abdelhafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.
* 1918 Outburst of bloody March Events in Baku and other locations of Baku Governorate.
* 1939 The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world airspeed record of 463 mph.
* 1939 First flight of the Australian C.A.C. CA-16 Wirraway.
* 1940 Sino-Japanese War: Japan declares Nanking to be the capital of a new Chinese puppet government, nominally controlled by Wang Ching-wei.
* 1945 World War II: Soviet Union forces invade Austria and take Vienna; Polish and Soviet forces liberate Gdańsk.
* 1945 World War II: a defecting German pilot delivers a Messerschmitt Me 262A-1 to the Americans.
* 1949 A riot breaks out in Austurvφllur square in Reykjavνk, when Iceland joins NATO.
* 1954 Yonge Street subway line opens in Toronto. It is the first subway in Canada.
* 1961 The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed at New York.
* 1965 Vietnam War: A car bomb explodes in front of the US Embassy, Saigon, killing 22 and wounding 183 others.
* 1972 Vietnam War: The Easter Offensive begins after North Vietnamese forces cross into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of South Vietnam.
* 1979 Airey Neave, a British politician, is killed by a car bomb as he exits the Palace of Westminster. The Irish National Liberation Army claims responsibility.
* 1979 First Gay Rights Parade held in Michigan.
* 1981 President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley, Jr.
* 1982 Space Shuttle program: STS-3 Mission is completed with the landing of Columbia at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
* 2006 The United Kingdom Terrorism Act 2006 becomes law.
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- March 30th
c/p from Wikipedia
* 240 BC 1st recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
* 1282 The people of Sicily rebel against the Angevin king Charles I, in what becomes known as the Sicilian Vespers.
* 1296 Edward I sacks Berwick-upon-Tweed, during armed conflict between Scotland and England.
* 1814 Napoleonic Wars: Sixth Coalition forces march into Paris.
* 1814 Murat issues the Rimini Declaration which would later inspire Italian Unification.
* 1822 Florida Territory created in the United States.
* 1842 Anesthesia is used for the first time in an operation by Dr. Crawford Long.
* 1844 One of the most important battles of the Dominican War of Independence from Haiti takes place near the city of Santiago de los Caballeros.
* 1855 Origins of the American Civil War: Bleeding Kansas "Border Ruffians" from Missouri invade Kansas and force election of a pro-slavery legislature.
* 1856 The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Crimean War.
* 1858 Hymen Lipman patents a pencil with an attached eraser.
* 1863 Danish prince Wilhelm Georg is chosen as King George of Greece.
* 1867 Alaska is purchased for $7.2 million, about 2 cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward. The media call this Seward's Folly.
* 1870 Texas is readmitted to the Union following Reconstruction.
* 1885 The Battle for Kushka triggers the Pandjeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the British Empire and Russian Empire.
* 1909 The Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan and Queens.
* 1910 The Mississippi Legislature founds The University of Southern Mississippi.
* 1912 Sultan Abdelhafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.
* 1918 Outburst of bloody March Events in Baku and other locations of Baku Governorate.
* 1939 The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world airspeed record of 463 mph.
* 1939 First flight of the Australian C.A.C. CA-16 Wirraway.
* 1940 Sino-Japanese War: Japan declares Nanking to be the capital of a new Chinese puppet government, nominally controlled by Wang Ching-wei.
* 1945 World War II: Soviet Union forces invade Austria and take Vienna; Polish and Soviet forces liberate Gdańsk.
* 1945 World War II: a defecting German pilot delivers a Messerschmitt Me 262A-1 to the Americans.
* 1949 A riot breaks out in Austurvφllur square in Reykjavνk, when Iceland joins NATO.
* 1954 Yonge Street subway line opens in Toronto. It is the first subway in Canada.
* 1961 The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed at New York.
* 1965 Vietnam War: A car bomb explodes in front of the US Embassy, Saigon, killing 22 and wounding 183 others.
* 1972 Vietnam War: The Easter Offensive begins after North Vietnamese forces cross into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of South Vietnam.
* 1979 Airey Neave, a British politician, is killed by a car bomb as he exits the Palace of Westminster. The Irish National Liberation Army claims responsibility.
* 1979 First Gay Rights Parade held in Michigan.
* 1981 President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley, Jr.
* 1982 Space Shuttle program: STS-3 Mission is completed with the landing of Columbia at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
* 2006 The United Kingdom Terrorism Act 2006 becomes law.
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