March 30
1842
Anesthesia was used for the first time in an operation.
1856
The Treaty of Paris was signed, ending the Crimean War.
1867
A treaty for the purchase of Alaska from Russia for the sum of $7.2 million, approximately two cents an acre, was submitted to the U.S. Senate.
1870
The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect, guaranteeing the right to vote regardless of race.
1964
The game show Jeopardy debuted on television.
1981
President Ronald Reagan was shot in the chest by John Hinckley as he left a Washington hotel.
2002
The Queen Mother Elizabeth of England died at the age of 101.
Birthdays
Maimonides
Jewish scholar (1135)
Francisco Goya
artist (1746)
Anna Sewell
author of Black Beauty (1820)
Paul Verlaine
poet (1844)
Vincent Van Gogh
postimpressionist painter (1853)
Sean O’Casey,
dramatist (1884)
Warren Beatty
director, actor, producer (1937)
Celine Dion
singer (1968)