Trevor WholohanThis Day in History March 30th
March 30th 2007 16:28
1822 - Florida Territory created in the United States.
1842 - Ether was used as an anaesthetic for 1st time by Dr Crawford Long
1867 - US purchases Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 (2¢ an acre)
1870 - 15th Amendment passes, guarantees right to vote regardless of race
1905 - President Roosevelt was chosen to mediate in the Russo-Japanese peace talks.
1909 - The Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan & Queens.
1932 - Amelia Earhart is 1st woman to fly solo cross the Atlantic
1939 - The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets the world airspeed record of 463 mph.
1940 - 2nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana University beats Kansas
1941 - The German Afrika Korps under General Erwin Rommel began its first offensive against British forces in Libya.
1944 - The U.S. fleet attacked Palau, near the Philippines.
1945 - The U.S.S.R. invaded Austria during World War II.
1945 - A defecting German pilot delivers a Messerschmitt Me 262A-1 to Americans.
1946 - The Allies seized 1,000 Nazis attempting to revive the Nazi party in Frankfurt.
1952 - 6th Tony Awards: Fourposter & King & I win
1954 - The first subway in Canada opens after five years of construction, in Toronto.
1964 - Merv Griffin's game show Jeopardy! makes its debut on television. Art Fleming hosts the first version, on NBC.
1964 - John Glenn withdrew from the Ohio race for U.S. Senate
1965 - Vietnam War: A car bomb explodes in front of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, killing 22 and wounding 183 others.
1972 - The Eastertide Offensive: North Vietnamese troops enter South Vietnam
1975 - As the North Vietnamese forces moved toward Saigon South Vietnamese soldiers mob rescue jets in desperation.
1981 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded in Washington, DC, by John W. Hinckley Jr. Two police officers and Press Secretary James Brady were also wounded.
1984 - The U.S. ended its participation in the multinational peace force in Lebanon.
1987 - 59th Academy Awards: "Platoon", Paul Newman & Marlee Matlin win
1987 - Vincent Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" was bought for $39.85 million.
1991 - William Kennedy Smith allegedly rapes a woman (found not guilty)
1992 - Man accidentally backs into A's Jose Canseco's $225,000 Lamborghini
1993 - In the Peanuts comic strip, Charlie Brown hit his first home run.
1998 - Rolls-Royce was purchased by BMW in a $570 million deal.
2002 - An unmanned U.S. spy plan crashed at sea in the Southern Philippines.
Famous Birthday’s
1853 - Vincent van Gogh Zundert Netherlands, artist who always lent an ear (Irises)
1913 - Frankie Laine, singer (Hey, Good Lookin')/ actor (Frankie Laine Show, Rawhide)
1930 - John Astin, actor (I'm Dickens He's Fenster, Gomez-Addams Family)
1937 - Warren Beatty Richmond VA, actor (Bonnie & Clyde,Shampoo, Dick Tracy)
1945 - Eric Clapton, legendary guitarist/singer (Yardbirds, Cream, Tears in Heaven)
1957 - Paul Reiser New York NY, actor (My 2 Dads, Diner, Aliens, Mad About You)
1962 - M C Hammer [Stanley Kirk Burrell] Oakland CA, rapper (U Can't Touch This)
1964 - Tracy Chapman US singer/songwriter (Freedom Now, I Got a Fast Car)
1968 - Celine Dion Québec Canada, singer (I'm Your Woman)
1979 - Norah Jones, American singer and pianist(Come away with me, Sunrise)
Famous Death’s
1986 - James F Cagney actor (Public Enemy, Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies at 86
2002 - HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother dies at Royal Lodge, Windsor, at 101
2003 - Michael Jeter, actor(The Money Pit, Patch Adams, The Green Mile) Born 1952
Joke of the Day
KNITTING
A highway patrolman pulled alongside a speeding car on the freeway. Glancing at the car, he was astounded to see that the blonde behind the wheel was knitting! Realizing that she was oblivious to his flashing lights and siren, the trooper cranked down his window, turned on his bullhorn and yelled, "PULL OVER!"
"NO!" the blonde yelled back, "IT'S A SCARF!"
BLONDE ON THE SUN
A Russian, an American, and a Blonde were talking one day. The Russian said, "We were the first in space!" The American said, "We were the first on the moon!" The Blonde said, "So what? We're going to be the first on the sun!" The Russian and the American looked at each other and shook their heads. "You can't land on the sun, you idiot! You'll burn up!" said the Russian. To which the Blonde replied, "We're not stupid, you know. We're going at night!"
World Records
Longest underwater submersion survival
In 1986, two-year-old Michelle Funk(USA) made a full recovery after spending 66 minutes underwater in a swollen creek.
Most operations endured
From July 22, 1954 to the end of 1994, Charles Jensen(USA) had 970 operations to remove tumors associated with basal cell nevus syndrome.
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