Today is Monday, March 30, the 89th day of 2009. There are 276 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT:
On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot and seriously injured outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John W. Hinckley Jr. Also wounded were White House press secretary James Brady, Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy and District of Columbia police officer Thomas Delahanty.
ON THIS DATE:
In 1822, Florida became a U.S. territory.
In 1842, Dr. Crawford W. Long of Jefferson, Ga., first used ether as an anesthetic during a minor operation.
In 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William Seward reached agreement with Russia to purchase the territory of Alaska for $7.2 million, a deal roundly ridiculed as “Seward’s Folly.”
In 1870, Texas was readmitted to the Union.
In 1945, the Soviet Union invaded Austria during World War II.
In 1964, John Glenn withdrew from the Ohio race for the U.S. Senate because of injuries suffered in a fall.
In 2002, Britain’s Queen Mother Elizabeth died in her sleep at Royal Lodge, Windsor, outside London; she was 101 years old.
In 2008, the Army said the remains of Sgt. Matt Maupin, captured in Iraq in 2004, had been found and identified. President George W. Bush threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Washington’s new stadium, Nationals Park; the Washington Nationals defeated the Atlanta Braves, 3-2, in the first regular-season game played at the park.
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