March 30
1822 - Florida became a U.S. territory.
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 by Secretary of State William H. Seward; the deal was roundly ridiculed as "Seward's Folly".
1870 - The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect, guaranteeing the right to vote regardless of race.
1870 - Texas was readmitted to the Union.
1945 - The Soviet Union invaded Austria during World War II.
1964 - The game show Jeopardy! debuted on television.
1975 - As the Vietnam War neared its end, Communist forces occupied the city of Da Nang.
1981 - President Ronald Reagan was shot in the chest by John Hinckley as he left a Washington, D.C. hotel; also wounded were White House news secretary James Brady, a Secret Service agent and a D.C. police officer.
1995 - Pope John Paul II issued an encyclical condemning abortion and euthanasia as crimes that no human laws could legitimize.
1999 - A jury in Portland, Oregon, ordered Philip Morris to pay $81 million to the family of a man who died of lung cancer after smoking Marlboros for four decades.
1999 - Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic insisted that NATO attacks stop before he moved toward peace, declaring his forces ready to fight “to the very end.” NATO answered with new resolve to wreck his military with a relentless air assault.
2002 - The Queen Mother Elizabeth of England died at age 101.
2004 - In a reversal, President George W. Bush agreed to let National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice testify publicly and under oath before an independent panel investigating the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
2006 - American reporter Jill Carroll, a freelancer for The Christian Science Monitor, was released after 82 days as a hostage in Iraq.
2009 - President Barack Obama asserted unprecedented government control over the auto industry, rejecting GM and Chrysler's restructuring plans and engineering the ouster of GM's chief executive, Rick Wagoner.
2010 - President Barack Obama signed a single measure sealing his health care overhaul and making the government the primary lender to students by cutting banks out of the process.
2015 - German officials confirmed that Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz was once diagnosed with suicidal tendencies and received lengthy psychotherapy before receiving his pilot’s license; they believed Lubitz deliberately smashed his Airbus A320 into the French Alps, killing 150 people.
2016 - President Barack Obama commuted the prison sentences of 61 drug offenders, including more than a third serving life sentences.
2020 - Florida authorities arrested a megachurch pastor after they said he held two Sunday services with hundreds in attendance in violation of coronavirus restrictions. (The charges were later dropped.)
2020 - A Navy hospital ship arrived in New York City to help relieve the coronavirus crisis gripping the city’s hospitals. (President Donald Trump said a week later that he would allow coronavirus patients to be treated aboard the ship in addition to patients who did not have the virus.)
Birthdays
24 - Gideon Adlon (actress)
28 - Anitta (singer)
31 - Thomas Rhett (country singer)
31 - Cassie Scerbo (actress)
33 - Richard Sherman (football player)
35 - Tessa Ferrer (actress)
37 - Justin Moore (country singer)
39 - Jason Dohring (actor)
40 - Katy Mixon (actress)
41 - Fiona Gubelmann (actress)
42 - Norah Jones (singer)
45 - Jessica Cauffiel (actress)
50 - Mark Consuelos (actor)
53 - Celine Dion (singer)
53 - Donna D'Errico (actress)
56 - Piers Morgan (TV host)
57 - Ian Ziering (actor)
57 - Tracy Chapman (singer)
59 - MC Hammer (rapper)
65 - Paul Reiser (actor)
71 - Robbie Coltrane (actor)
73 - Justin Deas (actor)
76 - Eric Clapton (singer)
84 - Warren Beatty (actor/director)
91 - John Astin (actor)
95 - Peter Marshall (game show host)
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Today in Sports History - March 30
1925 - The Victoria Cougars of the WCHL became the last non-NHL team to win the Stanley Cup.
1940 - Indiana defeats Kansas 60-42 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1943 - Wyoming defeats Georgetown 46-34 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1980 - George Gervin (San Antonio) became the fifth NBA player to win at least three consecutive scoring titles.
1981 - Indiana defeats North Carolina 63-50 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1986 - Texas defeats USC 97-81 to win the NCAA Women's Tournament.
1993 - The Ottawa Senators lost their 37th consecutive road game to tie the NHL record that had been set in 1975.
1997 - Tennessee defeats Old Dominion 68-59 to win the NCAA Women's Tournament.
1998 - Kentucky defeats Utah 78-69 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1997 - Golfer John Daly checked into the Betty Ford Clinic after a drinking binge a few days earlier.
2002 - The Dallas Stars lost 3-1 to the Edmonton Oilers. The game ended the Stars' streak of 50 straight wins when leading after 2 periods.
2003 - WrestleMania XIX is held in Seattle. The main events saw Triple H defeat Booker T for the World Heavyweight Championship, The Rock defeating Stone Cold Steve Austin, and Brock Lesnar defeating Kurt Angle for the WWE Championship.
2004 - NFL owners approved a modified version of the instant replay system for five years. They added a third coaches' challenge if the first two were successful.
2008 - WrestleMania XXIV was held in Orlando, Florida. The main events featured Shawn Michaels defeating Ric Flair in a retirement match, Randy Orton defeating John Cena and Triple H to win the WWE Championship, and The Undertaker defeating Edge to capture the World Heavyweight Championship. The card also saw boxer Floyd "Money" Mayweather defeat The Big Show .
1822 - Florida became a U.S. territory.
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 by Secretary of State William H. Seward; the deal was roundly ridiculed as "Seward's Folly".
1870 - The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect, guaranteeing the right to vote regardless of race.
1870 - Texas was readmitted to the Union.
1945 - The Soviet Union invaded Austria during World War II.
1964 - The game show Jeopardy! debuted on television.
1975 - As the Vietnam War neared its end, Communist forces occupied the city of Da Nang.
1981 - President Ronald Reagan was shot in the chest by John Hinckley as he left a Washington, D.C. hotel; also wounded were White House news secretary James Brady, a Secret Service agent and a D.C. police officer.
1995 - Pope John Paul II issued an encyclical condemning abortion and euthanasia as crimes that no human laws could legitimize.
1999 - A jury in Portland, Oregon, ordered Philip Morris to pay $81 million to the family of a man who died of lung cancer after smoking Marlboros for four decades.
1999 - Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic insisted that NATO attacks stop before he moved toward peace, declaring his forces ready to fight “to the very end.” NATO answered with new resolve to wreck his military with a relentless air assault.
2002 - The Queen Mother Elizabeth of England died at age 101.
2004 - In a reversal, President George W. Bush agreed to let National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice testify publicly and under oath before an independent panel investigating the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
2006 - American reporter Jill Carroll, a freelancer for The Christian Science Monitor, was released after 82 days as a hostage in Iraq.
2009 - President Barack Obama asserted unprecedented government control over the auto industry, rejecting GM and Chrysler's restructuring plans and engineering the ouster of GM's chief executive, Rick Wagoner.
2010 - President Barack Obama signed a single measure sealing his health care overhaul and making the government the primary lender to students by cutting banks out of the process.
2015 - German officials confirmed that Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz was once diagnosed with suicidal tendencies and received lengthy psychotherapy before receiving his pilot’s license; they believed Lubitz deliberately smashed his Airbus A320 into the French Alps, killing 150 people.
2016 - President Barack Obama commuted the prison sentences of 61 drug offenders, including more than a third serving life sentences.
2020 - Florida authorities arrested a megachurch pastor after they said he held two Sunday services with hundreds in attendance in violation of coronavirus restrictions. (The charges were later dropped.)
2020 - A Navy hospital ship arrived in New York City to help relieve the coronavirus crisis gripping the city’s hospitals. (President Donald Trump said a week later that he would allow coronavirus patients to be treated aboard the ship in addition to patients who did not have the virus.)
Birthdays
24 - Gideon Adlon (actress)
28 - Anitta (singer)
31 - Thomas Rhett (country singer)
31 - Cassie Scerbo (actress)
33 - Richard Sherman (football player)
35 - Tessa Ferrer (actress)
37 - Justin Moore (country singer)
39 - Jason Dohring (actor)
40 - Katy Mixon (actress)
41 - Fiona Gubelmann (actress)
42 - Norah Jones (singer)
45 - Jessica Cauffiel (actress)
50 - Mark Consuelos (actor)
53 - Celine Dion (singer)
53 - Donna D'Errico (actress)
56 - Piers Morgan (TV host)
57 - Ian Ziering (actor)
57 - Tracy Chapman (singer)
59 - MC Hammer (rapper)
65 - Paul Reiser (actor)
71 - Robbie Coltrane (actor)
73 - Justin Deas (actor)
76 - Eric Clapton (singer)
84 - Warren Beatty (actor/director)
91 - John Astin (actor)
95 - Peter Marshall (game show host)
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Today in Sports History - March 30
1925 - The Victoria Cougars of the WCHL became the last non-NHL team to win the Stanley Cup.
1940 - Indiana defeats Kansas 60-42 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1943 - Wyoming defeats Georgetown 46-34 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1980 - George Gervin (San Antonio) became the fifth NBA player to win at least three consecutive scoring titles.
1981 - Indiana defeats North Carolina 63-50 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1986 - Texas defeats USC 97-81 to win the NCAA Women's Tournament.
1993 - The Ottawa Senators lost their 37th consecutive road game to tie the NHL record that had been set in 1975.
1997 - Tennessee defeats Old Dominion 68-59 to win the NCAA Women's Tournament.
1998 - Kentucky defeats Utah 78-69 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1997 - Golfer John Daly checked into the Betty Ford Clinic after a drinking binge a few days earlier.
2002 - The Dallas Stars lost 3-1 to the Edmonton Oilers. The game ended the Stars' streak of 50 straight wins when leading after 2 periods.
2003 - WrestleMania XIX is held in Seattle. The main events saw Triple H defeat Booker T for the World Heavyweight Championship, The Rock defeating Stone Cold Steve Austin, and Brock Lesnar defeating Kurt Angle for the WWE Championship.
2004 - NFL owners approved a modified version of the instant replay system for five years. They added a third coaches' challenge if the first two were successful.
2008 - WrestleMania XXIV was held in Orlando, Florida. The main events featured Shawn Michaels defeating Ric Flair in a retirement match, Randy Orton defeating John Cena and Triple H to win the WWE Championship, and The Undertaker defeating Edge to capture the World Heavyweight Championship. The card also saw boxer Floyd "Money" Mayweather defeat The Big Show .