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1778Playwright Voltaire crowned with laurel wreath

1796Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, discovers the construction of the heptadecagon

1814Napoleonic Wars: Sixth Coalition forces march into Paris after defeating Napoleon.

1919Gandhi announces resistance against Rowlatt Act

1925Stalin supports rights of non-Serbian Yugoslavians

1953Albert Einstein announces revised unified field theory

195527th Academy Awards - "On the Waterfront", Brando & Grace Kelly win

1966Barbra Streisand stars on "Color Me Barbra" special on CBS

1969Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Port Malabar Golf Invitational

1970Miles Davis Bitches Brew released

1980Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open

1981Pres Reagan shot & wounded by John W Hinckley III

198759th Academy Awards - "Platoon", Paul Newman & Marlee Matlin win

19882nd Soul Train Music Awards: Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston win

1990Jack Nicklaus made his debut in the "Seniors" golf tournament

199264th Academy Awards - "Silence of Lamb", Anthony Hopkins & Jodie Foster win

1996Prince Edward & girl-friend Sophie visited Graystoke Castle

199726th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King

On This Day In History
Date Event
Mar 30, 240 BC
1st recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. 
Mar 30, 804
Liudger becomes 1st bishop of Munster 
Mar 30, 988
Boudouin IV with the Beard becomes earl of Flanders 
Mar 30, 1282
The people of Sicily rebel against the Angevin king Charles I, in what becomes known as the Sicilian Vespers. 
Mar 30, 1296
Edward I sacks Berwick-upon-Tweed, during armed conflict between Scotland and England. 
Mar 30, 1422
Ketsugan, Zen teacher, performs exorcisms to free aizoji temple 
Mar 30, 1456
Prince Louis of Bourbon elected bishop of Liege 
Mar 30, 1474
Duke Sigismund van Tirol ends contacts with Switzerland 
Mar 30, 1533
Thomas Cranmer becomes archbishop of Canterbury 
Mar 30, 1603
Battle at Mellifont: English army under Lord Mountjoy beats Irish 
Mar 30, 1778
Playwright Voltaire crowned with laurel wreath 
Mar 30, 1796
Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, discovers the construction of the heptadecagon 
Mar 30, 1814
Napoleonic Wars: Sixth Coalition forces march into Paris after defeating Napoleon
Mar 30, 1814
Murat issues the Rimini Declaration which would later inspire Italian Unification. 
Mar 30, 1822
Congress combined East & West Florida into Florida Territory 
Mar 30, 1842
Ether used as an anaesthetic for 1st time by Dr Crawford Long (Ga) 
Mar 30, 1856
Russia signs Peace of Paris, ending the Crimean War 
Mar 30, 1858
Pencil with attached eraser patented (Hyman L Lipman of Phila) 
Mar 30, 1863
Danish prince Wilhelm Georg of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg chosen as king George of Greece 
Mar 30, 1864
Skirmish at Mount Elba, Arkansas 
Mar 30, 1865
-4] Battle at 5 Forks Virginia 
Mar 30, 1866
Bedrich Smetana's "Verkaufte Braut" (Sold Bride) premieres 
Mar 30, 1867
US buys Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 (2 cents an acre - Seward's Folly) 
Mar 30, 1870
15th Amendment to the US constitution is adopted, guarantees right to vote regardless of race 
Mar 30, 1870
Texas becomes last confederate state readmitted to Union 
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