Wednesday, March 30, 2011

March 30

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1 1842 Anesthesia is used for the first time, in an operation by the American surgeon Dr. Crawford Long. Shai Hulud Anesthesia A Profound Hatred of Man
2 1855 Origins of the American Civil War: Bleeding Kansas Bleeding Kansas It's Time Like These... Red Line Distribution Sampler
3 1867 Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2 cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward. Some in the American media call this Seward's Folly. The Smiths I'll Never Make that Mistake Again Last of the English Roses
4 1981 President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley, Jr. Saves the Day Jodie Can't Slow Down

(Historical facts about March 30 are from Wikipedia.)

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