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.)