On March 30, 1981, President Reagan was shot and seriously injured outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John W. Hinckley Jr. Also wounded were White House news secretary James Brady, a Secret Service agent and a District of Columbia police officer.
On March 30, 1880, Sean O'Casey, the noted Irish playwright, was born. Following his death on Sept. 18, 1964, his obituary appeared in The Times.
On This Date
| 1822 | Florida became a U.S. territory. |
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| 1867 | Secretary of State William H. Seward reached agreement with Russia to purchase Alaska for $7.2 million, a deal roundly ridiculed as "Seward's Folly." |
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| 1870 | The 15th amendment to the Constitution, giving black men the right to vote, was declared in effect. |
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| 1870 | Texas was readmitted to the Union. |
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| 1945 | The Soviet Union invaded Austria during World War II. |
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| 1964 | The TV game show "Jeopardy!" premiered on NBC. |
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| 1986 | Actor James Cagney died at age 86. |
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| 1995 | Pope John Paul II issued an encyclical condemning abortion and euthanasia as crimes that no human laws could legitimize. |
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| 2002 | Britain's Queen Mother Elizabeth died at age 101. |
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| 2008 | President George W. Bush threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Washington National's new stadium, Nationals Park. |
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| 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.. |
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Current Birthdays
Rock musician Eric Clapton turns 66 years old today.
AP Photo/Evan Agostini
Rock singer-musician Norah Jones turns 32 years old today.
AP Photo/Charles Sykes
| 1926 | Peter Marshall, Game show host ("Hollywood Squares"), turns 85 |
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| 1930 | John Astin, Actor ("Addams Family"), turns 81 |
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| 1937 | Warren Beatty, Actor, turns 74 |
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| 1940 | Jerry Lucas, Basketball Hall of Famer, turns 71 |
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| 1950 | Robbie Coltrane, Actor, turns 61 |
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| 1957 | Paul Reiser, Actor, comedian ("Mad About You"), turns 54 |
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| 1962 | Mark Begich, U.S. senator, D-Alaska, turns 49 |
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| 1963 | MC Hammer, Rapper, turns 48 |
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| 1964 | Tracy Chapman, Rock singer, turns 47 |
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| 1968 | Celine Dion, Singer, turns 43 |
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| 1971 | Mark Consuelos, Actor, turns 40 |
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Historic Birthdays
Sean O'Casey3/30/1880 - 9/18/1964Irish playwright; contributed to Irish Literary Renaissance.Go to obituary »
| 69 | Moses Maimonides 3/30/1135 - 12/13/1204
Spanish-born Jewish philosopher, jurist and physician |
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| 82 | Francisco de Goya 3/30/1746 - 4/16/1828
Spanish painter; depicted political tyranny in his works |
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| 83 | Juan Manuel de Rosas 3/30/1793 - 3/14/1877
Argentine military and political leader and governor of Buenos Aires (1835-52) |
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| 58 | Anna Sewell 3/30/1820 - 4/25/1878
English author ("Black Beauty") |
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| 76 | Charles Booth 3/30/1840 - 11/23/1916
English shipowner and sociologist |
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| 37 | Vincent van Gogh 3/30/1853 - 7/29/1890
Dutch Post-Impressionist painter |
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| 78 | Melanie Klein 3/30/1882 - 9/22/1960
Austrian-born English psychoanalyst |
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| 79 | Arthur Herrington 3/30/1891 - 9/6/1970
American engineer and manufacturer; developed the World War II jeep |
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| 77 | McGeorge Bundy 3/30/1919 - 9/16/1996
American educator and presidential advisor on foreign policy |
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