GOOD MORNING - TODAY IS SUNDAY, March 30, the 89th day of 2014 with 275 to follow. Sunrise in the Boston area is @ 6:31 and sunset is @ 7:06. The moon is new @ 2:46 PM EDT. The morning stars are Mercury, Neptune, Saturn & Venus. The evening stars are Mars, Jupiter, & Uranus. ON THIS DAY IN: 1775 - The British Parliament passed an act forbidding its North American colonies to trade with anyone other than Britain. 1814 - The European forces (Allies) against Napoleonic France captured Paris, formally ending a decade of French domination on the Continent. 1822 - Florida became a United States territory. 1842 - Dr. Crawford W. Long of Georgia, was the first to use ether as an anesthetic during an operation. 1856 - The Crimean War was brought to an end by the signing of the Treaty of Paris. 1858 - Hyman L. Lipman of Philadelphia patented the pencil with an eraser attached on one end. 1867 - U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward reached agreement with Russia to purchase the territory of Alaska for $7.2 million. At the time, many called it Sewards Folly. 1870 - Texas was readmitted to the Union, the last of the Confederate states to be readmitted. 1870 - The 15th Amendment, granting African-American men the right to vote, went into effect. 1909 - The Queensboro Bridge -- the first double-decker bridge -- linking the New Yorkboroughs of Manhattan and Queens, opened. 1945 - The Soviet Union invaded Austria during World War II. 1964 - Jeopardy developed by Merv Griffin, aired on TV for the first time. 1981 - President Ronald Reagan was shot and seriously injured outside a Washington, D.C. hotel by John W. Hinckley, Jr. White House press secretary James Brady, a Secret Service agent, and aDistrict of Columbia police officer were also wounded. 1998 - Rolls-Royce was purchased by German automaker BMW.
Posted on: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 12:12:59 +0000
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