March 30th What Happened on the day you were born on This day in History
1867 U.S.A. Buys Alaska
30th March, 1867 : The United States government purchases Alaska. The purchase of Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million meant the US was paying roughly two cents per acre of land.
30th March, 1867 : The United States government purchases Alaska. The purchase of Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million meant the US was paying roughly two cents per acre of land.
1909 U.S.A. 59th Street Bridge
30th March, 1909 : The Queensboro Bridge also known as the 59th Street Bridge, linking the New York boroughs of Manhattan and Queens, opened. The bridge which is a cantilever bridge over the East River in New York City was started in 1903.
30th March, 1909 : The Queensboro Bridge also known as the 59th Street Bridge, linking the New York boroughs of Manhattan and Queens, opened. The bridge which is a cantilever bridge over the East River in New York City was started in 1903.
1945 Austria Soviet Invasion
30th March, 1945 : The Soviet Union invaded Austria during World War II, and at the end of the war Austria like Germany was divided into 4 Zones: American, British, French and Russian with Vienna similarly divided but at its center was an International Zone, sovereignty of which alternated at regular intervals between the 4 Powers. The commission had its seat in Vienna. It was dismantled following the conclusion of the Austrian State Treaty in 1955.
30th March, 1945 : The Soviet Union invaded Austria during World War II, and at the end of the war Austria like Germany was divided into 4 Zones: American, British, French and Russian with Vienna similarly divided but at its center was an International Zone, sovereignty of which alternated at regular intervals between the 4 Powers. The commission had its seat in Vienna. It was dismantled following the conclusion of the Austrian State Treaty in 1955.
1978 England Politics and Advertising
30th March, 1978: The British Conservative party has recruited a major advertising agency ( Saatchi & Saatchi ) in it's bid to win the next general election.
It should be remembered that this was the first time a British Political party had hired a high powered advertising agency to get it's message across and it changed the form and costs of political advertising making political advertising as original and slick as any brand advertising, it also set the benchmark for all future political advertising .
30th March, 1978: The British Conservative party has recruited a major advertising agency ( Saatchi & Saatchi ) in it's bid to win the next general election.
It should be remembered that this was the first time a British Political party had hired a high powered advertising agency to get it's message across and it changed the form and costs of political advertising making political advertising as original and slick as any brand advertising, it also set the benchmark for all future political advertising .
1979 England Airey Neave Murdered
30th March, 1979: The British Conservative MP and the shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Airey Neave is killed by a car bomb as he left the House of Commons car park.
30th March, 1979: The British Conservative MP and the shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Airey Neave is killed by a car bomb as he left the House of Commons car park.
1980 England The Alexander Kielland
30th March, 1980: The Alexander Kielland a floating apartment for oil workers in the North Sea collapses, killing 123 people.
30th March, 1980: The Alexander Kielland a floating apartment for oil workers in the North Sea collapses, killing 123 people.
1981 U.S.A. Ronald Reagan Shot
30th March, 1981: President Ronald Reagan was shot at close range as he left the Washington Hilton Hotel just about one mile from the White House .
The attacker John Hinckley, the son of an affluent oil industry executive, was charged with trying to assassinate the president and in the following June, Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity and was committed to hospital.
30th March, 1981: President Ronald Reagan was shot at close range as he left the Washington Hilton Hotel just about one mile from the White House .
The attacker John Hinckley, the son of an affluent oil industry executive, was charged with trying to assassinate the president and in the following June, Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity and was committed to hospital.
1987 U.S.A. Vincent Van Gogh
30th March, 1987: An anonymous foreign buyer purchased Vincent Van Gogh's masterpiece 'Sunflowers' for nearly $36.3 million,
30th March, 1987: An anonymous foreign buyer purchased Vincent Van Gogh's masterpiece 'Sunflowers' for nearly $36.3 million,
1998 England BMW Buys Rolls Royce
30th March, 1998: The German car maker BMW buys Rolls-Royce cars for $570 million .
30th March, 1998: The German car maker BMW buys Rolls-Royce cars for $570 million .
1999 U.S.A. Landmark Smoking Damages
30th March, 1999: A jury in Portland, Oregon, in a landmark case ordered Philip Morris to pay $81 million to the family of a man who died of lung cancer after smoking Marlboros for four decades
30th March, 1999: A jury in Portland, Oregon, in a landmark case ordered Philip Morris to pay $81 million to the family of a man who died of lung cancer after smoking Marlboros for four decades
2002 England Queen Mother Dies
30th March, 2002: The Queen Mother died in her sleep today at the age of 101. Tributes have been flooding in from across the world and from all corners of society for "Queen Mum" as she was affectionally known by the British public.
30th March, 2002: The Queen Mother died in her sleep today at the age of 101. Tributes have been flooding in from across the world and from all corners of society for "Queen Mum" as she was affectionally known by the British public.
