miércoles, 30 de marzo de 2011

En este día...


ON THIS DAY

March 30

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

1822Florida became a U.S. territory.
1867Secretary of State William H. Seward reached agreement with Russia to purchase Alaska for $7.2 million, a deal roundly ridiculed as "Seward's Folly."
1870The 15th amendment to the Constitution, giving black men the right to vote, was declared in effect.
1870Texas was readmitted to the Union.
1945The Soviet Union invaded Austria during World War II.
1964The TV game show "Jeopardy!" premiered on NBC.
1986Actor James Cagney died at age 86.
1995Pope John Paul II issued an encyclical condemning abortion and euthanasia as crimes that no human laws could legitimize.
2002Britain's Queen Mother Elizabeth died at age 101.
2008President George W. Bush threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Washington National's new stadium, Nationals Park.
2009President 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..

Current Birthdays

Eric Clapton, Rock musician
Rock musician Eric Clapton turns 66 years old today.
AP Photo/Evan Agostini
Norah Jones, Rock singer, musician
Rock singer-musician Norah Jones turns 32 years old today.
AP Photo/Charles Sykes
1926Peter Marshall, Game show host ("Hollywood Squares"), turns 85
1930John Astin, Actor ("Addams Family"), turns 81
1937Warren Beatty, Actor, turns 74
1940Jerry Lucas, Basketball Hall of Famer, turns 71
1950Robbie Coltrane, Actor, turns 61
1957Paul Reiser, Actor, comedian ("Mad About You"), turns 54
1962Mark Begich, U.S. senator, D-Alaska, turns 49
1963MC Hammer, Rapper, turns 48
1964Tracy Chapman, Rock singer, turns 47
1968Celine Dion, Singer, turns 43
1971Mark Consuelos, Actor, turns 40

Historic Birthdays

69Moses Maimonides 3/30/1135 - 12/13/1204
Spanish-born Jewish philosopher, jurist and physician
82Francisco de Goya 3/30/1746 - 4/16/1828
Spanish painter; depicted political tyranny in his works
83Juan Manuel de Rosas 3/30/1793 - 3/14/1877
Argentine military and political leader and governor of Buenos Aires (1835-52)
58Anna Sewell 3/30/1820 - 4/25/1878
English author ("Black Beauty")
76Charles Booth 3/30/1840 - 11/23/1916
English shipowner and sociologist
37Vincent van Gogh 3/30/1853 - 7/29/1890
Dutch Post-Impressionist painter
78Melanie Klein 3/30/1882 - 9/22/1960
Austrian-born English psychoanalyst
79Arthur Herrington 3/30/1891 - 9/6/1970
American engineer and manufacturer; developed the World War II jeep
77McGeorge Bundy 3/30/1919 - 9/16/1996
American educator and presidential advisor on foreign policy

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