TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 2010

Today is Tuesday, March 30, the 89th day of 2010. There are 276 days left in the year.

1533 _ Henry VIII divorces his first wife, Catherine of Aragon

1778 _ Playwright Voltaire crowned with laurel wreath

1814 _ Britain and allies march into Paris after defeating Napoleon

1842 _ Ether was used as an anesthetic for first time by Dr Crawford Long (Jefferson GA)

1856 _ Russia signs Peace of Paris, ending the Crimean War

1858 _ Pencil with attached eraser patented (Hyman L. Lipman of Philadelphia)

1867 _ U.S. purchases Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 ($2 an acre ― Seward's Folly)

1953 _ Einstein announces revised unified field theory

1955 _ 27th Academy Awards: ``On the Waterfront," Marlon Brando & Grace Kelly win

1972 _ North Vietnamese troops enter South Vietnam