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