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Article: Today in History - March 30
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Today is Sunday, March 30, the 90th day of 2008. There are 276 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On March 30, 1981, President Reagan was shot and seriously injured outside a Washington hotel by John Hinckley Jr. Also wounded were White House press secretary James Brady, Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy and District of Columbia police officer Thomas Delahanty.
On this date:
In 1822, Florida became a United States territory.
In 1842, Dr. Crawford W. Long, of Jefferson, Ga., first used ether as an anesthetic during a minor operation.
In 1867, Secretary of State William H. Seward reached agreement with Russia to purchase the territory of ...