March 30 #thisdayinhistory 240 BC - 1st recorded perihelion passage of Halleys Comet. 1842 - Ether used as an anaesthetic for 1st time by Dr Crawford Long 1856 - The Treaty of Paris was signed, ending the Crimean War. 1867 - A treaty for the purchase of Alaska from Russia for the sum of $7.2 million, approximately two cents an acre, was submitted to the U.S. Senate. 1919 - Gandhi announces resistance against Rowlatt Act 1939 - The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets the world airspeed record of 463 mph. 1963 - France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria 1981 - President Ronald Reagan was shot in the chest by John Hinckley as he left a Washington hotel. 1983 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 2013 - North Korea declares it is at a state of war with South Korea 2013 - Uhuru Kenyatta is declared the rightful winner of the Kenyan presidential election by the Supreme Court.
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