This Week In History 13
Taken From Our This Day In History From
March 26th to
April 1st
1867 U.S.A. Buys Alaska for $7.2 million
1909 First Fingerprint Evidence Used in Murder Case
1909 The Queensboro Bridge also known as the 59th Street Bridge Opens
1918 British Royal Air force is Founded
1930 City of Constantinople name is changed to Istanbul
1939 Spanish civil war ends with control by General Francisco Franco
1942 The Smalll Island Country of Malta awarded the George Cross Medal for Bravery
1943 The musical "Oklahoma!" debuts on Broadway
1943 Rationing of meat, cheese, butter and cooking oils goes into effect in US
1945 US Forces Land on Okinawa
1946 Hawaii Earthquake and Tsunami
1949 Newfoundland and Labrador entered the Canadian confederation as the 10th province
1951 The first commercially built U.S. computer The UNIVAC I sold
1951 Rosenbergs found guilty of conspiracy to commit espionage
1951 The 23rd Amendment to the Constitution is ratified
1953 Dr. Jonas E. Salk, announced Polio Vaccine Success
1958 Great Chinese Famine Begins Lasted 3 years
1959 The spiritual leader of Tibet, the Dalai Lama, crosses the border into India seeking asylum
1964 The Beatles have 10 hits on Billboard's Hot 100 at the same time
1964 “Good Friday Earthquake,” Alaska
1964 The musical 'Funny Girl' starring Barbra Streisand Opens On Broadway
1970 Banning of cigarette advertising on television and radio becomes law
1971 Charles Manson and three of his followers receive the death penalty
1973 The last United States troops left South Vietnam
1979 Three Mile Island Nuclear Disaster
1979 Camp David Peace Treaty Signed Between Egypt's Anwar Sadat and Israel's Menachem Begin
1980 Mount St. Helens Erupts
1981 first London Marathon organised by Chris Brasher is run
1982 Groundbreaking ceremonies took place in Washington, D.C., for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
1983 Tens of thousands of CND peace demonstrators protest in England
1990 100,000 people take to the streets in Poll Tax Demonstrations in England
1992 Mike Tyson Convicted of Rape of Desiree Washington
1995 1994/ 1995 Major League Baseball Strike ends
1997 Heaven's Gate Cult Suicides California
1998 The FDA approves the drug Viagra for use against impotence in men.
1999 Dr. Jack Kevorkian, was found guilty of second-degree murder
1999 Eleven countries in the European Union adopted the Euro as a common currency
2000 Vladimir Putin was elected president of Russia.
2001 California Electricity Price Increase 46%
2002 The British Queen Mother Dies
2003 Jessica Lynch is rescued from a hospital in Nasiriyah, Iraq
2005 Terri Schiavo, the center of the most heavily litigated right-to-die dispute in U.S. history, died
2006 HAMAS wins the Palestinian parliamentary elections
2008 A.I.G. executives convicted of fraud
2008 President Musharraf sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan.
2010 Suicide bombs on the Moscow Metro
