This Week In History March 26th to April 1st

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